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Personal Notes. 
Scientific visitors of the last eighteen months include Dr, H. TJzelof 
Koniggratz, ivho resided at Peradeniya from November, 1901, to July, 
1902, and was engaged in entomological research ; Dr. Nils Svedelius 
of Stockholm (September, 1902, to August, 1903), who made extensive 
investigations of the seaweeds of Ceylon, chiefly at Galle ; Dr. F. E. 
Fritsch of London (August to November, 1903), who investigated the 
fresh water algæ, the plankton of the rivers and lagoons, and other 
points ; and several other workers for shorter periods. Numerous 
officials of similar departments in other countries also visited Pera¬ 
deniya to study the working of the Department and to investigate local 
agriculture ; among them may be mentioned Mr. R. Dupont, the Curator 
of the Seychelles Botanic Gardens ; Mr. W. J. Johnson, Curator of the 
Gold Coast Botanic Gardens ; Mr. S. T. Dunn, Superintendent of the 
Botanical Department, Hongkong ; Dr. P. Preuss, Director of the 
Botanical Department, Kamerun ; Mr. B. C. Basu, Assistant to the 
Director of Land Records and Agriculture, Assam ; and others. 
Mr. Herbert Wright was appointed in 1902 Controller of the 
Experiment Station, Peradeniya, and was succeeded as Scientific 
Assistant by Mr. R. H. Lock, B.A., Frank Smart Student in Botany 
of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. 
Mr. J. C. Willis was absent on leave from July, 1902, to May, 1903, 
and spent part of the time in a tour through the United States and 
Cuba for the study of Agricultural and Botanical departments and 
their organization, &c. Articles dealing with these subjects will 
probably appear in later numbers of this journal. 
Publications. 
The following numbers of the “ Circulars and Agricultural Journal ” 
have been published since the last notice :— 
Yol. II., No. 1.—Annual Report of the Government Mycologist 
and Assistant Director, 1901. By J. B. Carruthers. 
2. —Further Observations on Helopeltis. By E. E. Green. 
3. —The Tea Tortrix ( Capua coffearia , Nietner). By E. E. Green. 
4 —A Report by the Controller, Experiment Station, Peradeniya. 
By H. Wright. 
5. —The Lobster Caterpillar : A Tea Pest in Ceylon. By E. E. 
Green. 
6. —Root Disease in Tea ( Rosellinia radicipercla , Massee). By 
J. B. Carruthers. 
7. —Castilloa or Panama Rubber. By J. C. Willis. 
8. — Cearâ Rubber. By J. C Willis. 
