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It was agreed that the number of Apprentices should be reduced 

 to 10, and in future only boys who can read and write well are to 

 be employed. 



(Mr. Capper here left the meeting.) 



Moved by Mr. Murray, seconded by Mr. Fursdon, supported by 

 Mr. Middleton and the Agricultural Chemist, it was decided that 

 £30 of the Hope Gardens Vote for Transport, &c., be allocated for 

 the distribution of Cane Tops for experiments. The Director of 

 Public Gardens protested. 



Reports from the Chemist — The following papers from the Chemist 

 were ordered to be circulated 



1. Applications from 18 distillers for £10 — Scholarships.. 



2. Proposed arrangements as to admission of boys from Second- 

 ary Schools to Laboratory Lectures. 



3. Fee to Consulting Engineer — Sugar Experiments. 



4. Progress Report. Sugar Experiments. 



Reports, &c.,from the Director of Public Gardens, to be circulated : — 



a. Hope Experiment Station. 



b. Instructors' Reports. 



c. Letters from Mr. Cradwick re School Gardens. 



d. Proposed Itinerary for Mr. Thompson to end of June. 



e. Proposed Itinerary for Mr. Cradwick. 



Mr. Cradwick' s assistance at Agricultural Show — A letter was read 

 from Hon. R. P. Simmonds asking if the Board will allow Mr. 

 Cradwick to assist during June in St. Mary in stirring up the 

 people to take an interest in a Show to be held at Port Maria at 

 the end of June, also to assist at the Show itself. It was agreed 

 that Mr. Cradwick should do this in connexion with his instruc- 

 tion work in St. Mary. 



Materials for spraying diseased Caco-mit trees — The Chairman 

 asked for the approval of the Board for the purchase out of the 

 Board's Petty Expenses of materials in order that the experiments 

 in spraying diseased Coco-nut trees may be continued. This was 

 agreed to. 



A CORRECTION. 



The following correction has been sent by Dr. Cousins : — 



The note hy Dr. Cousins appended to the papers on Rotation Crops for Cotton 

 in the last number of this Bulletin (on p. 110) is incorrectly described as a 'note 

 on foregoing pap rs.' Neither the original letter from the Colonial Secretary to 

 the Director of Public Gardens nor the closing letter from the Chemist of the 

 Leeward Islunds (Or. Francis Watts) had been referred to Dr. Cousins nor had 

 he seen thes^ papers until th^ir publication in the Bulletin. The minute by the 

 Island Chemist was not drafted for publication and was based upon the four 

 rotations suggested for trial in Jamaica only. 



[Issued 3rd June, 1905.] 

 Printed at the Govt. Printing Office, Kingston, Jam. 



