January, 1910.] 



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Miscellaneous. 



6. It is thought that each garden 

 should be made as far as possible the 

 headquarters of an Agricultural In- 

 structor, and with this end in view it is 

 anticipated that at least two additional 

 Instructors will be required, The ap- 

 pointment of one Instructor for the 

 Smhalese and one for the Tamil dis- 

 tricts is recommended as soon as duly 

 qualified candidates are available. 



7. Each garden should be provided as 

 early as possible with at least one 

 labourer who has undergone a brief 

 training in simple gardening operations 

 at Peradeniya. 



8. In order that the use of machiuery 

 may be demonstrated, machines, bulls 

 and drivers should be provided by the 

 Parent Society, which could pass in cir- 

 cuit from one garden to another— cost 

 of upkeep for the time being to be paid 

 by each garden in turn. 



9. As regards existing gardens re- 

 ceiving grants from the Society the 

 Committee are of opinion that each case 

 should be considered on its merits. At 

 the same time they desire to discourage 

 grants by the Society to gardens worked 

 by individuals. 



10. The suggested conditions under 

 which grants to experimental gardens 

 should be made are attached. 



R. H. Lock (Chairman). 



Bernard Senior. 



A. Kanagasabai. 



H. Marcus Fernando, m.d. 



W. A. DE SlLVA- 



S. D. Bandaranaike. 



W. D. Gibbon. 



C. Drieberg (Secretary). 



Conditions for Establishing Model 

 and Experimental Gardens. 



1. The Ceylon Board of Agriculture 

 is prepared to make grants-in-aid to 

 local Societies for the establishment and 

 maintenance of Experimental Gardens 

 for the next five years commencing from 

 July 1, 1910. 



2. Applications for such grants-in-aid 

 ■will be received by the Secretary of the 

 Board of Agriculture up to March 31, 

 1910. These applications will be con- 

 sidered by the Advisory Committee on 

 Model and Experimental Gardens. 



3. It is proposed for the present to 

 subsidise one garden in each Province, 



4- The Parent Society will give in 

 the first year an initial grant not exceed- 

 ing Rs. 1,000 for the starting of a garden, 

 and an upkeep grant not exceeding 

 Rs. 200 per annum for five years on 

 condition that the local Society ivill con- 

 tribute sums not less than those granted. 

 These sums may be exceeded in the 



case of certain provinces should funds 

 become available through failure of the 

 scheme in others. 



5. Gardens established under this 

 scheme should not as a rule be less than 

 5 acres, but in no case will any site less 

 than 3 acres in extent be allowed. They 

 must be within easy reach of some 

 public road, and the sites must be ap- 

 proved by the Parent Society, 



6. The land should either be pur- 

 chased outright or leased for a period 

 of not less than five years, and be avail- 

 able for the sole use of the garden. 



7. The funds contributed by the local 

 Society, for the working of the garden 

 should be deposited with the Govern- 

 ment Agent of the Province, either in a 

 lump sum annually or in instalments ; 

 and the Society's grant will be similarly 

 deposited with the Government Agent 

 on intimation being received of the 

 deposit of the Local Society's contri- 

 bution. 



8. The garden will be under the 

 supervision and control of the Parent 

 Society, and cultivation and experi- 

 ments will be conducted according to a 

 scheme to be drawn up by the Advisory 

 Committee. 



9. Proper accounts of all expenditure, 

 with receipts, should be kept on an 

 approved system by the Local Societies, 

 and a copy of such accounts forwarded 

 to the Parent Society half-yearly. The 

 books shall be open to the inspection of 

 officers of the Parent Society. 



10. The Local Society should be 

 properly represented and controlled by 

 a local board, with the Government 

 Agent of the Province or the Assistant 

 Government Agent of the District as its 

 Chairman. 



' PROPOSED EXPERIMENTAL 

 TOBACCO CULTIVATION. 

 Final Report op the Sub-Committee. 



(Submitted to the Board, Dec. 18th, 1909.) 



The Committee have re-considered the 

 resolution submitted to the Board at the 

 last meeting, together with the amend- 

 ment then proposed. 



The Secretary of the Society has been 

 in correspondence with the Agricultural 

 Departments of the United States of 

 America, Philippines, Cuba, and the 

 Transvaal, with a view to ascertaining : 



(.a) Whether a fully qualified expert 

 could be obtained from some country 

 outside Ceylon, and 



(b) Whether an institution exists at 

 which a probationer recruited in Ceylon 



