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The reports of the Government Veterinary Surgeon and the Curator, Royal 

 Botanic Gardens, on the classes judged by them at the Keg alia Show are laid on the 

 table. 



2. A meeting of the Local Agricultural Society, Nuwara Eliya, has been 

 fixed for Thursday, the 4th October, at 2 p.m. , at the Nuwara Eliya Kachcheri, to 

 discuss matters regarding the Agri-Horticultural Show to be held during Easter 

 Week, 1907. 



3. A show of fruits and vegetables grown in Weligam Korale will be held 

 some time in October at Telijjawila. 



4. The Market Show, under the auspices of the Three Korales and Lower 

 Bulatgama Society, will be held at Vatiyantoia on the 21st instant. 



5. The Agri-Horticultural Show, under the auspices of the Wellaboda Pattu 

 (Galle) Agricultural Society, will be held on the 10th and 17th November. 



6. Lemon Grass.— The Model Farm, Colombo, has a supply of Lemon Grass 

 rootlets for sale. Application for these should be made to the Government Vete- 

 rinary Surgeon. 



7. Cotton, — Eight bags of cotton seed have been supplied free of cost by Dr. 

 H. M. Fernando for experimental cultivation on eheuas in the Mullaittivu District. 



8. Foreign Vegetable Seeds.— A supply of vegetable seeds will be imported 

 shortly, and intending cultivators are requested to communicate with me as early as 

 possible, stating their requirements. Orders Avill be attended to in the order in which 

 they are received. The varieties available are as follows 



French Dwarf Beans 



Beet 



Cabbage 



Capsicum 



Carrot 



Cauliflower 



Celery 



Chilli 



Chinese Cabbage 



Cucumber 



Egg plant 



Gourd 



Knol-Khol 



Lettuce 



Melon 



Onion 



Parsnip 



Pea 



Potseed 



Pumpkin 



Radish 



Spinach 



Tomato 



Turnip 



Vegetable Marrow 



9. Potatoes.— The Welimada Branch Society proposed to experiment with 

 Naples potatoes. This Branch is also experimenting with various kinds of native 

 low-countr y vegetables. 



10. Vegetable Gardens.— The Tangalla Local Branch, at its meeting held on 

 the 8th September, adopted a resolution : " That a prize be offered for competition 

 among the members of the Society for the best vegetable garden in West Giruwa 

 Pattu, to be competed for in or about February, 1907— the prize to take the form of 

 silver medal, price not to exceed Rs. 12*50." 



11. Seeds. — The Branch agreed at the meeting held on the 8th to apply 

 for different varieties of seeds from the Parent Society for distribution amongst 

 the members on payment, the competition for the medal being confined to the 

 produce of the seeds obtained from the Ceylon Agricultural Society only. 



12. Experimental Gardens. — The Secretary of the Telijjaivila Branch 

 reports that the Village Committee have, with the approval of the Assistant 

 Government Agent, voted Rs. 55 for making a Fruit Garden on the girls' school 

 premises at Paraduwa, Dampella. The money voted will be spent in procuring 

 a wire fence and the necessary labour. Fruit trees of different varieties will be 

 supplied free of cost from the Royal Botanic Gardens for planting in November next. 



13. Publications.— The Editors of the " Sihala Samaya " and the " Dinakara- 

 prakasa " have kindly sent 50 copies of editions of each of their publications contain- 

 ing translations of the minutes of the last meeting of the Bocird. These copies, 

 as usual, were distributed among the Local Branch Societies. 



