Miscellaneous. 



[July, 1909. 



tio i ought to convince the mcst scepti- 

 cal bhat it is possible to use such effective 

 labour-saving appliances in most soils. 

 At the Anuradhapura Show held on May 

 6apractical demonstration of the work- 

 ing of up-to-date implements was one of 

 the most interesting features of the 

 function, and ceitainly the most useful 

 from an educative point of view. 



Acknowledgements. 



The Society is indebted to Govern- 

 ment for the continuance of its annual 

 grant, toHis Excellency the Governor for 



the encouragement afforded by his pre 

 senceat Board Meetings, and the interest 

 he has at all times shown in the work of 

 the Society, to the Director of the Royal 

 Botanic Gardens and his staff for their 

 advice, to the Revenue Officers aud their 

 chief headmen for their assistance. 



I should wish to express a word of 

 thanks td the ludiau Departments of 

 Agriculture, particularly of Bengal aud 

 Madras, for their courtesy and recipro- 

 cal ity. 



0. DRIEBERG, 



Secretary. 



CEYLON AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Statement op Receipts and Payments for 12 Months ending 



December 31, 1908. 



Colombo, May 26, 1909. 



To the Members of the Cdylon Board of 

 Agriculture : — 



Gentlemen,— I have the honour to 

 report that I have audited the accounts 

 of the Ceylon Agricultural Society for 

 the year 1908, and that the statement of 

 receipts and payments, which I have 

 to-day signed, is to the best of my belief 

 correct. 



The audit has been conducted upon 

 the same lines as described in my report 

 dated September 25, 1908. 



I find that various liabilities, amount- 

 ing together to Rs. 439 , 48, were incurred 

 in 1908, but were not discharged until 

 1909, and are consequently not included 

 in the present account. As long as the 

 present practice is adhered to, of pre- 

 paring only "a cash account instead of 

 a revenue account, it is very desirable 

 that a special point should be made of 

 discharging as many liabilities as pos- 

 sible in the year in which they are in- 

 curred. 



Since the close of the year about Rs. 600 

 has been collected in respect of sub- 

 scriptions for the year 1908, but a large 

 number of subscriptions still remain 

 unpaid. Some of these will be recover- 

 ed, but many are regarded as doubtful. 

 I am writing a special letter to the 

 Secretary on this subject. 



I have pleasure in stating that th e 

 Cash Book is neatly kept, and the 

 voucher? methodically arranged, and 

 that all my inquiries have been readily 

 answered, 



I am, &c, 



H. P. CHURCH, 



Auditor. 



Statement. 



Amount. Total. 

 R. c. R. c. 



Receipts. 

 Balance at Bank of Madras, 



December 3 1st, 1907 ... — 20,633 92 

 Members' subscriptions: — 



Local subscription for 1906 10 



Do 1907 168 

 Do 1908 4,799 



Do 1909 232 



Foreign subscriptions ... 426 50 



5,635 50 

 Less paid to Ceylon Observer 

 for foreign subscriptions : — 

 On account 1907 371 15 

 Do 1908 292 87 



■ 664 2 



Government grant : — 



Grant for 1908 ... — 

 Seed supplies : — 



Purchase. Sales. 

 Vegetable seeds, 



April 308 18 301 91 



Do October 236 80 271 15 



Paddy 11 75 5 



Cotton seed 1 43 150 



Sapodilla grafts 6 21 40 75 



Bellary onions 16 87 3 50 



Indian arecanuts J 2 95 7 



Grafted plants 481 15 318 50 

 Wingod aspragus 



seed — l 50 

 Ground nuts 26 53 30 

 Udo plants 2 10 — 

 Maize and Buck- 

 wheat 12 56 — 

 Dadap seed 1 95 — 

 Sundries 10 91 5 60 



1,129 39 1,134 91 



5 52 ■ 



Interest : — 



On Bank of Madia a :j unt ... 



Total 



4,971 48 

 30,0110 



5 52 

 510 26 

 56,121 18 



