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the new Department was drawn up bj' Sir Henry Jackson whose original 

 intention was that the Department of Agriculture should be under the 

 control of a Director assisted by an advisory Board. The Board was 

 to advise the Government as to the operations of the Department and 

 the duties of its officers, and from time to time to appoint and pay from 

 the funds at its disposal specially selected officers to strengthen any 

 particular branch of the Department that the Board might consider in 

 need of temporary assistance. Those officers while so employed were to 

 be under the Fole direction of the Director of Agriculture, but, the arrange- 

 ment of their duties and the duration of their employment was to be 

 entirely in the hands of the Board. 



On its establishment in 1908, there were embodied in the new 

 Department of Agriculture the then existing Botanical Department, the 

 Government Laboratory, the Government Stock Farms and the River 

 and St. Augustine Estates. 



Professor Carmody, who was appointed Director retained the post of 

 Government Analyst and Professor of Chemistry to the Queen's Royal 

 and St. Mary's Colleges which he then held. This arrangement was 

 however little more than nominal, for subsequent to his appointment as 

 ] irector of Agriculture Professor Carmody only exercised a general 

 supervision over the work of the Laboratory and gave no lectures in 

 chemistry to the students of the Colleges. The work of the Government 

 Laboratory includes analytical work in connection with police, customs 

 and public health matters in addition to purely agricultural work, and 

 the building also contains class rooms used by the students of the 

 Queen's Eoyal College. 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



4. When the resolution of the Council approving the creation of a 

 Department of Agriculture was adopted a Committee of eight members, 

 five of whom were members of the Legislative Council, was appointed 

 to advise as to the staff of the new Department. The Committee made 

 recommendations in regard to the taxes which, at the instance of the 

 Agricultural Society, were to be imposed on exported produce to assist 

 in meeting the increased cost of the new Department, and expressed 

 strong disapproval of the arrangement then contemplated under which 

 the proceeds of the Agricultural Tax were to be paid into the Treasury. 

 They contended that if the proceeds of the tax were included in the 

 general revenue of the Colony, the Board of Agriculture would lose 

 control of its funds, and they urged that the money should be paid into 

 an account to the credit of the Board, who should have complete control 

 over the expenditure. In view of the strongly expressed wishes of the 

 members of the Committee this arrangement was approved by Lord 

 Crewe on the understanding that the Government would not be bound 

 to act upon the advice of the majority of the Board, except with regard 

 to the disposal of the special Agricultural Fund. 



5. The Department of Agriculture was not formerly established by 

 law, but Ordinance No. 35 of 1908 provided for the establishment of a 

 Board of Agriculture consisting of the Governor, the Director of the 

 Department of Agriculture and not less than twelve or more than 

 twenty persons to be appointed by the Governor and representing the 



