Miscellaneoust 



(July, 1910. 



Statement of the year's Revenue and 

 Expenditure certified by the Auditor, 

 also previously circulated, was tabled. 



Interim report on the Tobacco Experi- 

 ment at Mahailluppalama by the Superin- 

 tendent (Mr.Cowan) was submitted. 



Mr. E. E. Green, Government Entomo- 

 logist, moved the following resolution : — 

 "That a sum of Rs. 300 be voted to 

 cover cost of a machine for the con- 



struction of comb-foundation in con- 

 nection with the culture of our local 

 honey bee (Apis indioa)." On the re- 

 solution being seconded by the Hon'ble 

 Mr. Crawford, it was duly adopted, 



Mr. Alex. Bruce, B.Sc, Analytical 

 Chemist, read a paper on "Milk," for 

 which he was accorded a vote of thanks, 



C. DRIEBERG, 



Secretary, C.A.S. 



CEYLON AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY- 



Statement op Receipts and Payments for Twelve Months ending 



December 31, 1909. 



(Submitted at the General Meeting held on June 8th, 1910.) 



Receipts. 



Amount, 

 Rs. c. 



Total. 

 Rs. c. 



Balance at Bank of Madras, &c, 



December 31, 1908 ... — 33,375 22 



Members' subscriptions : — 



Local subscriptions for 1907 5 

 Do 1908 725 



Do 1909-4,593 



Do 1910 447 60 



Do 1911 8 



Rs. c. 



Foreign subscriptions 519 

 Less paid to Ccijlon 



Observer ' ... 389 25 



Government grant for 1909 ... 

 Interest : — 



On Bank of Madras Account 

 Memo, of seed supplies: — 



Purchases. 

 R. c. 



Vegetable seeds, 



April ... 262 30 



Vegetable seeds, 



October ... 269 37 

 Paddy ... 57 41 



Cotton ... 124 48 



Grafted plants 1,575 91 



• 129 75 

 5,908 35 



— 30,000 



— 764 51 



Sales. 

 Re. c. 



301 82 



270 55 



Maize and Buck- 

 wheat ... 5 

 Flower ... 9 50 

 Dhanicha ... 25 

 Tobacco ... — 

 Sundries ... 20 45 



65 20 

 1,474 90 



8 50 



1 25 



2 



2,349 42 2,124 22 



Credit 



225-20 



Payments. 



Amount. 

 Rs. c. 



Total 



Re. 



General expenditure: — 

 Personal emoluments : — 

 Organizing Vice- Rs. c. 



President ... 3,000 

 Secretary ... 3,000 

 Clerks and peons 2,930 79 

 Agricultural in- 

 structors ... 1,758 85 



Stationery 



Postages and telegrams ... 

 Bank charges and commission 

 General printing 

 Miscellaneous petty expenses 

 Auditor's fee for 1908 accounts 150 

 Advertising .. ... 26 



10,689 64 

 210 76 

 790 14 

 11 73 

 28 30 

 220 11 



Travelling expenses : — 



Secretary, Ceylon Agri- 

 cultural Society 



Agricultural instructors 



Show judges, &c. 



Organizing Vice-President 

 and staff 





 



■ 12,126 68 



1 



1,119 



4,054 

 189 61 



618 70 



Tropical Agriculturist and 

 Magazine of Ceylon Agri- 

 cultural Society : — 

 Printing English Magazine 5,639 18 

 Sinhalese Magazine, Rs. c. 



editor's fees 450 



Sinhalese Magazine, 



priuting, &c. 581 



5,982 31 



1,031 

 Lets Subscriptions 



received 415 85 



Printing Tamil edition 



- 615 15 

 ... 200 

 .. 6,454 33 



