350 [Oct. 190(5. 



The Ceylon Board of Agriculture. 



The Tu'enty-second Meeting of the Board of Agriculture was held at Queen's 

 House on Monday, August 6th, 1906, at 2-30 p.m. 



His Excellency the Governor presided. 



There were present the Hon. Mr. H. L. Crawford, c.m.g., Sir William 

 Twynam, k. c.m.g., the Hon. Mr. C. T. D. Vigors, the Hon. Mr. S. C. Obeyesekere, 

 the Hon. Mr. Francis Beven, Messrs. L. W. Booth, J. P Lewis, E. F. Hopkins, ft. W. 

 Smith, R. B. Strickland, Dr. J. C. Willis, Messrs. E. E. Green, M. Kelway Bamber, 

 C. Drieberg, G. W. Sturgess, the Maha Mudaliyar, Dr. H. M. Fernando, Messrs. 

 E. B. Denham, W. Dunuwille, W. D. Gibbon, R. Morison, A. T. Rettie, G. A. Joseph, 

 and the Secretary. 



Visitors :— Messrs, J. H. W.Park, M. Suppramaniam, J. Whitehead, and S. 

 Weerackkody Mudaliyar. 



Business Done. 



1. Minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. 



2. List of new members was read, and they were declared duly elected. 



3. Progress Report No. 21 was tabled. 



4. A paper was read by Mr. J. H. W. Park, Assistant Director of Irrigation, 

 on the subject of " Irrigation in Arizona." A discussion followed, in which H. E. 

 the Governor, Dr. Willis, Messrs. Hopkins, Smith and others took part. 



5. The report of the Special Committee appointed at the last meeting of the 

 Board, suggesting certain amendments in the draft of the proposed Ordinance 

 dealing with the destruction of Agricultural Pests and the Sanitation of Plants, 

 was submitted. After a brief discussion the report was adopted- 



6. Copy of a resolution conveying the thanks of the North Arcot District 

 Agricultural Association to the Ceylon Agricultural Society for the assistance and 

 information given to their Asst. Secretary, Mr. Sreenivasa Raghava Aiyar, on the 

 occasion of his visit to Ceylon in May last, was laid before the meeting. 



7. A leaflet was read by Mr. E. E. Green, Government Entomologist, 

 containing suggestions put forward by himself and the Government Chemist, Mr. 

 M. K. Bamber, as to the possibility of preventing the spread of malaria through 

 the agency of the " anopheles " mosquito by the use of an application composed of 

 citronella, kerosine and coconut oils with a certain proportion of carbolic acid. 

 Mr. Bamber submitted a sample of the preparation. A discussion followed, in 

 which H. E. the Governor, Dr. Willis, Dr. H. M. Fernando and others took part. 



8. An application from Mr. Drieberg, Superintendent of School Gardens, 

 for a vote of Rs. 100 to meet the cost of a stocked hive of imported bees and to 

 continue the experiment in apiculture was considered. Resolved that the sum 

 asked for be voted. 



9. On the suggestion of H. E. the Governor it was res olved that an exhibit 

 representative of native arts and crafts should be shown under the auspices of 

 the Ceylon Agricultural Society at the forthcoming Rubber Exhibition at 

 Peradeniya. 



His Excellency desired the Secretary to communicate with the Government 

 Agents and local agricultural societies with a view to securing as representative a 

 collection as possible. 



10. Samples of Sea Island and Caravonica cotton grown in the Matale 

 district by Mr. A. H. Don Bastian de Silva, and sent in by the Hon. Secretary of 

 the Matale Agricultural Society, were laid on the table. 



