July, 1910.] 



Amount, Total 



Payments. — (Continued.) Rs. c. Rs, c. 



Brought Forward ... 24,563 32 



Agricultural shows : — 

 Cost of medals ... ... 172 50 



Grants to Mannar and Weli- 

 mada shows ... ... 100 



Transport charges on Rs. c. 

 exhibits, Nagpur Ex- 

 hibition ... 157 32 

 Zesscash received for 

 cost of same 120 25 



60 



Miscellaneous. 



Amount. 



Payments. — {Continued.) Rs. c. 

 Brought Forward ... 



Balangoda Experi- 

 mental Garden sub- 

 sidy, 1908 100 



Balangoda Experi- 

 mental Garden sub- 

 sidy, 1909 300 



Total, 

 Rs. c. 



25,435 43 



Gash prizes 



Sbow buildings (temporary 

 shed) 



Sericulture Experimental 



Farm :— 

 Despatch of cocoons to 



Paris, &c. 

 Upkeep allowance, seven 



months 



Experimental Gardens : — 

 School gardens awards Rs. c. 

 for 1909 ... 150 



Less refund on 1908 



grant ... 14 51 



Bandaragama Experimental 

 Garden 



Continued over ... 



37 7 

 140 



10 19 



132 35 

 280 



459 76 



412 35 



135 49 

 148 50 



Nugegoda paddy ex- 

 periment 



Chilaw Experimental 

 Garden 



Seed Store at Government 

 Stock Garden : — 

 Seed boxes 



Glass-stoppered bottles 



Sundry payments : — 

 Apiculture experiments 

 Agricultural implements ... 

 Furniture (shelves, &c.) ... 

 Orchella weed for Imperial 

 Institute 



Seed supplies : — 

 Excess of purchases over 

 sales as per contra 

 Balances in hand December 31, 

 1909 :— 

 At Bank of Madras 

 Stockof Postage stamps 



400 

 45 73 



150 



879 72 



70 

 24 62 



120 



87 93 



59 25 



72 



94 6'1 



339 18 



— 225 20 



43,023 73 

 50 20 

 43,073 93 



25,435 43 



Total 



70,048 8 



We certify that we have prepared this account of receipts and payments from the books of 

 the Society, and that to the best of our belief it is correct. 



H. P. CHURCH & Co., 

 Colombo, February 12, 1910. Incorporated Accountants. 



indicated that 



BELLANA MARKET SHOW: 

 28th May, 1910. 



This Show, the first of its kind held 

 in Pasdum Korale, was opened by Mr. 

 Plant, the Assistant Government Agent, 

 Kalutara, who afterwards also distribut- 

 ed the prizes. It was the third show 

 organised for the district, but was the 

 first to be held, as the one at Kalutara 

 had to be given up at the last moment, 

 and the one at Bandaragama postponed 

 for 18th June, owing to the lamented 

 death of His late Majesty the King. It 

 was at one time thought advisable to. put 

 off this show owing to the severe drought 

 that preceded it, and considering this 

 and other drawbacks the show was a 

 great success. 



Except one or two items, the fruit 

 and vegetable sectious were well repre- 

 sented. Mangoes, oranges, limes, bread- 

 fruit, bitter-gourd, brinjal, capsicum 

 and sweet potatoes were exceptionally 

 good. Mangosteens should have had a 

 better show, Kalutara being its Ceylon 

 "home." Exhibits of dwarf beans, 



tomatoes, cow-peas, etc., 

 the less known products were being 

 taken up in the Korale ; long beans, 

 "raurunga," yams, and musk melons were 

 poor ; and there were neither radishes 

 nor pumpkins to be seen. Rambutans 

 were not in season. The absence of dry 

 grains was noticeable ; but jak, coconuts 

 and coconut oil, mat?, gee, jaggery and 

 honey were good. 



The most attractive section of the 

 show was that set apart for the school 

 garden exhibits. There was a strong 

 competition in this section, the exhibits 

 being excellent in quality and in quan- 

 tity. Bellana headed the list and car- 

 ried off a shield, offered by the Assistant 

 Government Agent for the best school 

 garden in Pasdum Korale and for the best 

 collection of vegetables from a school 

 garden ; and a silver medal for a good 

 specimen of locally grown "onions, 

 Migahatenne, another rising garden, 

 sent, the largest number of exhibits and 

 was awarded a cash prize (Rs. 10) offered 

 by the Police Magistrate of Kalutara. 

 This school also sent in a good specimen 

 of turmeric. Of other schools mention 



