Miscellaneous, 



552 



[Junk, 1910. 



Interest paid to depositors 

 Net profit 



Profit and Loss Account. 



Rs, e. 

 32 40 

 87 



119 40 



Interest received on cash loans ... 

 Interest received on paddy loans, 

 21-6 bushels 



Balance 



Deposits 



Agricultural Society's Funds 

 Agricultural Show Funds 

 Interest due to depositors 

 Reserve Fund 



Reserve Fund Account. 

 Rs. c. I 

 ... 170 81 I Balance 



A paddy bin 

 Net profit 



170 31 



Balance Sheet. 

 Rs. 



c. 



1,000 

 , 337 79 

 , 107 21 

 , 60 40 

 , 170 31 



1,475 71 



Fodder and Stock. 

 Until there is a rational relation be- 

 tween the number of cattle and the 

 fodder supply the nuisance of cattle 

 trespass will continue. The practice of 

 cultivating special crops for fodder, as 

 is done in India, has yet to be adopted 

 by native cattle owners ; the absence of 

 suitable pasture lauds only tends to 

 intensify the evil of cattla trespass. One 

 of the members of the Board is giving a 

 trial to Sorghum as a fodder crop, and 

 his experience should be of assistance to 

 others who have been thinking of culti- 

 vating such crops. 



The Society has been trying a number 

 of fodder plants likely to suit local con- 

 ditions, such as the locust bean, Algaroba 

 bean, chou-moellier, and Congayam 

 grass. The last mentioned (Pennisetum 

 cenchroides) is likely to prove an acquisi- 

 tion in the dry parts of tlie Island. 



Apiculture. 

 Bee-keeping on modern lines continues 

 to make progress, and the demand for 

 hives is steady though slow. The ten- 

 dency among amateurs is to keep to 

 native bees, as the European strains 

 require so much attention in the way 

 of feeding, &c. Messrs. A. P. Goone- 

 tilleka of Veyangoda and J. V, Perera of 

 Colombo are giving close attention to 

 the training of Apis indica, and have 

 succeeded in inducing them to store 

 pure honey in a super. Mr. Perera, who 



A paddy bin 



Paddy in two stores, 123 bushels , 

 Loans outstanding ... 

 Deposit in Ceylon Savings Bank . 

 Cash in hand 



R. c. 



76 60 



42 80 

 119 40 



Rs. c. 

 38 31 

 45 

 87 



170 31 



Rs. c. 

 45 

 , 226 

 , 348 40 

 500 

 356 31 



1,475 71 



C. Rasanayagam, 

 Honorary Secretary and Treasurer. 



agrees with Mr. Shanks as to the value 

 of Pterocarpus indicus in the honey-flow, 

 lately extracted some excellent honey 

 with the aid of the Cowan extractor. At 

 Pinnawela school bee-keeping has been 

 taken up by the boys. 



Sericulture, 



There are no startling developments 

 to report under this head. With the 

 advice of the Sericulture Committee the 

 Society has been co-operating with the 

 Indian authorities in order to develop 

 eri silk culture. Machines for cleaning 

 the cocoons and for spinning have been 

 secured through the assistance of the 

 Imperial Entomologist for India, also a 

 pure strain of silk-worms which are 

 bred at the Stock Garden to keep 

 up a supply of eggs. It is hoped that 

 before long a fair market rate will 

 be off ered as the result of a compromise 

 between European and Indian firms. 

 The Tata Silk Farm at Bangalore has 

 been taken over by the Salvatiou Army, 

 and with the interest which Major 

 Booth-Tucker is taking in this matter, it 

 may be expected that more rapid 

 progress will follow. Writing to the 

 Secretary in April, Major Booth-Tucker 

 mentions that be is just setting out on 

 a tour through Europe, the main object 

 of which is to find the best markets for 

 silk and to secure the services of expeits. 

 Samples of eri cocoons raised in Ceylon 

 are being forwarded to him. 



