Miscellaneous. 



such an extent, that most of them have taken up vegetable cultivation, and the sales 

 of fruits, fresh and good vegetables are daily increasing in the Coronation Market at 

 Minuwangoda, The local society is making arrangementes to hold a Saturday fair- 

 in "Ellis Court" at Minuwangoda, which will be opened to the sale of live stock 

 and all commodities of trade on every Saturday from a.m. to 6 p.m. 



A list of prize winners at the show is annexed. 



WALTER DIAS, Chairman. 



JOHN E. D'SILVA, Vice-President. 



A. C. NAMASWAYAN, Hon. Secretary. 



Minuwangoda, 4th May, 1906. 



List op Prize Winners. 



izes. 



Exhibits. 



Names. 



Amounts. 









Rs.Cts. 



1 



Vegetables 



P. C. Weerasekara 



20 00 



2 



Do. 



D. C. Perera 



10 00 



3 



Do. 



Arnolis Perera 



7 50 



4 



Do. 



P. Migel Perera 



5 00 



5 



Do. 



Samuel Perera 



3 00 



t» 



Do. 



D. P. Wijayasuriya 



2 50 



i 



• Do. 



M. C. Kura Rajakaruna 



2 00 



1 



New Vegetables 



P. C. Weerasekara 



5 00 



2 



Do. 



D. C. Perera 



5 00 



1 



Yams 



P. C. Weeresekara 



5 00 



2 



Do. 



D. C. Perera 



5 00 



1 



Ground Nuts 



S. Abilinu Silva 



10 00 



1 



Fruits 



P. C. Weerasekara 



5 00 



1 



Me-Kiri 



D. P. R. Jayatunge 



10 00 



2 



Do. 



D. C. Perera 



5 00 



(Signed) C. DRIEBERG, 



A. F. KARUNARATNE, 

 WAGISWARA, 



Judges. 



MALAYA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE: REPORT FOR 1905. 



By J. B. Careuthers. 



The first report of the Department of Agriculture of the Federated Malay 

 States, which was initiated in June of last year, must necessarily be of a more 

 prophetic than historical character. Some useful work, however, has been done, 

 and preparations made for future work when the department is fully equipped. My 

 official appointment as Director of Agriculture and Government Botanist, Federated 

 Malay States, began on 1st February, when I was in England, and my time was 

 occupied in visiting the chief rubber manufactories and in getting information from 

 agriculturists, manufacturers and buyers in England and on the Continent. I also 

 purchased such books as are essential in the work of such a department, one of the 

 chief duties of which is to act as a bureau of information on things agricultural and 

 botanical. 



SCOPE OP DEPARTMENT. 



In the first report of the Agricultural Department of the Federated Malay 

 States, the objects for which such a department exists may be definitely formulated. 

 The programme is a large one, but none of the items should be left out of the acti- 

 vities of such a department, and though the staff of the Department of Agriculture, 

 Federated Malay States, is not at present large enough to fully overtake all the 



