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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[June 1, 1901. 
slight (R35 in eacli case) and not woitli tbe re- 
quest for a concession. 
ambewella's share of fry. 
The letter from Mr. W F Dew, complaining 
that Ambewella was not sufficiently served with 
fry last year, and asking that the General and 
not the Mauaftins' Committee, distribute the fry, 
WHS then consiiiered. The letter was held to be 
out of order, not being addressed to the Manag- 
ing Committee, nor given notice of as a motion. 
Another letter from Mr. Maudslay was answeretl 
but contained no points of importance. The 
meeting lasted 2^ hours. 
MEETING OF THE CEYLON 
KENNEL CLUB. 
HELD AT NUWARA ELIYA ON THE 8TH MAY. 
Tlie Board room of the Hill Club was obligingly 
placed at the disposal of the members and though 
fixed for an early hour it was late before suffici- 
ent members a.ttended to form the necessary quo- 
rum. A Committee meeting preceded the general 
meeting, at which Capt. Farquharsou was in 
the chair, those present being Messrs. J A Hen- 
derson, W Saunders, H A Oliverson, J B Coles 
(Hon. Secretary) and J Wick war. 
The previous minutes &c., were read and con- 
firmed. 
THE GENERAL BUSINESS OF THE DAY. 
Capt. Farquharson resumed the chair and in- 
formed the meeting in a lucid but summary man- 
ner, much appreciated by his hearers, of the present 
state of the Club, which the speaker said was fin- 
ancially on a firm basis, though the figures 
given were disappointing as to the amount of 
co-operation received outside the Association 
There were 147 members, and Dogs Registered 
equal 163, and K156-20 to credit of Giub. Sub- 
scriptions overdue, which were a good many, 
amounted to R14 and many members had been 
lost owing to the departure of the Ceylon Contin 
gent tor South Africa, 
THE LOSS AT THE KANDY SHOW 
was R549vS2, which was more favourable than the 
exhibition held later in 
COLOMBO SHEWING FURTHER DEFICIT, 
10 Entries costing R844-84. 
MR. STURGESS CONSENTS TO CONTINUE 
giving his valuable services to the Club as 
Veterinary Surgeon. 
■ NEAV PRIZES, 
These consisted of a valuable one, kindly offered 
by H E the Governor; another by H £ the Officer 
Commanding the forces for the best dog exhibited 
by a soldier; and a 3rd prize given in a most 
sporting liberal manner by Mr Oliverson, value 
1^160, for the best class of harrier. 
BALANCE AND ACCOUNTS 
These were passed round, approved of, and duly 
passed. 
" PROGRAMME AND VENUE FOR NEXT SHOW. 
Originally it was intended to hold this in Kandy 
but, owing to the jiostponement of the R A and 
C C, the place was altered to Colombo, but 
the date was not fixed ; but it would 
be in August previous to the Horse show 
DIFFERENCE IN CLASSES. 
These had been considerably altered and will 
no doubt be fully advertised. As a summary 
I give the principal ones to suit all breeders, being 
intended to "fetch" those outside the sporting 
9ircle. 
}/*}~^°y Cogs— value oft for weight. 
lliis should interest the ladies," i.aid Capt. 
farquharson whose genial and gallant presence 
IS ever welcomed at all meets; 2i.d. A nrize for the 
I'est dog belonging ts a .soldier and the 3rd by Mr. 
Oliverson, as before mentioned, for best country- 
bred Harriers who have never won a 1st prize. 
ENTRANCE FEES REDUCED 
to lil for memhers and R2 for non-members was 
a sum which would make no serious call on the 
public purse and should be popular. 
ELECTION OF OFFICE-BEARERS 
Mr. W m. Saunders proposed Capt. Farquharson, as 
vice-president, in the place of Mr. Price who was 
ivi^'^^/^ Henderson as Hon. Secretary, as 
Mr. Coks felt he was too far away to meet the 
interests cf all. Eulogistic reference.s were made 
to both these gentlemen, Captain Farquharson 
naviiig always showed much zeal in all ques- 
tions of sport and towards the Kennel Club, 
and Mr Henderson had not only rendererl Yeoman 
service according to the retiring Secretary but 
R '-k'' ^" '''Cting "-.ffice on previous occasions. 
Both these gentlei:ien were unaniinouslj elected 
and with a hearty vote to the Chair the 
meeting dosed but not without an enthusi- 
astic offer of thanks to Mr. Coles who was not 
only the originator, but the promoter of the 
Kennel Club, and to whom was due its present 
satisfactory -position. Mr. Coles duly returned 
thanks to Mr. Henderson and all members who 
had given him their most cordial co-operation. 
PLANTING NOTES. 
The Distribution of Plague Vaccinae in 
India.— Bimbaj', 28bh Apri'.— 5,147 doses of 
plague vaccine were sent out from the [-"lague 
Resenrch i.aboratory; Par^l, last week. Of these 
over 2,000 went to Gurdaspar and Sialkot District, 
1,407 to Simla for the Punjab, l,OuO to Karachi, 
and 503 to the German East Africa Grovernment 
Madras Mail. 
"Gampola and the Coffee Regions'/' 
was the title adopted by .Sir Emerson 
Teiinent for his principal chapter on the 
Plcinting Enterprise ; but in bis day there 
was not even a bridge orer the Mahaweli- 
ganga and the ferries at Gampola and Katu- 
gastota were great obstacles to traffic, only 
swept away by Sir Henry Ward. — Mr. 
Cottam elsewhere tells us a good deal about 
the estates now found on every side of 
Gampola and makes interesting comparisons 
and references to the past of a more recent 
day than Tennent's. 
Cardamom Cultivation. — Considerable 
fears were entertained that the planting of 
cardamoms had of late years been overdone 
in Ceylon and that our present Directory 
returns would show a very heavy excess over 
the last record. We hasten at the earliest 
possible moment to say that the Directory 
returns do not bear out this view — that the 
increased acreage is comparatively moderate 
and that, so far as Ceylon is concerned, we 
do not think there is any fear of overdoing 
this product. The case may be different in 
Southern India as a whole, although TravaU' 
core does not show increased crops. 
