THE CEYLON AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
TO-DAY'S MEETING. 
Mr. Bamber’s Paper on Camphor. 
A meeting of the Agricultural Board was held in the Council 
Chamber at noon to-day, H. E. the Governor presiding. The prin- 
cipal item on the agenda was a paper by Mr. Kf.LWAY Bamber. 
There were present : — 
The Hon. H. Wage, C.M.G. (Acting Colonial Secretary), the Hon, 
Mr. H. L. Crawford, the Hon. Mr. P. Arunachalam, the Hon. 
Mr. S. C. Obeyesekere, the Hon. Mr A. Kanagasabai, the Hon. 
Mr. Francis Bsven, Mr. M. Kelway Bamber, Dr. J. C. Willis, 
Dr. H. M. Fernando, m.d., Mr. L. W. Booth (Chief Collector of 
Customs). Mr. G. W. STURGESS (Government Veterinary Surgeon), 
Mr. E. E. Green (Government Entomologist), and Messrs. R. 
Morison, Herbert Wright, R. B. Strickland, D. Joseph, C. 
Drieberg. W. Dunuville, E. B. Denham (Secretary), and Mr. 
L. S. Raghana Aiyar (visitor). 
A letter from Mr. SIMON FERNANDO MUDALIYAR offering land 
for experimental garden was read. 
THe Governor’s Remarks. 
H. E. the Governor said : Gentlemen, we will taken the Progress 
Report as read. It is eminently satisfactory. You have just heard 
this letter from Mr. FERNANDO making a most generous offer. It 
shows how the ideas of the Society have permeated the people in 
various parts of the Island. I find by this report that Mr. S. P. 
Mahawalatenna has kindly promised to allow his garden at Ba- 
langoda to be open to the public as an experimental garden, and I 
find at Weligama the Mudaliyar has also offered facilities for experi- 
mental gardening. I think these gentlemen deserve the thanks of 
the Society for the interest they have sho^vn in the work of the 
Society. I observe that the Delft branch of the Society has decided 
to plant cotton in Delft on a larger scale, and also that Messrs. 
NiELAND and WILSON undertake to purchase any cotton sent to 
them ; and favourable reports regarding the progress of cotton on 
the North-West province at Balangoda and in the Udakindapalata 
of Uva have been received by the Society. I need hardly say how 
important this industry may become. We have sent a surveying 
expedition to the Wanni to see whether it is possible to get water. 
1 see by records that throughout the Wanni cotton has been grown 
in times gone by, and it may be one of our staple exports in the 
future ; and I am sure you welcome as I do any efforts made in that 
direction. This report shows the energy with which the work has 
been carried on in all parts of the country. I am very glad to see 
that at Nuwara Eliya specimens of diseases in plants have been 
exhibited. I think these are most useful exhibits, and I have no 
