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Miscellaneous, 



Payments. 



Amount 

 R. c. 



Total. 

 R. c- 



General expenditure : — 



Personal emoluments : — 



Organising Vice- 

 President 3,000 



Secretary 3,000 



Clerks & peons 2,440 



Agricultural in- 

 structors 862 13-9,302 13 



Stationery ... 157 5 



Postages and tele- 

 grams ... 606 I 



Office furniture ... 23 39 



Bank charges and com- 

 mission ... 7 96 



General printing ... 38 75 



Miscellaneous petty 



expenses ... 180 40 



Auditor's fee for 1907 * . 



accounts ... 150 — 10,465 69 



Travelling expenses : — 

 Secretary, Ceylon Agri- 

 cultural Society and 

 Staff ... 1,182 34 



Agricultural instructors 1,629 30 

 Show Judges ... 76 99 



Organising Vice-Pre- 

 sident and staff ... 544 65 — 3,433 28 

 Tropical Agriculturist and 

 Magazine of Ceylon 

 Agricultural Society : 

 Printing English Maga- 

 zine (less sales, R5) 5,790 69 

 Sinhalese Maga- 

 zine Editor's fees 450 

 Sinhalese Maga- 

 zine printing, 

 postages, &c. 433 91 



883 91 



Less subscriptions 

 received 795 14 



Printing Tamil 

 edition 



88 77 

 200 — 6,079 46 



Carried over 



19,978 43 



Brought Forward ... 

 Agricultural shows : — 



Grant to Balalla, Pilessa, 

 & Kuliyapitiya shows 



Cost of medals 



Expenses on exhibits 

 for Mysore 



Storing show building 

 materials 

 Sericulture Experimental 

 Farm : — 



Upkeep allowance for 

 12 months 



Repairs of buildings, &c. 



Purchase of cocoons ... 



Despatch of cocoons 

 to Paris 

 Experimental Gardens, &c:- 



School gardens grant 

 (out of which Rl4"51 

 subsequently re- 

 turned) 



Loan to villagers on ac- 

 count of experimental 

 coconut cultivation.. 



Less refund on account 

 Mahauswewa rubber 

 experiment 

 Seed Store at Government 

 Stock Garden : — 



Cost of furniture, &c. 

 Castration of cattle : — 



Cost of sundry de- 

 monstrations 



Less refunded on 

 account 1907 

 Sundry payments : — 



Apiculture experiment 



Agricutural implements 



Fibre machinery 

 Balance in hand December 

 31st, 1908 :— 



At Bank of Madras ... 



Dishonoured cheques 

 in hand 



Stock of stamps 



19,978 43 



150 

 137 50 



36 10 



10 333 60 



480 

 153 55 

 261 43 



19 99 914 97 



500 



150 



650 



48 50- 



707 65 



-601 50 



27 46 



36 12 671 53 



106 77 

 40 24 

 71 46- 



33,311 93 



-218 47 



55 



8 29-33,375 22 



Total 



56,121 18 



I certify that 1 have prepared this account of receipts and payments from the books of the 

 Society, and that to the best of my belief it is correct, as per my report of this date. 



Colombo, May 26, 1909. H. P. CHURCH, 



Incorporated Accountant. 



THE AGRI-HORTICULTURAL AND 

 INDUSTRIAL SHOW, MANNAR. 



Report by Mr. Alex. Perera. 



This was the first Show ever held in 

 Mannar, and for a first attempt it more 

 than realised expectations. The exhibits 

 were displayed in six cadjan sheds and 

 two tents. In spite of the drought which 

 prevailed during the last three months, 

 and the lateness of the season, most of the 

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vegetables and fruits shown were good 

 and, judging from the Tomatoes, Cucum 

 ber, Beet, Kuol kohl, Carrot and Lettuce 

 exhibited by Mr. C. Zanetti, I. E., it 

 would appear that even in dry and 

 distant Mannar, with a little care and 

 attention, it is possible to grow many- 

 varieties of native and exotic vegetables 

 and fruits of good quality. 



There was a large collection of Pump- 

 kins, Melons and Cucumbers of different 

 varieties, Bandakka, Brinjal, Chillies, 

 Beans and Spinach were of very fair 



