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Supplement to the "Tvopical Agncultunst. 1 " jejune 2, 1890 
SCHOOL NEWS. 
The half-yearly examinations commenced on the 26th 
May and closed on the 30th. 
The summer vacation extends over the whole o 
June : the school re-opening on the 1st of July. 
The students had the privilege of visiting th e 
Cotton Mills at Wellawatte on Saturday the 17th, and 
were shown through the entire establishment — the 
various operations being explained and illustrated to 
them in succession from the ginning of the cotton 
to the weaving, folding, and packing of the manufactured 
articles. 
Through the courtesy of the Principal of the Medical 
College we have been able to avail ourselves of the 
use of the geological specimens, of which there is a 
very fair collection in the Medical College Museum, 
. for identification of minerals by the students. 
At the request of a gentleman interested in coconuts, 
one of the students of the School of Agriculture gave 
his willing services in starting the ploughing of some 
coconut land at Maradana with the improved 
("Ciugalee") plough. The work progressed very satis- 
factorily. 
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