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[September, 1909. 



The Secretary submitted the Auditors' 

 Report on the accounts of the year, a 

 statement of which had been circu- 

 lated. The Hon'ble Mr. Crawford moved 

 and Dr. H. M. Fernando seconded its 

 adoption. —Carried. 



Mr. T. Petch, Government Mycologist, 

 next addressed the Board on the subject 

 of the Stem Bleeding Disease in the 

 Coconuts, and announced the results of 

 his scientific investigations into the 

 disease. 



A vote of thanks to Mr. Petch, pro- 

 posed by H. E. the President, was carried 

 with acclamation. 



Mr. Lock, Acting Director, Royal 

 Botanic Gardens, submitted the resolu- 

 tions of the Committee appointed to 

 report on the question of improving the 

 cultivation and curing of tobacco. 



At the suggestion of H. E, the Presi- 

 dent, the discussion on this matter was 

 postponed for a special meeting of the 

 Board hxed for July 5th, 1909, 



Minutes op the Special Meeting op 

 the Board of Agriculture, 

 July 5th, 1909. 



Minutes of a Special Meeting of the 

 Board of Agriculture to consider the 

 resolutions of the Tobacco Sub-Com- 

 mittee, brought up by Mr. Lock, Acting 

 Organising Vice-President, at the annual 

 meeting of the Society held on June 8th, 

 and postponed for further consideration 

 at the suggestion of H. E. the Acting 

 Governor. 



Present :— His Excellency Sir Hugh 

 Clifford (in the chair), the Hon. Messrs. 



H. L. Crawford, c.m.g., Bernard Senior, 



I. S.O., L. W. Booth, S. C. Obeyesekere, 

 A. Kauagasabai, Sir S. D. Bandara- 

 naike, kt., c.m.g., Messrs. W. D. Gibbon, 

 J. Harward, R. H. Lock, A. N. Galbraith, 

 J. D. Vanderstraaten, W. A. de Silva, 

 G. W. Sturgess, Tudor Rajapakse, 

 Daniel Joseph, Dr. H. M. Fernando, and 

 Mr. C. Drieberg (Secretary). 



Mr. Lock, in moving the resolutions, 

 briefly traced the history of the proposal 

 for the employment of a tobacco expert. 



Mr. J. D. Vanderstaaten seconded. 



Among other speakers were the 

 Hon'ble Mr. Crawford, Mr. W. D. Gibbon, 

 Dr. H. M. Fernando, Mr. A. N. Galbraith, 

 the Hon'ble Mr. Bernard Senior, the 

 Hon'ble Mr. S. C. Obeyesekere, the 

 Hon'ble Mr. A. Kanagasabai, Mr. W. A. 

 de Silva and Mr, Daniel Joseph. 



H. E. the Acting Governor summed up 

 the discussion and suggested that the 

 recommendation of the Tobacco Com- 

 mittee be referred back for further 

 deliberation (a suggestion which was 

 unanimously approved of) along with a 



recommendation made by Mr. Bernard 

 Senior with reference to the terms of 

 the proposed appointment. 



C. DRIEBERG, 



Secretary, C. A. S. 



CEYLON AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Progress Report XLV. 



Membership. — Since the meeting of 

 April 7, the following members have 

 joined the Society : — Stephen Smith, W. 

 M. Hall, C. C. Sheppard, Edwin Pate, 

 A. C. Morrell, C. A. Hewavitarne, R. G. 

 Shaw & Co., Carl C. Hailing, Ernest 

 Hamilton, N. Dwarkadas, G. G. Simon 

 de Silva, A. Balakrishna, W. Suppra- 

 maniam, A. Cochrane, W. H. Sinclair, 

 A. van Starrex, R. M. Peiris, and G. E. 

 Colin de Silva. The newly-iormed 

 branch Society for Pasdun Korale East 

 has been affiliated. 



Branch Societies. — The Harispattu 

 Branch has been re-organized with the 

 appointment of Mr. James R. JNugawela 

 as Secretary and Mr. P. B. Ottanpitiya 

 as Treasurer, the Ratemahatmaya, (Mr. 

 Nugawela) continuing to act as Presi- 

 dent. Since the appointment of an 

 Agricultural Instructor for the Central 

 Province, the prospects of this and other 

 branches in the Province have improved 

 considerably. 



The Katunayaka Branch has under- 

 taken to cultivate cassava on a commer- 

 cial scale, and paddy with special ferti- 

 lizers generously provided by the Chair- 

 man, Mr. A, E. Rajapakse Mudaliyar. 



The new Magam Pattu Branch has 

 decided to establish an experimental 

 garden at Hambantota, for which the 

 Assistant Government Agent is to select 

 a Crown site. 



Official Tours. —The Acting Organizing 

 Vice-President visited Matara, Galle, 

 Anuradhapura, and Kegalla. The Secre- 

 tary made inspections in the Northern, 

 Southern, North-Central, North-West- 

 eru, and Uva Provinces. Agricultural 

 Instructor Wickramaratne toured in the 

 Beutota-Walallawiti, Pasdum, and Rayi- 

 gara korales ; Mr. L. A. D. Silva in the 

 Chilaw and Puttalam Districts ; Mr. 

 Molegoda in the Walapaue, Hanguran- 

 keta, Uda and PataHewaheta, Dumbara, 

 and Harispattu districts ; Mr, Chelliah 

 in the Jaffna, Vavuniva, and Anuradha- 

 pura Districts ; and Mr. Breckenridge in 

 Sampanturai, Potuvil, and Panawa pat- 

 tus in the Eastern Province. 



Agri-Horticultural Shoivs. — Shows were 

 held at Anuradhapura, Galle, Han- 

 gurauketa, Kegalla, Mannar, and Weli- 

 mada. The reports of the judges at 

 these Shows are reproduced in the 



