Miscellaneous. 



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[June, 1912. 



CEYLON AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Minutes op Board Meeting, May 9th. 



Minutes of a meeting of the Board of 

 Agriculture, held at the Council Cham- 

 ber at 12 noon on Thursday the 9th 

 May 1912. 



His Excellency the Governor presided. 



There were also present : — The Hon'ble 

 Sir Hugh Clifford, Sir Solomon Dias 

 Bandaranaike, the Hon'ble Mr. Bernard 

 Senior, the Hon'ble Mr. P. Arunachalam, 

 the Hon'ble Mr. Hector Van Cuylenburg, 

 Messrs. J. Harward, E, B. Denham, 

 R. S. Templeton, W. A. de Silva and 

 C. Drieberg (Secretary). 



The minutes of the previous meeting 

 held on the 8th March, 1912, were read 

 and confirmed. 



Sir Solomon Bandaranaike moved and 

 Mr. Templeton seconded the adoption 

 of the Progress Report, which was duly 

 adopted. 



Statements of Expenditure for March 

 and April were tabled. 



Reports on the Nuwara Eliya Show 

 were also tabled. 



On the motion of the Hon'ble Mr. Van 

 Cuylenburg, seconded by Sir Solomon 

 Bandaranaike, the following resolution 

 was unanimously adopted :— "That this 

 Society vote a sum of Rs. 15,000 towards 

 the general cost of the All-Ceylon 

 Exhibition, to serve as a guarautee 

 fund." 



Mr. W. A, de Silva moved and Mr. 

 Denham seconded the following resolu- 

 tion, which was also unanimously 

 passed :— " That this Society vote a sum 

 of Rs. 2,500 towards the cost of a Seed 

 Store (for distribution of seed), Model 

 School Garden, Silk-house and Apiary at 

 the All-Ceylon Exhibition." 



In the unavoidable absence of the 

 writer, Mr. Fred. Lewis, the Secretary 

 read his paper entitled " Chenas." 



C. DRIEBERG, 

 Secretary, C.A.S. 



CEYLON AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Progress Report LIX. 



Membership. 

 Since the meeting of the Board held 

 on March 7 last, the following have join- 

 ed the Society as members : — The Hon. 

 Mr. P. Ramanathan, the Hon. Mr. J, N. 

 Tisseverasinghe, Messrs. H. M. Drum- 

 mond Hay, R. P. P. Weerasuriya, S. 

 Weerakkody, E. Buultjens, St. John 

 Jonklaas, Ong Gyork Lin, A. J. Kellow, 

 J. Homer Vanniasingham, Paul Peiris, 

 and K. Kantapodi. 



His Excellency the Governor has been 

 pleased to appoint Mr. Edgar Turner to 

 be a Vice-President, in succession to Sir 

 W, Duff Gibbon, who has left the Island 



Inspection Work. 

 The Secretary toured in the Matara 

 District (Morawak and Weligam korales, 

 Gangaboda and Kandapoda pattus), 

 visited Bandaragama and Nuwara Eliya, 

 and addressed meetings convened at 

 Marambe, Telijjawila, and Galapitimada. 



The itinerary of Mr. N. Wickrema- 

 ratne, Agricultural Instructor, Galle, in- 

 cluded Hambantota, Tissa, Kamburu- 

 pitiya, Marambe, Hapugala, Deniyaya, 

 Pallegama, Walasinulla, Kirama, Katu- 

 wana, Tangalla, Hikkaduwa, Ambalan- 

 goda, Baddegama, Nagoda, and A k mi- 

 man a. 



Mr. L. A. D. Silva, Agricultural In- 

 tructor, Ratnapura, visited Marapona, 

 Weralupe, Puswella, Kuruwita, and 

 Eratna, and put in a week's work in the 

 Kalutara District, 



Mr. S. Chelliah, Agricultural Instruc- 

 tor, Jaffna, has been busy in the Eastern 

 Province initiating work on new lines 

 for the guidance of Mr. Sathasivam, the 

 Instructor stationed at Batticaloa, whose 

 time has been taken up with the experi- 

 mental garden at Tampiluvil and the 

 cotton plantation at Samanturai. 



Mr. W. Molegode, Agricultural Ins- 

 tructor, Central Province, reports that 

 the average of the maha crops was 

 poorer than usual, probably due to the 

 heavy rains during December, when the 



