October, 1908.] 



Minutes of the Board of Agriculture. 



Meeting op October 5th, 1908. 

 The 42nd meeting ot the Board of 

 Agriculture was held at the Council 

 Chamber at 12 noon on Monday, the 5th 

 October. 



His Excellency the Governor presided 



There were also present :— The Hon'ble 

 Mr. H. L. Crawford, the Hon'ble Mr. 

 John Ferguson, Sir Solomon Dins 

 Bandaranaike, Drs. J. C.Willis and H. M. 

 Fernando, Messrs. J- Harward, A. N. 

 Galbraith, R. H. Lock, G. W. Sturgess, 

 Francis Daniel and Mr. C. Drieberg 

 (Secretary). 



As Visitors:— Messrs. Edvard Cowan 

 and Alex. Perera. 



Business. 



1. Minutes of meeting held on August 

 3rd were read and confirmed. 



2. Progress Report No. XLI. was 

 circulated. 



Dr. Willis drew attention to the re- 

 ference (on page 3) to the work going on 

 at Mahailluppalama, and remarked that 

 the statement made was apt to mislead 

 the reader. He went on to fully explain, 

 with the aid of photographs, the results 

 of cultivation by labour-saving imple- 

 ments. It was decided to add an ex- 

 planatory note by Dr. Willis to the 

 Progress Report. 



3. Statements of expenditure for 

 August and September were tabled. 



4. The Hon'ble Mr. Crawford moved 

 (the Hon'ble Mr. Ferguson seconded) : — 

 "That Rule 3 be amended to read : ' The 

 Board shall meet for the despatch of 

 business on the first Monday of every 

 alternate month.' " — Carried. 



5. Mr. Harward, D. P. 1., moved (the 

 Hon'ble Mr. Ferguson seconded) : — " That 

 a sum of Rs. 500 be voted for the (ex- 

 tension of School Gardening during this 

 year." — Carried. 



6. Dr. Willis moved (Sir Solomon Dias 

 Bandaranaike seconded) :— " That pro- 

 vision be made for the employment of 

 two more Agricultural Instructors — one 

 for the Siuhalese Districts and the other 

 for the Tamil Districts."— Carried, 



7. The Secretary read the Report of 

 the Tobacco Committee (which had not 

 yet received the approval of the Govern- 

 ment Agent, Northern Province), and the 

 Hon'ble Mr. Ferguson moved (Mr. Francis 

 Daniel seconding): — "That a sum of 

 Rs. 27,500 out of the balauce estimated 

 to be in the hands of the Society, be 

 reserved for an experiment in the grow- 

 ing and curing of Tobacco for the f oreign 

 market. " — Carried. 



8. Dr. Willis read a paper entitled 

 "Cassava Cultivation as a Local In- 

 dustry." 



9. The Government Veterinary Sur- 

 geon read a memo, on Castration of 

 Cattle. 



10. Mudaliyar A. Dissanaike's paper 

 on "The Village Cultivator and Paddy 

 Cultivation," which had been previously 

 circulated, was taken as read. 



11. A financial statement for 1907, 

 drawn up by the Society's Auditor, was 

 presented, and was ordered by H. E. the 

 President to be printed and circulated 

 for the information of members. 



12. His Excellency concluded the 

 meeting by thanking the writers of the 

 papers on behalf of the Board. 



C DRIEBERG. 



Secretary. C. A. S. 



