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 BELTING TO INDIA by wbit lines on s black background ? Thsy look ugly and are no so ele.sr &s he ordinary black lines on whit ground. The second par of he volume eonsins valuable sbsrse tables of foreign rsde, whieh provide deails sufficient for many purposes. I is only for desiled invesigs$ions 'hs th large annual volumes of ssisies of sea.borne rsde need be referrod to. H.S. $NVONS' Reioot of tl Arieultm'al Besazreh bstitte and College, . Puss (incitecling the tieport of the Imperial Cotton Specialist, 1915.16), Published by Superintendent, (}overnmen Printing, India, Csleus: 1916, pp. iv, 11/i, Priee 6 amws or 7d. This repor embodies he many.sided seiviy of he Eeseareh Institute of Puss. In addition o the repor of he Director, whieh is s general ons, we have apeelM reports about their seeions froii he Imporisl Agrieuluris, he Imporis/ Agrieulursl Chemis, he Imperial Eeonomie Botanist, he Imporisl Myeologis, he Imporisl Enomologis and the Agrieulursl Bacteriologist. The Eesesrehes carried on during he year porsin o s variety of hings,-ehief among hem being, green manures, he problem of infertility of soil under rees, riee as su article of die, swee potato as s possible source for he eommereisl produeion of ssreh, he essblishmen of new grades of whes in India, expori. mens wih //svs indigo seed, he eulivsion and propagation of frui rees,-the fungus diseases of erops and plans and he pess hs sffee eoon and riee, and oher beetle.grubs ths lay eggs on pea-pods, he sorsge experiments, he esle flies and mosquitoes. The.Co..on Speeis has been making s our o examine the varieties of eoon and he possibilities of heir develop. ment, espeeially the Cambodia and Dharwar.Ameriesn. He makes valuable recommendations with regard to Indian eotton growing. The oal Es. 4,68,817. expondiure during he year 1915.16 was The gross receipts .from he sale of farm produce, milk, publications of he department, and oher arieles arnountil o Es. 15,$40. A sum of Es.8,502 was spon on "Sugar Expsrimens" in he United 'rovinees, in addition to he above expenditure. Bu sgsins hese figures we may pu he esimst of he ImpsriM Eeonomio Bosnis subsiu$ion of he eounry %vheas by Puss No. 12 would.mean