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The Dumbara Branch of the Society has made a good start. There are now 

 177 members. Two prizes of Rs. 15 each have been offered for the best vegetable 

 gardens grown by members in the district ; eleven members have undertaken to open 

 up land with cotton, and Sea Island cotton seed has been applied for. 



A meeting of the Badulla Branch was held on 26th May, which was well 

 attended. A paper on "Livestock in relation to Agriculture " was read by Mr. 

 P. C. J. Fernando. 



A meeting of the Wellaboda Pattu (Galle) Branch was held on 30th May, at 

 which arrangements were made for holding a Show on the 16th and 17th November, 

 1906. 



At a meeting of the Keg alia Branch, held on 18th May, it was decided that 

 meetings of the Branch be held in future on the first Friday of each month instead 

 of once a quarter. It was also resolved to start an Experimental Garden. 



A meeting of the Galle Branch was held on 11th May, at which a paper was 

 read entitled " Notes on Coconut Cultivation in the Southern Province" by Mr. H. 

 Amarasuriya. Papers on Sugar and Cinnamon Cultivations were promised by 

 Messrs. E. D. Bowman and E. R. Cooneratne, Mudaliyar. 



At a meeting held at Ampitiya, Central Province, it was decided to form 

 a Branch of the Agricultural Society in Pata Hewaheta. 



At a meeting of the Vavuniya Branch progress was made with several 

 proposals before the Branch : 



(a) It was decided to draw up rules for a Co-operative Society for the 

 district. 



(b) To form a Forwarding Agency to encourage local cultivators by 

 providing markets for their crops and supplying information and 

 assistance in their transport. A list of prices to be obtained for 

 different products to be prepared and circulated. 



( c) Steps to be taken to draw up Village Committee rules making Castra- 

 tion of Cattle compulsory. 



(d) Eleven members undertook to make experiments in transplanting 

 Paddy. 



(e) All members of the Branch, and Headmen, to open a Garden. 



At a meeting of the Kandaboda Pattu Branch, held last month, steps were 

 taken to secure land for an Experimental Garden. 



Prizes of Rs. 10 each were offered for the best crop of English vegetables 

 grown on an extent not less than one-eighth of an acre, and for the best crop of 

 chillies grown on half an acre- The prizes to be in addition to those previously 

 offered by members of this Branch. 



A meeting of the Kurunegala Branch was held to make arrangements for 

 the Show to be held on the 23rd and 25th August. 



At a meeting of the Anuradhapura Branch, held on the 28th ultimo, a paper 

 was read on Grape Vine Culture by the ex-Curator of the Experimental Garden at 

 Anuradhapura. 



Mr. Srinivasa Raghava Aiyar, Assistant Secretary of the North Arcot (South 

 India) Agricultural Society, visited Ceylon last month to study the methods of the 

 Society here. He joined as a life-member and affiliated the North Arcot Branch also 

 as a life-member. 



Vote to Mahawalatenna Experimental Garden — It has been decided to dis- 

 continue this vote from the beginning of the month, as the garden does not 

 answer the requirements of an Experimental Garden, being too far from th 



