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Supplement  to  the  “ Tropical  Agriculturist.” 
[July  i,  1892. 
The  College  is  under  the  general  direction  of  a 
Principal,  and  each  Professor  is  assisted  by 
demonstrators.  Besides  these,  there  are  lecturers 
and  teachers  in  special  subjects.  The  instructors 
in  the  workshops  are  skilled  craftsmen,  and 
all  the  teachers  of  the  trade  classes  are  men 
who  have  wrorked  at  their  industry  as  foremen. 
In  the  Trade  classes  instruction  is  given  in 
metal  platework,  plumbing,  carpentry  and 
joinery,  bricklaying,  and  builders’  quantities. 
Under  Applied  Art,  instruction  is  given  in  tech- 
nical painting,  modelling,  repouse6  metal  work, 
and  cabinet  makers’  drawing.  The  instruction 
given  in  mathematics,  physics,  mechanics  and 
chemistry  is  as  full  as  possible. 
Mr.  Manchanayake,  late  of  this  school,  and 
now  in  the  Straits  Settlements,  writes: — Pig 
breeding  is  a common  occupation  with  the 
Chinese  in  the  Peninsula,  and  is  generally 
combined  with  market  gardening,  since  such 
vegetables  as  are  unsaleable  go  to  feed  the  pig, 
who  in  turn  supply  manure  for  the  garden. 
The  animals  are  not  allowed  to  wander  about, 
but  are  kept  in  a railed  enclosure,  which  is 
generally  thatched  overhead,  the  pigs  resting 
on  bars  of  wood  put  together  so  as  to  allow 
all  the  manure  to  drop  into  a hollow  under- 
neath. The  pig  breeders  also  go  round  the 
town  with  “ pingoes  ” to  collect  all  the  refuse 
food  from  dwelling-houses,  paying  about  25 
cents  a month  for  being  allowed  to  do  this 
partial  scavenging  work.  Of  course  all  that  is 
gathered  goes  to  feed  the  pigs.  The  stems,  leaves, 
and  such  tubers  as  can  be  spared  of  sweet  potatoes 
are  chopped  up  and  given  to  the  animals.  The 
breeding  is  systematic  and  managed  on  well- 
regulated  principles.  Pork  is  of  course  better 
appreciated  by  the  Chinese  than  any  other  kind 
of  meat.  In  this  town  of  Kuala  Kumpar  about 
25  pigs  are  slaughtered  daily.  Here  are  the 
market  rates  of  meat: — 
A catty  (about  18  oz.)  of  pork  48  cts. 
„ „ mutton  40  cts. 
,,  „ buffalo  meat  14  cts. 
„ „ good  ox  meat  20  cts. 
Mr.  Manchanayake  illustrates  his  letter  with 
pen  and  ink  sketches  which  we  regret  we 
cannot  reproduce. 
The  last,  though  not  the  least  of  the  34  cases 
of  exhibits  for  the  Imperial  Institute  has  been 
shipped.  This  contains  a perfect  model  of  the  New 
Peradeniya  Estate  tea  factory,  the  work  of  W. 
E.  Fernando  of  Moratuwa,  who  till  lately  was 
the  family  carpenter  of  Lady  de  Soysa.  W.  E. 
Fernando  was  taken  to  London  by  the  late  Mr. 
C.  IT.  de  Soysa,  and  there  exhibited  some  speci- 
mens of  his  work  at  the  Indian  and  Colonial 
Exhibition.  The  Chicago  Exhibition  Committee 
would  do  well  to  secure  his  services  in  time  to 
build  for  them  a similar,  and,  if  that  be 
possible,  a more  highly-finished  model  of  a tea 
factory. 
Mr.  C.  !).  de  Silva,  Muhandiram,  Headmaster 
of  the  Training  School,  which  is  now  being 
carried  on  together  with  the  School  of  Agri- 
culture, has  taken  over  Mr.  Jayawardene’s  dairy 
stock  and  is  working  the  dairy  in  good  style 
Mr.  de  Silva  contemplates  increasing  his  stock 
owing  to  the  large  demand  for  good  milk  in 
the  city. 
The  conditions  of  soil  and  climate  in  Zanzibar 
seem  to  be  rather  similar  to  those  if  Ceylon,  and 
the  chief  vegetable  products  of  the  Islands  of 
Zanzibar  and  Pemba,  as  given  in  the  Kew 
Bulletin,  are  such  as  occur  in  our  own  Island.  The 
following  are  those  of  commercial  importance 
at  present: — Cloves,  coconuts,  sugar-cane,  chillies, 
lice,  sorghum,  cumbu,  kurakkan,  manioc,  sweet 
potato,  yams,  dhall,  groundnut,  pumpkins, 
brinjal,  bandakai,  mango,  pumelo,  orange,  man- 
darin, lime,  citron,  anonas,  rambutan,  guava, 
jambu,  roseapple,  durian,  jak,  breadfruit,  mul- 
berry, mangosteen,  vine,  date,  papaw,  pineapple, 
passion  fruit,  castor-oil  plant,  gingelly,  cotton, 
coffee,  arecanut,  pepper,  vanilla,  cinnamon, 
cashew,  nutmeg,  anatto,  and  a few  others. 
Of  coconuts  it  is  said  that  the  ordinary  kind 
take  S years  to  come  into  bearing,  but  a dwarf 
variety  bears  in  5 years.  The  young  palms  are 
liable  to  the  attack  of  a large  rhinoceros  beetle 
( OrycUs  insularis).  Coffee  (Arabian)  yields  badly, 
and  liable  to  be  killed  suddenly  by  a beetle 
that  bores  down  the  pith  to  the'  root;  but 
Liberian  Coffee  yields  freely  and  the  produce  is 
of  excellent  quality.  For  cocoa,  the  soil  is 
generally  too  light  and  the  air  too  dry.  Tea 
does  not  thrive,  and  it  is  said  will  never  be 
a product  of  Zanzibar. 
A gentleman  in  the  trade,  writing  from  London 
m April,  about  prepared  papaw  milk,  says:— 
“ Having  a fresh  supply  just  coming  in  from 
your  Island,  I enclose  sample  sufficient  to  show 
what  I am  buying.  I am  taking  this  in  large 
quantities,  about  SO  to  100  lbs.  per  month,  and 
if  you  can  match  this,  I must  ask  you  to  let 
me  have  your  sample  without  delay.  At  present 
I pay  about  22 s.  per  lb.  delivered  in  London. 
in  tins  number  is  begun  a series  of  Zoologies 
Notes  for  Agricultural  students.  Such  studen 
generally  experience  much  difficulty  in  isolatim 
from  large  and  comprehensive  text-books  on  tlx. 
science,  such  matter  for  study  as  would  giv. 
them  a knowledge  of  animals,  whether  tliei 
belong  to  the  highest  or  lowest  orders  of  th. 
Zoological  kingdom,  whose  life-history  is  mor. 
or  less  of  interest  to  the  Agriculturist.  Ou- 
object  _ is  therefore  to  supply  the  want  of  1 
coni  ement  collection  of  Zoological  Notes  fn- 
Agricultural  students.  No  claim  to  originality 
is  made  in  this  work,  but  the  best  authority 
on  the  subject  will  be  consulte  d and  a reliabh 
and  it  is  hoped  useful,  compilation  will  be  th. 
result. 
The  following  changes  have  lately  been  made 
by  the  Director  of  Public  Instruction:  Mr.  Hoole 
of  Happy  Valley,  Ilaputale,  has  been  appointed 
Agricultural  Instructor  at  Bandaragama,  and  is 
succeeded  by  Mr  Ayampillai  from  Batticaloa 
Mi.  J.  Rodrigo  of  Bandaragama  has  been  trans- 
Srr  W A de  ?!°01  f Aericulture  ^ place  of 
Mi.  V.  A.  de  Silva  at  present  in  Bombay. 
o ?Il\ Alfred  Drieberg,  late  a student  of  this 
School,  has  secured  a berth  under  the..  Talgaswell 
