648 
Supplement to the "Tropical Agriciilttirist.'^ [March 1, 1901. 
RA[NFALL TAKEN AT THE SCHOOL OF 
AGRICULTURE DURING THE MONTH 
OF JANUARY, 1901. 
1 
X 
Tuesday 
Nil 
Friday . 
1 H 
•99 
n 
Mil 
Saturday 
1 Q 
. ±47 
3 
T^Vi n varl n v 
X 11 U 1 OliU V * 
•01 
S 11 n rl n \T 
20 
1'85 
\ 
*± 
Friday 
. o'± 
Monday . 
K 
\j 
Saturdny 
. 
Tuesday . 
99 
R 
O 
Sunday . 
IVil 
Wednesday 
Nil 
li 11 
7 
Monday 
. -01 
Thursday . 
. 24 
•01 
t8 
Tuesday 
. 2-96 
Friday 
. 25 
Nil 
9 
Wednesday . 
. -17 
Saturday . 
. 26 
Nil 
10 
Thursday 
. -32 
Sunday 
. 27 
Nil 
11 
Fridiiy 
. -02 
Monday 
. 28 
Nil 
12 
Saturday 
. Nil 
Tuesday . 
. 29 
Nil 
13 
Sunday 
. Nil 
Wednesday 
30 
Nil 
14 
Monday 
. Nil 
Thursday . 
. 31 
Nil 
15 
Tuesday 
. Nil 
Friday 
. 1 
Nil 
16 
Wednesday 
. -09 
17 
Thursday 
. -26 
Total. .7-48 
Mean.. -24 
Greatest amount of rainfall in any 24 hours 
on the 8th, 2-96 inches, 
Recorded by C. Drieberg. 
OCCASIONAL NOTES. 
The Agricultural Magazine for August, 189 , 
contains an article entitled "The Queen as Agri- 
culturist," in which a short history of Her late 
Gracious Majesty's connection with the agricul- 
tural interests of England was given. In conclud- 
ing the article we said, "Whatever be the fate of 
English agriculture in days to conae, the Royal 
family will be sharers in its prosperity or adver- 
sity, the bright traditions of the reign of Queen 
Victoria will be honoured and observed for many a 
day." King Edward the Seventh may confidently 
be expected to protect the interests of the agri- 
culturist, for has he not already earned the 
sobriquet of " the Friend of the Farmer " ? 
At the great Scottish Annual Show held last year 
in Edinburgh, Sir John Gilmour speaking at a 
meeting over which King Edward — then Prince of 
Wales— was presiding, referred to His Majesty as 
" a Prince who followed so well and fully in the 
footsteps of Her Gracious Majesty, our Beloved 
Queen, and who had so thoroughly gained for him- 
self the title 'The Friend of the Farmer.'" 
The following typical littJe speech by His Royal 
Highness delivered only a few mouths ago will be 
read with interest at this time when the Prince 
that was is King, and the Duke of York who is 
about to visit onr shores is the Prince Elect : — 
The Priuce of Wales, in responding to the vote 
of thanks, said : My Lords and gentlemen — and, 
may I say, brother agriculturists ? — I am deeply 
Bensible of the kind terras in which Sir John 
Gilmour has proposed the vote of thanks to me. I 
am also most grateful for this cordial reception 
and the kind words which fell from the Lord 
Provost of this greai city, I need hardly tell you, 
as I mentioned to-day already, tlie great pleasure 
it gives me to be your President at this great Show 
at Edinburgh at the close of the present century. 
One has often heard of walking in one's father's 
footsteps'. Well, in this instance, gentlemen, I 
am walking in my son's footsteps. In 1893 you 
kindly elected him to be President for the year. 
He had a good reason for not coming, for ho 
manied a wife and could not come. But he came 
tlie following year, and presided at your Sliow at 
Aberdeen. I shall always look hack to this visit 
with the greatest pleasure and suii.,tiiction, and for 
the kind and cordial way in '^ihich you received 
me. I hope before 1 leave to-morrow to have had an 
ample opportunity of seeing all that is of interest in 
this Show. 1 am glad to think that it has reached 
already the one hundred and fifteenth anniversary 
of its existence. At the Centenary Show, I believe, 
there were the largest exhibits of liorses, sheep, 
cattle, and swine, amounting to 1,536. I tliink we 
have done very well this ^ear when we have 
exhibits in these classes, as I believe, to the number 
of 1,417. I can only allude for a moment to the 
Scottish Agricultural Benevolent Institution. It 
has only been in existence for two years. From 
what fell from the lips of Lord Mansfield, it is 
indeed an institution, though young, which is, I 
think, well worthy of your support. Anything 
that can be done to alleviate the suffering of the 
agricultural class, male and female, deserves our 
sympathy and philanthropic efforts. I need 
hardly say it will give me great pleasure on this 
occasion, if I may do so, to give a donation of 
£50 towards it. I shall not keep you longer, as 1 
think on these occasions that brevity should be the 
soul of wit ; but I thank you once more for your 
kind reception, and I can assure you how proud I 
have been to take the chair to-day. 
Veterinary Surgeon Chinuiah's paper on the 
Branding of Cattle— reprinted from the pages of 
the Agricultural Magazine — has appeared in 
pamphlet form, and been favourably noticed by 
the local press. 
Mr. A. P. Broun, Conservator of Forests, has 
left the Island on leave, his duties being discharged 
by Mr. Alfred Clark of the same department. 
The work of the Forestry School will be in abey- 
ance during the absence of Mr. Broun, who during 
his holiday, expects to revise his lectures on Sylvi- 
culture and Forest Utilization with a view to their 
pnblication. The students who have just left the 
Forestry School are Messrs. D. W. Goonesekere, 
C. A. Bartlott, S. Lovell, W. Amerasekere, C. S. 
Fernando and J. T. de Silva. A Syllabus of the 
School, printed at the Government Press, is now 
available. 
We welcome back to the Island ]\[r. W. £, 
Davidson, c.c.s., who proceeded to Paris as the 
Delegate of the Ceylon Government at the Great 
Exhibition of 1900. Mr. Davidson has done much 
to advance the agricultural interests of the 
Colony, and his excellent handbook prepared for 
the Paris Exhibition is a compendium of the 
latest and most reliable information about Ceylon 
and its industries, 
