February, 1912.] 



147 



Miscellaneous. 



ing upon, while the Anophelines tilt the 

 hinder part of the body markedly 

 upwards. 



On page 4 attention is drawn to the 

 importance of the ordinary laws of 

 hygiene ; but it is scarcely true that 

 mosquitoes are attracted by "dirt and 

 filth of all kinds." 



B. Ernest Green. 



CEYLON AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Minutes of a meeting of the Board of 

 Agriculture, held at the Council Cham- 

 ber at 12 noon on Monday, the 8th Janu- 

 ary, 1912. 



His Excellency the Governor presided. 



There were also present :— Sir Hugh 

 Clifford, the Hon'ble Mr. Bernard Senior, 

 Sir S. C. Obeyesekere, Dr. H. M. Fern- 

 ando, Messrs. J. Harward, James Peiris, 

 L. W. A. De Soysa, Tudor Rajapakse, F. 

 L. Daniel, W. A. de Silva, G. W. Stur- 

 gess, H, F. Macmillan, and C. Drieberg 

 (Secretary). 



The minutes of the previous meeting, 

 held on the 16th October, 1911, were read 

 and confirmed. 



Progress Report No. 57 was duly 

 adopted, proposed by Dr. Fernando and 

 seconded by Mr. W. A. de Silva. 



The Statements of Expenditure for 

 October, November and December, 1911, 

 were tabled. 



The paper on " Lac Culture as an In- 

 dustry for Ceylon " by Mr. N. Wickre- 

 maratne, Agricultural Instructor, was 

 read by the Secretary. His Excellency 

 the President, Sir S. C, Obeyesekere, Sir 

 Hugh Clifford, Mr, Macmillan, and Dr. 

 H. M. Fernando joined in the discussion 

 that followed. 



Mr. W, A. de Silva read his Note on 

 the Royal Show, 1911. 



His Excellency proposed a vote of 

 thanks for the writers of the papers. 



The meeting terminated at 12-30 p.m. 



C. DRIEBERG, 



Secretary, CA.S. 



CEYLON AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 Progress Report LVII. 



Meifibership. 



Since the meeting of the Board held 

 on October 16 last the following have 

 joined as members :— J. Wells, E. L. F, 

 de Soysa, S. P. Charles, C. S. Abaya- 

 ratne, A. A, Ward, J. R. Nugawela, D. 

 P. Senaratne, Rosslyn Koch, the Mana- 

 ger, Kanika Raj (Orissa), and John X. 

 Fernano. 



Staff. 



Dr. Willis has relinquished his duties 

 as Organizing Vice-President and Editor 

 of the " Tropical Agriculturist," and the 

 thanks of the Society are due to him for 

 his services in these two capacities. 



Mr. Wickremaratne, who was sent to 

 the Research Institute at Pusa for a 

 training in lac culture, returned on 

 October 26. 



Mr. A. Madanayake has succeeded to 

 the third of the probationary appoint- 

 ments sanctioned by the Finance Com- 

 mittee, so that there are now no further 

 vacancies to fill. 



Inspection Work. 

 The Secretary visited Bentota, Pana- 

 dure, Wadduwa, Mirigama, Ambepussa, 

 Veyangoda, Kandy, Peradeniya, Kes- 

 bewa, Matale, Welimada, and Haputale. 



Mr. Wickremaratne, on his return 

 from Pusa, planted the Balalla garden 

 for the north-east monsoon, and after a 

 week's leave returned to his station at 

 Kegalla and resumed his itinerary work 

 in that district, 



Mr. Molegoda supervised the planting 

 of the Madipola and Kalalgamuwa ex- 

 perimental gardens, and travelled 

 through Harispattu, Dumbara. and Yati- 

 nuwara before starting on a tour in 

 Buttala and Wellessa in the Province of 

 Uva. 



Mr. L. A. D. Silva has been working in 

 the Balangoda and Ratnapura Districts. 



Mr. Chelliah was engaged in the 

 Northern Province, and Mr. Sathasivam 

 in the Eastern Province. 



Mr. Jayasuria, having attended to the 

 distribution of plants and seeds for the 

 north-east season, visited the Hamban- 

 tota District to inquire into the diffi- 

 culties arising from the recent drought. 

 Since his return he has been put in 

 charge of the Bandaragama garden. 



Mr. Karunanayaka, after serving an 

 apprenticeship at the Experiment Sta- 

 tion, Peradeniya, travelled with Mr. 

 Molegoda for a time, and subsequently 

 accompanied Mr. Jayasuriya to Ham- 

 bantota. He has since been in Teldeniya, 

 following the tobacco experiment there, 



Mr. Bandaranayake, on the completion 

 of his training at the Government Stock 

 Garden was attached to the seed store 

 for a time, and has since gone to the 

 Experiment Station, Peradeniya, for a 

 course of training. 



Mr. Madanayake was first attached to 

 the seed store, and subsequently sent to 

 the Experiment Station, Peradeniya, 



