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164 Photograph Observatory started by his mother, he has expanded very much the scope of the Meteorological Observatory by providing it with all the latest instruments. He also opened a magnetical observatory which is one of the three such grand institutions in India, and is expected to be of immense use to the Government of India in the forthcoming magnetic survey of this country. The portion of the work connected with this part of the Presidency will be conducted personally by Mr. Jugga Rao Garu. He has also opened a Seismological Observatory which is a very rare institution in any country for measuring the current of earthquakes.

He has great interest in Horticulture, and has studied Botany well. He has a rare collection of standard works on Botany. Very many plants not generally found in other famous gardens of India are grown in his horticultural garden. He is a member of the International Association of Botanists.

His drawing room is an evidence of his great taste for art, and he has beautified it by some original paintings which he collected when he went to Paris.

He went to England in 1900, when he had the unique privilege of paying his respects to Her Most Gracious Majesty, the late Queen Victoria, and to the then Prince of Wales, now King Edward VII. When Mr. Jugga Rao was there, he was elected Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, Royal Meteorological Society, Royal Colonial Institute, and Society of Arts. While in England he visited various Observatories, and studied their working, and also visited the Agricultural Exhibition of York opened by the Prince of Wales. He stayed in Paris for a fortnight, and visited the famous Paris Exhibition, and examined all its