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Supplement  to  the  ^'Tropical  AgiicuUurisV' 
[June  1,  1896, 
OCCASIONAL  NOTES. 
We  woulddvaw  .‘special  alteiition  tothei)aper  on 
“ Tlie  i'orest  Laws  ol’  Ceylon  which  is  couunciiced 
in  the  pi'esent  issue.  Forest  law  is  one  of  the  subject. s 
in  tlie  curriculum  of  the  Forestry  School,  and  the 
publication  of  this  paper,  in  the  pages  of  the 
.Magazine  will  bring  it  within  the  reach  of  all 
those  who  are  interested  in  the  subject  both  in 
the  Forest  Department  and  outside  it.  The  paper 
when  complete  should  be  very  convenient  for 
reference  to  students  of  the  Forest  School  and 
others. 
We  regret  that  a letter  by  Mr.  Zanelti  on  Fru- 
ning  and  ML  A.  D.  S.’s  second  contribution  on 
“Minor  Industries  ’ have  been  crowded  out  of  the 
present  issue;  they  will  appear  in  our  next. 
We  have  had  many  enquiries  from  those  who 
have  apparently  not  had  the  opportunity  of 
acquainting  themselves  with  the  provisions  of  the 
Dairies  Oidinance  regarding  the  obligations  which 
it  imposes  on  daii'ymen,  millr  vendors  and  the  like. 
For  the  benefit  of  such  we  may  briefly  summarise 
the  clauses  which  specially  deal  with  these  obliga- 
tions:— Every  dairyman  and  milk  vemlor  is 
required  to  register  at  the  Munici])ul  Ollico  I'.is 
name  and  the  address  of  his  residence  and  place 
of  business.  Three  months’ tune  is  allowed  for 
registration  to  those  already  engaged  in  the  milk 
trade,  but  after  the  Ordinance  comes  into  force 
previous  notice  is  i e([uired  from  those  intending  to 
start  business.  All  registered  persons  are  required 
to  affix  to  dairy  and  milk  .store,  cart  or  other 
vehicle  for  distributing  milk,  their  names  and  the 
words  “registered  dairyman”  or  " registered  milk- 
vendor,’’  and  it  will  be  unlawful  for  unregistered 
persons  to  sell  or  supjdy  milk  within  Muuiciiial 
limits.  The  occurrence  of  infectious  disease  in 
dairy  iiremises  or  milk  stores  must  be  immediately 
reported  to  the  Municipal  Council.  M'heiiever 
called  upon  by  the  Chairman  of  the  Council, 
dairymen  or  milk  vendors  must  be  iire],)ared  to 
supply  tlie  names  ami  addresses  of  their  customers, 
and  further  hel[)  to  ascertain  tiieir  residences. 
Persons  suffering  from  infectious  diseases  or  having 
lieen  recently  e.xposed  to  infection  are  debarred 
from  participating  in  dairy  oi>erations  in  any 
capacity.  The  sale  and  supply  of  milk  stored  in 
sleeping  or  dwelling-rooms  or  apartments  rendered 
unwholesome  from  whatever  caiue,  is  forbidden. 
The  penally  attached  to  any  infringement  of  the 
above  regulations  is  a sum  not  e.vceeding  11200.  The 
provisions  of  the  Oidinance  apply  to  dairymen, 
milk-vendors,  dairy  farmers,  cowkeepers  and  pur- 
veyors of  milk,  whether  resident  within  or  w'ithout 
Municipal  limits,  and  to  dairy  premises,  milk  stores 
and  milk  shoiis  whether  within  or  witliout  the 
Municipal  limits,  by  whom  or  from  wdiich  milk  is 
.sold  or  supplied  to  persons  within  Muuiciiml  limits, 
and  also  apply  to  occupiers  cf  dairies  and  milk 
stores  or  sho])S. 
f^ince  its  foundation  in  1881  the  8chool  of 
Agriculture  has  developed  greatly,  not  so  much  by 
its  own  growth,  for  such  grow'ih,  if  it  were 
possible,  has  been  limited,  owing  to  admi,ssiuns  into 
the  school  having  l.'een  limited.  It  would  perhap.s 
be  more  correct  to  speak  of  the  extension 
of  the  school  by  the  grafting  on  to  it  of  a 
number  of  other  branch  institutions.  The  first 
institution  which  brought  about  this  expansion 
Ava.s  the  Colombo  Training  School,  for  the  training 
of  Government  vernacular  teacheivs,  which  was 
established  in  connection  with  the  School  of  Agri- 
culture w ith  the  idea  of  bringing  the  future  teachers 
of  the  native  population  under  the  influence  of 
agricultural  education,  while  undergoing  their 
technical  training  as  schoolmasters.  With  the 
Training  School  came  the  Practising  School— a 
vernacular  day  school — as  a necessary  adjunct 
to  the  former.  Next  came  the  Government 
dairy — a large  concern  in  itself — which  is,  of  the 
various  addi'ioius,  most  nearly  an  outgrowth  of  the 
original  institution.  Later  on  followed  the  extension 
of  the  dairy  itself  and  its  connection  with  the  Model 
Farm  : and  as  regards  land  acreage  it  is  interesting 
to  note  that  from  a garden  of  some  dozen  acres, 
the  extent  mw'  piertaining  to  the  school  is  nearly 
27o  acres.  At  one  time  the  idea  of  working  tlie 
Teclu  ical  School  in  connection  with  the  School  of 
Agriculture  was  thought  of,  but  was  ultimately 
abandoned  as  impracticable.  The  latest  and  not  the 
least  addition  we  have  to  refer  to  is  the  Forestry 
School,  and  we  have  little  doubt  that  with  the  many 
interests  which  Agriculture  and  Fore-stry  have 
in  common,  the  connection  formed  will  be  to 
the  mutual  benefit  of  the  two  allied  schoo's  of 
Agriculture  and  Forestry. 
The  new'  Forestry  School  at  the  School  of  Agri- 
culture was  opened  on  the  15th  May  last.  The 
classes  to  be  held  during  the  present  year  are 
Forestry  (conducted  by  .Mr.  Broun,  tlie  Conservator 
of  Forests),  Forest  Law  (by  Mr.  .Morgan  dt  Saram, 
.\dvocate),  Surveying  (Mr.  Dyson  Blair,  Municipal 
Surveyor),  Mathematics  (Mr.  IValter  Parys),  and 
Botany  ( Mr.  C.  Drieberg,  Supt.,  School  of  Agri- 
culture). For  the  present  si.x  students  have  been 
admitted,  three  of  whom  have  been  drafted  from 
the  Forest  Deparment,  viz.,  Messrs.  Jansz,  Gaia- 
gode  and  .layman.  Three  other  students  have 
been  chosen  after  a preliminary  examination  by  the 
Director  of  Public  Instruction:  these  are  F.  C. 
Fernando,  11.  P.  Katnayake,  and  B.  M.  Mendis.  A 
suitable  part  of  the  .school  has  been  set  apart  for 
the  Forestry  classe.s,  and  the  nucleus  of  a Museum 
already  exists  in  the  large  collection  of  Ceylon 
woods  presented  to  the  School  of  .Agriculture  last 
year.  .Accommodation  has  been  provided  for  the 
Forestry  students  on  the  pi’emises,  as  they  will 
all  be  resident  students.  .Altogether  the  arrange- 
ments made  for  the  Forestry  school  appear  to  be 
satisfactory,  and  we  heartily  wish  the  new  institu- 
tion sucess. 
AVo  have  to  congratutule  Ml.  J'l.  T.  lloole,  2nd 
.Assistant,  Colombo  .School  of  Agriculture,  on  having 
successfully  gone  through  his  Veterinary  course  at 
the  Bombay  A’eterinary  College.  Mr.  lloole  will 
make  the  second  native  A’eterinary  Surgeon  in 
Ceylon,  and  we  wish  him  a long  and  useful  career 
in  the  Colony. 
In  another  column  we  make  an  important 
extract  from  the  Indiait.  A;/ricultun^i  headed  “Tlie 
Cause  of  Kinderpest.  ” The  agricultural  community 
of  the  East  wdll  never  cease  to  bo  thankful  to  Dr. 
Simpson,  Sanitary  Officer,  (or  Health  Officer  as 
tlie  official  is  called  in  linlia)  of  Calcutta,  if  he 
succeeds  in  wdiat  he  hopes  to  do,  in  the  way  of 
combatting  the  dreadful  epidemic  known  as 
Kinderpest,  cattle  plague,  or  (as  it  is  loosely 
