, 1912-01-13

Merwin & Co..
There'has been published by The Imperial
Department Of Agricultural for the West In.
dies" u speci1l Bulletin (No. 4 of vol. ky.
which "deals solely with matters relating to
the past and future work of the Imperial
Department of Agriculture for u copy of
which we are indebted to the courtesy of
DR.. Francis Watts. The first contribution
to the subject is a paper read by Sir Daniel
MORRIS at II meeting Of the Royal Colonial
Institute a year ago. The facts are Still
valuable, aud we intend, beginning with the
present issue; to reproduce this paper, at
uIl events the greater part of X, in the 4IOiS,
A name, heard or read, conveys very diff
ferent meanings to different people. II for
example we mention the name "Imdia" it
conveys to the totally itliterAte maj no
meaning whatever. If the word we're part
of II sentence he might see from the context
that it was the name Of Il place, but that
would be about all. To others it would
convey Il meaning more or less full accord
ing to the education Of each. The school boy
would probably know that India is u very large
peninsula in the south of Asia, having Il great
north-stretching arm Of the Indian Ocean
on either hand, namely the Bay of Bengal
on the east and the Arabian Sea on the west.
The picture most commonly associated with
the name would probably be that of an
enormous stretch of country having q hot
climate and composed Of plains, table lands
and mountains, with grand rivers coursing
through it,. having large cities along their
Banks and on the coast, and nearly every
where a teeming population, of different
races, speaking different languages and fol-
1nUUipO Il ffprQnt rplIOioOS ThIS IS nPObahlV
the sort of picture that the name calls up
for many Of us. If we read the newspapers,
we have recently added perhaps to the pic
ture the impression Of the gorgeous cere-
monies that bave recently taken place there
ir the browning Of the King and Queen OF
England as Emperor and Empress Of India.
With thai ceremony have been associated
changes i'll the Government, changes which
will have u much greater interest for Thought
ful people than the ceremonies which pre-
coded them. These changes will be seen
noted i'll a paragraph reprinted elsewhere
IN these columns from the Dajly 1NoM.
The first of the changes is, that"Delhl is to
be he Imperial capital in place Of Calcutta.
We take up our map and make . little geo9ra-
pilical study Of northern India, for both
these cities are in the great plain Which
extends entirely across from the Bay Of Bengal
10 the AtaDlal O6a, Ou Tue HOitH II
the great plain the Lind rises, first as
hill country, then as II lofty chain Of
mountains, the mighty Hunalayas, Sabode
of snow" the name MEANS, and is tru-
" deserved, for there are numberless
peaks nearing 4 miles in height and rising far
above the line of perpetual snow. Mt.EVerest,
believed to be the highest, is about $4,000
feet high, it is on the northern border of
Nepaul, where King George has recently
been killing SO many tigers and rhinoceroses.
From out of this vast land of snow
peaks, aud glacier-illed valleys come the
great rivers Indus and Ganges, the former
emptying it's waters into the Arnblan Sea,
the latter into the Bay OF Bengal. They
are both long rivers, the former about 1900,
the latter about 500 miles. burt MS the Indus
after collecting the waters of 5 large tribu-
taries makes straight for the sea. across a half
desert country, it's stream cannot be com
Oared with thai of the Ganges, which, rough
" speaking, runs parallel with the "abode
of snow receiving tributaries from It's lofty
ranges throughout its whole length. The
main end most westerly tributary OF the
Gauges is the great Jumna, itself over
half the length of the main river. 1t is on
the banks of the Jumna that the city OF