eOLTORSL mAGSZIOG, 
COLOMBO. 
Added as a Siqjplemcnt MonlMij to the TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.' 
for June 
The Eollowing pages include the Contents of the Agricultural Magazine 
Vol. 
JULY, 1898. 
[No. 1. 
SMSOK REPOETS. 
ESTEHN Province.— Va&i}^- Sow- 
ing for Yala almost completed : 
early sown paddy looking pro- 
mising. Destruction of stored 
paddy by weevil reported from 
various places- riaiufall abundant. Health of 
cattle good, except for some outbreaks of foot 
and mouth disease. 
Centi-al Province. — Paddy. Yala cultivation 
still going on in most parts, but reaping in Xuwara 
Eliya district wliere tlic results are very satis- 
factory. There i* a want of rain in Matale and 
Kandy districts. The weevil pest is reported to be 
doing damage in most districts, but the use of 
naphthuliiie is being adopted. Health of cattle 
generally good. 
Northern Prow«ce.— Paddy. Fields being pre- 
pared for ensuing cultivation. Eainfall at Jaffna, 
•28; Mannar, 1-78. Murrain still prevails in the 
province, though not widespread. 
Southern Province— 'PaMj. Yala cultivation 
still going on, prospect middling in Galle, good in 
Matara district More rain wanted. 
Eastern Province.— l^ivldy. Prospects of Pin- 
mari crop good : harvest approaching. Tobacco 
crop has been harvested and cared with good 
results. Rainfall at Trincomalee, -So in, 
North-Western Province.— VnAAy. Crops pro- 
gresjring fairly, except in Demala llatpattu whero 
rain is wanted badly, rainfall at Puttlani G-14 
in. Cattle murrain in the Chilaw district where 
the weevil is also rejjorted. 
North-Cenlral Prorincc.—V&A(\Y. JIaha crop 
being threshed ; some field being sown for Yala, 
Kuin'lall at Anuradhapura G io in. lioallli of 
cattle good. 
Province of Saharaf/anuaca. — Paddy. Yala crops 
in Ratnapura district satisfactory, but there is 
suffering from drought. In Kegalle district sow- 
ing for Yala is in progress. Xaphthaline is being 
used against the paddy weevil, 
RAIXPALL TAKEN AT THE SCHOOL OP 
AGRICULTURE DURING THE MONTH 
OP }.L\Y, 1898. 
1 
Sunday 
. 105 
17 
Tuesday . , 
Nil 
2 
Monday 
. -10 
18 
Wednesday. , 
Nil 
3 
Tuesday 
. 1-1.5 
19 
Thursday . , 
Nit 
4 
Wednesday . 
. -04 
20 
Friday 
•23 
5 
Thursday 
, Nil 
21 
Saturday , , 
Nil 
6 
Friday 
. '04 
22 
Sunday ,, 
1-02 
7 
Saturday 
. '55 
23 
Monday . , 
•24 
8 
Sunday 
. -19 
24 
Tuesday , , 
•63 
9 
Monday 
. -35 
25 
Wednesday, . 
•40 
10 
Tuesday 
Nil 
26 
Thursday , . 
•11 
11 
Wednesday . 
. Nil 
27 
Friday 
•73 
12 
Thursday 
•20 
28 
Saturday , , 
Nil 
13 
Friday 
Nil 
29 
Sunday 
Nil 
14 
Saturday 
. ^04 
30 
Monday 
Nil 
15 
Sunday 
. ^04 
31 
Tuesday , , 
•01 
16 
Monday 
. Nil 
1 
Wednesday . , 
Nil 
Total,. 7-14 
Greatest amount of rainfall in any 24 houra on 
the lOth, I'lo inches. 
Mean rainfall for the month '19 in. 
Recorded by A. U. AHAkATi 
OCCASIONAL NOTES. 
The AgriculturalJournal of CapeColonJ', tjuoting 
an article by Mr. E, T, Uoole, on Rinderpest in 
Ceylon, which appeared in tlie March number 
of the Agricultural Magazine, says: "Tiiis dis- 
ease has been more or lyss prevalent iu Ceylon 
from the remotest times- Though it i> more general 
at times when there are fpecial outbreaks, yet 
