THIE 
AGRieULTURSL mAGAZIOG, 
COLOMBO. 
Added as a Supplement Monthly to the ‘‘ I'ROPIGAL AGRIOULTURIST.” 
The following pages include the Contents of the Agricultural Magazine 
for December : — 
Vol. IX.] DECEMBEE, 1897. [Nos. 6 & 7. 
SAESON REPOETS. 
ES'TJ'hRN Province. — Paddy. Yala 
harvest over ; Malm cultivation 
begun, and some damage caused 
by rain, but a fairly good crop 
is expected. 
Central Province . — Paddy. Yala harvest nearly 
over, prospects of yield good ; Maha sowing 
and transplanting going on. Rainfall in Matale 
7'67 in. Health of cattle good. 
Northern Province. — Paddy. Sowing prac- 
tically over, and most of the plants are up 
More rain wanted. Rainfall in Jaffna 1'88 in. 
Health of cattle satisfactory. 
Southern Province. — Paddy. Maha crop sown, 
weather favourable on the Galle side, but rain 
wanted in the Hambantota district. Rainfall 
in Galle 1'76 in. 
Eastern Province. — Paddy. Late pinmari being 
harvested and in some places threshed ; Mutnnari 
cultivation for 1898 progressing. Rainfall in 
Batticaloa P14 in., in Trincomalee ‘J’81 in. Cattle 
murrain still in the Batticaloa district. 
North-Western Province. — Paddy. Maha crops 
progressing, and prospects fairly good. Cattle 
murrain reported to be on the inc”ease since 
September in the Kurunegala district. Rainfall 
at Puttalam '64 in. 
North-Central Province . — Paddy. Yala crops 
reaped, cultivation began for Maha in some places. 
Murrain prevailing in some villages in Eppawala 
and Kalagama Korales. 
Province of Uva. — Paddy. Preparations for Yula 
going on, and in some parts sowing commenced. 
Fruits and vegetables plentiful and cheap. 
Province of Sabaragamuiva. — Paddy. Yala 
harvested, reaped and stored ; the yield on the 
Ratnapura side not good. Maha prospiects good 
in Kegalle district, iuit unfavourable in Ratnapura. 
Health of cattle good, saving some cases of foot- 
and-mouth disease. 
OCCASIONAL NOTES. 
Erratum. — In the November number, on page, 
41, the mean rainfall for October at the School 
of Agriculture should be '139 and not 19 in. 
Early in November the students of the School 
of Agriculture and Training School were taken 
by the Superintendent over Messrs. Vavasseur’s 
Coconut mills by arrangement with the Manager! 
and saw the various operations in con- 
nection with the dessication of coconuts and the 
preparation of coir fibre. Our thanks are due to 
Messrs. Vavasseur & Co. for permitting the students 
to go over their works. 
Mr, E. Roosmalecocq, Instructor in Surveying 
and Levelling at the Technical College, has been 
appointed teacher in surveying to tlie student.s 
of the Forestry School, an 1 has already taken 
up duties. 
In his address on the opening of the new 
ses.sion of the Legislative Council on November 
5ih, His E.vcellency the Govern ir made the 
following statement: — “An endeavour is being 
made to bring the Gardens into closer touch 
