March 1908.] ! 



follows, which was duly seconded and 

 adopted : — 



Patron : 



Sir Henry Arthur Blake, G.C.M.G., F.R.C.l. 

 Preside?it : 

 His Excellency the Governor. 

 Vice-Presidents : 

 The Hon. the Colonial Secretary 

 The Hon'ble the Colonial Treasurer 

 The Hon'ble Mr. John Ferguson, c.m.g. 

 The Hon'ble Mr. S. C. Obeyesekere 

 Sir William Twynam, K. c.m.g. 

 Mr. H. T. S. Ward 



,, W. D. Gibbon 



„ CP. Hayley 



,, P. Arunachalam, c.c.s. 



„ F. H. Layard 



,, Jas. VanLangenberg 



Organising Vice-President : 

 Dr. J, C. Willis 

 Members of the Board. 



Ex-Officio. 



Members of the Executive and Legis- 

 lative Councils (15) 

 The Government Agents of Provinces (J) 

 The Assistant Director, R.B. Gardens 

 The Government Entomologist 

 The Government Mycologist 

 The Government Agricultural Chemist 

 The Curators, R. B. G., Peradeniya and 



Hakgala 

 The Couservator of Forests 

 The Director of Public Instruction 

 The Director of the Colombo Museum 

 The Director of Irrigation 

 The Government Veterinary Surgeon 

 The Superintendent of School Gardens 

 The Controller, Experiment Stations, 

 Peradeniya and Maha-illuppalama. 



Nominated Members : 



Western Province. 



Sir Solomon Dias Bandaranaike, Kt., 



c.m.g. Maha Mudaliyar 

 The Hon. Mr. L. W. Booth, c.C.s. 

 Mr. E. B. Denham, c.c.s. 

 „ A. N. Galbraith, c.c.S. 

 „ H. Inglis 



,, Solomon Seneviratne, A.ttapattu 

 Mudaliyar, J. P. 

 Dr. H. M. Fernando, m.d. 

 Mr. Tudor Rajapakse, Gate Mudaliyar 

 „ W. A. de Silva 

 „ F. L. Daniel 

 ,, James Peiris 

 ,, J. D. Vanderstraaten 

 „ L. W. A. de Soysa, m.r.A.C. 



Central Province. 

 Mr. W. Chae. Whitham 

 ,, W. Dunuwille, Disava 

 ,. R. E. Paranagama, R.M. 

 ., D. J. Jayatilleke 



Daniel Joseph 

 ., C. Taldena, r.h. 



Notkern Province. 



Mr. V. Casipillai 

 ,, C. M. SinnayahMappana, Mudaliyar 

 ,, V. Vraspillai, Adigar and j.p. 

 „ K, U. Tampaiya, District Mudaliyar 

 Southern Province. 



Mr, C. G. Simmonds 

 „ E. R. Gooneratna, j.p. and Gate 



Mudaliyar 

 ,, D. A. Gooneratne, Gate Mudaliyar 

 „ B. T. Doole, Gate Mudaliyar 

 ., C. E. de Vos, Crown Advocate 



Dr. E. Ludovici 



Eastern Province. 

 Major P. B. Molesworth (Trincomalie) 

 Mr. Varitambi Kurunathapillai 

 ,, C. A. Lienard 



„ J. W. Kanagasabai, Vanniah, Man- 

 munai N. 



, , G. H. Kanagasabai, Vanniah, Panawa 

 North-Western Province. 

 Mr. E. Scott 



S. N. W. Hulugalle, Adigar 

 ,, J. Clovis de Silva 

 „ G. W. Dodanwela, Retired r.m. 

 ,, A. W. Beven 

 ,, Jacob de Mel 

 ,, L. B. Bogahalande, r.m. 



North-Central Province. 

 Mr. S. Sampander 

 ,, C A. Valoopillay 

 ,, G. W. Jayawardana, Mudaliyar 

 and j.p. 



Province of Uva. 

 Mr. A. T. Rettie 

 ,, James Duncan 

 „ H. O. Hoseason, j.p. 

 ,, H. Dambawinne, Retired r.m. 

 Province of Sabaragamuwa. 

 Mr. P. D. G. Clark (Balangoda) 

 ,, E. A. Elapatha, r.m. (Ratnapura) 

 >i J. H. Meedeniya, r.m. 

 ,, M. Stevenson (Kegalle) 

 Secretary : 

 Mr. C. Drieberg, b.a., f.h.a.s. 



CEYLON AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY: 

 PROGRESS REPORT, NO. 38. 



Membership.— The following members 

 joined since last meeting (February 3) :— 

 G. L. Cox, C. D. Hunt, the Right Rev. 

 Dr. J. Van Reeth, S.J., R. C. Grant, R 

 T. Sidgwick, H. O. Barnard, E. W. Jaya- 

 wardene, W. Chas. Whitham, J. Conroy, 

 Stephen de Silva, Don Philip A. Wije- 

 wardene, Muhandiram. F. H. Layard. 



Branch Societies.— The Co-operative 

 Credit Bank started by the Dumbara 

 Branch continues to operate, and so 

 far with satisfactory results. According 

 to a statement brought up to the end of 

 1907, the bank started with a subscribed 

 capital of Rs. 760. The gross incom 



