TSEIE 
COLOMBO. 
Added  as  a Siqivlement  MontMu  to  the  TROPICAL  AGRICULTURIST:’ 
The  Collowing  pages  include  the  Contents  of  the  Agricultural  Magazine 
for  September  : — 
Vol.  VIII.] 
SEPTEMBER,  1896. 
[No. 
SEASON  EEPOllTS  FOR  JELY. 
ESTER-N  PROVINCE.— Yala  paddy 
croficS  tlifiving  well,  and  harvest 
pi’ospects  good  ; dry  grains  sown 
to  a small  extent,  but  good  ; rain- 
fall deficient,  but  better  towards 
end  of  month ; fruits  and  vege- 
tables scarce,  e.xcept  in  Rayigam  Xorale. 
Centual  PxioviNCE. — Malia  cultivation  com- 
menced in  Kandy  district,  fair  yala  crop;  in 
Mataleyala  cultivation  very  successful  ; in  Nuwara 
Eliya  ploughing  and  sowing  going  on  ; prospects 
of  dry  • grains,  where  cultivated,  good  ; rainfall, 
generalfy  sufRcient;  fair  supply  of  fruits  and 
vegetables  in  Nuwara  Eliya.  Stock. — Some  foot 
and  mouth  disease. 
NoutukuN  Province. — Paddy  crops,  good 
average;  tobacco  harvest  over  in  Jaffna,  prices 
low' ; rainfall  deficient. 
Southern  Province.  - Paddy  fair  in  Galle 
except  in  Hinidum  Pattu  ; poor  in  Hambantota, 
except  under  Tissa ; but  good  in  Matara ; dry 
grains,  good  or  fair;  fruit  and  vegetables,  fair 
supply;  some  rain  in  Galle,  very  slight  in  Ham- 
bantota ; a few  cases  foot  and  mouth  disease  in 
Wellaboda  Pattu. 
EA.STERN  Province. — Paddy  prospects  in  Trinco_ 
malee  good  ; tobacco  stock  sold  for  good  prices  and 
e.xhausted;  rainfall  very  heavy  in  Batticaloa ; 
fisheries  good  ; health  of  stock  satisfactory. 
North-Western  Province. — Paddy  crops  and 
prospects  good  in  Kurunegala,  but  want  of  rain 
has  interfered  with  cultivation  in  Pnttalam  ; good 
crops  expected  in  the  central  Chilaw  division,  but 
;)u>  wp.i)t  of  rain  is  felt  in  the  southern  division, 
and  many  fields  have  consequently  been  aban- 
doned; foot  and  mouth  disense  in  some  parts, 
murrain  decreasing  in  Katugampola  but  prevailing 
in  Dnmbadeni  Ifatpattu. 
North-Central  Province. — Weather  dry  ; yala 
crop  being  reaped  in  Tamankaduwa,  in  other 
parts  in  various  stages;  murrain  among  cattle 
decreasing,  foot  and  mouth  disease  broken  out. 
Province  op  Uva, — Maha  harvest  good  or  mid- 
dling; weather  dry  ; vegetables  scarce,  and  fruit 
scarce  except  in  Wellassa:  foot  and  mouth  di.sease 
in  some  districts. 
Province  of  Sabagamuwa. — Prospects  of  yala 
paddy  crop  good,  preparation  for  maha  ci’op 
commenced ; weather  favourable  for  all  crops ; 
foot  and  mouth  disease  on  the  decrease. 

RAINFALL  TAKEN  AT  THE  SCHOOL  OP 
AGRICULTURE  DURING  THE  MONTH 
OP 
AUGUST 
1896. 
1 
Saturday  . . 
•21 
19 
Wednesday  . 
•10 
2 
Sunday 
•36 
20 
Thursday 
•08 
3 
Monday 
•68 
21 
Priclay 
Nil 
4 
Tuesday 
•55 
22 
Saturday 
Nil 
5 
Wednesday . . 
Nil 
23 
Sunday 
Nil 
6 
Thursday  . . 
•04 
24 
Monday 
Nil 
7 
Friday 
•03 
25 
Tuesday 
•15 
8 
Saturday  . . 
•45 
26 
Wednesday  . 
•24 
9 
Sunday 
•05 
27 
Thursday  . 
•81 
10 
Monday 
•09 
28 
Friday 
•78 
11 
Tuesday 
Nil 
29 
Saturda-y 
•07 
12 
Wednesday  . . 
Nil 
30 
Sunday 
Nil 
13 
Thursday  . , 
Nil 
31 
Monday 
Nil 
14 
Friday 
Nil 
1 
Tuesday 
Nil 
15 
Saturday  , . 
Nil 
16 
Sunday 
Nil 
Total 
.4^J8 
17 
Monday 
Nil 
Mean . 
•14 
18 
Tuesday 
Nil 
Greatest  amount 
of  rainfall  in  any  24 
lioura 
on  the  27th,  Thursday,  '81  inches. 
Recorded  by  JM.  W.  K.  Banhaiu, 
