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Supplement to the " Tropical Agi iculturist,' [Dec. 1, 1893. 
I mny mentiou that the total outlay on cattle, 
buildings, appliances, &c., did not exceed R10,000. 
Up to the present, therefore you will I believe, 
agree with me in thinking that the Dairy has 
heeu a success ; and as Superintendent of the 
iastitution I must acknowledge tiiat a good 
deal of the credit of that success is due to Mr. 
Lye who has been most assiduous in his attention 
to the health and well being of the stock, and 
to the manager, Mr. Rodrigo, who has gone about 
his duties with an admirable spirit of heartiness. 
While a dairy a desirable adjunct from an 
educational point of view, to a School of 
Agriculture, wliere the students are given an 
opportunity of acquiring (and it is to be hoped of 
disseminating J a knowledge of the management 
of cattle according to the most approved methods, 
I venture to think that the P.C.M.O. will endorse 
my sentiments when I say that the milk from 
tbe dairy comes as " a boon and a blessing " 
to the inmates of the various hospitals and 
asylums. Moreover, the profits that arise from 
this enterprise, are not so trifling as not to be 
appreciated by the Government ; while still 
further importance should, I think, be attached 
to the dairy as an instrument for good, in view 
of the fact that the breeding of improved stock 
is being carried on in connection with it. 
Nine' of our present lot of students will be 
leaving us at the end of this session, after a two 
years' course of training. Of these 6 are entitled to 
ist class certificates and 3 to 2nd class certificates. 
Of those who left us in previous years and are 
engaged in Agricultural pursuits, 10 are employed 
as instructors, 3 on tea plantations, and 9 
engaged in private cultivation. Tliree others are 
in the Vorest Department, o are engaged as 
vernacular teachers, and of 3 who have migrated to 
the Straits, one is employed in the Botanic Garden. 
Many will miss in this gathering the presence 
of Mr. H. \\ . Green, to whose liberal educational 
policy this school owes its existence. 
I must not omit to acknowledge my thanks 
to the liberal donors of special prizes in addition 
to those offered by the Department. 
I have now only to thank Your Excellency 
for having so kindly come here today, with 
so little time at your disposal for other than 
purely official duties, to give away the prizes 
and certificates to the successful candidates, and 
by so doing to encourage us in our work. 
The Directob of Public Instruction then 
addressed the audience. He assured those present 
that the work during the past year had been 
very successfully carried on under the superin- 
tendence of Mr. Drieberg. It had been very 
interesting owing to the introduction of a 
Teterinary class and the establishment of the 
Dairy. He wished to assure them that much 
of the success of the Dairy was due to the 
exertions of Dr. Lye, the Veterinary Surgeon, 
■who took a great deal of interest in it. It also 
owed its success, he said, to the Superintendent 
■of the Dairy Farm at Poona who took much 
interest in securing suitable cattle. The thanks 
of the Colony were due to these gentlemen. 
The Manager of the Dairy Farm, Mr. Rodrigo, 
had also taken a great interest in it. He was 
s graduate of the school, and deserved thanks 
for his work. The other point he wished to 
«peak upon was the suggestion made by the 
Conservator of Forests for utilitiiag this school 
for the training of men for the Ceylon Forest 
Department instead of obliging them to go to 
the Indian Government for men for this Depart- 
ment. 
The prizes, consisting of books and certifi- 
cates for nine students — six first-class and three 
second-class— were then distributed by H. E. 
the Lieut. -Governor, Mr. Drieberg reading the 
names. 
The prize winners were : — 
I Skmobs. — Agriculture, A. M. Fernando; Science, 
D. K. William ; Veterinary, S. A. De Ahvis ; Eng- 
lish, G. Rajapakse ; Mathematics, M. (.'. Cooray ; 
Sinhalese, G. Rajapakse ; Practical Agriculture, 
D. A. de Silva ; Practical Chemistry, M. C. Cooray 
and S. A. de Alwis ; Theoretical Chemistry, H. 
D. Louis. 
Ji NiOHS.— Agriculture, G. E. U. Fouseka : 
Science, G. E. II. Fonseka ; Veterinary, D. A. 
Chinniah ; Mathematics, D. A. Chinniah ; English, 
A. Jansz: Sinhalese, G. E. IL Fonseka; Field 
Surveying, D. A. Chinniah ; Practical Agriculture, 
H. D. Martin ; Dairy Works, G. E. U. Fonseka' 
CF.KTIFICATE.S.— P. V. t ernaudo, A. M. Fer- 
nando, G. Rajapakse, H. D. Louis. M. A. Fernando. 
S. A. De Ahvis, M. C. Cooray, D. A. De Silva, D. K. 
William. 
A special prize by Mr. Rodrigo for Practical 
Dairy was presented to A. De Alwis. 
H. E. the LiKi T.-GoVEBNoxi addressed the au- 
dience. He said he had great pleasure in coming 
there that evening and meeting the mabters and 
students of the school. He congratulated them 
on the good account of their stewardship given 
in the report read by Mr. Drieberg, and he also 
congratulated those students who were fortunate 
enough to carry away the prizes. Witli those 
who did not receive prizes he sympathised verv 
much, and he asked them to rest assured tha't 
altliough they did not obtain prizes, the instruc- 
tion and the training they received there would 
bring their own reward in time. The Superin- 
tendent, he said, referred in his report to one 
of the old boys of the school who was now 
prosecuting his studies in the Agricultural Col- 
lege at Bombay, and that he was doing good 
work there. He could confirm that remark, 
and he could say more of that student— Mr.' 
Silva he believed — as he had seen a report 
which he believed Mr. Drieberg had not seen, 
received from the Bombay authorities, and which 
was couched in even more eulogistic terms than 
the remarks of Mr. Drieberg. The receipt of 
that report was a great encouragement to the 
Government who had been able to send up this 
student to Bombay to prosecute his studies 
there, in a college which possessed several ad- 
vantages, which were not to be found here. 
He was also glad to inform them that the 
Conservator of Forests had reported to him 
that in filling up vacancies in the Forest De- 
partment he always gave preference to those 
candidates who had undergone a successful 
course of study in the School of Agriculture, 
and he thought this would be another encourage- 
ment for the students of this school. His 
Excellency then said that Mr. Rodrigo and others 
connected with the Dairy were certainly to be con- 
gratulated on the very successful work they 
had done. With reference to some outside 
