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and Mr. W. Harris, Acting Secretary, Mr. Geo. D. Murray 

 telegraphed that owing to very heavy rains he was unable to 

 attend the meeting. 



Annual Report — A draft copy of the Annual Report on the work 

 of the Board was brought up for consideration. It was decided 

 that the Agricultural Chemist should prepare a summary report on 

 the Agricultural and Educational work of his Department for the 

 past financial year to be presented at next meeting of the Board, 

 at which meeting the Annual Report of the Director of Public 

 Gardens and Plantations will also be presented, when all these 

 reports will be considered together. 



Painphlet on School Gardens — The Director of Public Gardens 

 presented a draft copy of the first part of a pamphlet on School 

 Gardens which had been prepared by the Assistant Superintendent 

 of Hope Gardens. 



This was ordered to be circulated. 



Letters from the Presideftt of the Sav.-la-Mar Agricultural Society re 

 Mr. Cradwick's Services — The Director of Public Gardens forwarded 

 letters from the President of the Sav.-la-Mar Agricultural Society 

 asking that Mr. Cradwick should be allowed to act as Assistant 

 Secretary of the annual show held in connection with the Society. 



The Board decided that in this, as in similar cases, Mr. Cradwick 

 may assist in his capacity as Travelling Instructor in persuading 

 the people in the districts in which Agricultural Shows are to be 

 held to take an interest in such shows, but it objects to his 

 undertaking secretarial or other duties which were not within the 

 scope of his work as a Travelling Agricultural Instructor. 



Cocoa dying in St. Mary— The papers on this subject were brought 

 up for final consideration, and the Director of Public Gardens was 

 requested to edit them and publish in the Bulletin anything bear- 

 ing on the subject which is likely to prove useful. 



Sajnples of Tobacco asked for by Board of Trade — The Colonial 

 Secretary forwarded, for the information of the Board, a copy of 

 a reply sent to the Board of Trade, London, stating that at present 

 there is no tobacco leaf available for export and, therefore, there 

 is no use in sending samples, but that samples of cigars, etc., 

 would be sent to Prof. Dunstan, by the Montpelier Cigar Factory 

 and Messrs. Machado Bros., for exhibition in the Imperial 

 Institute, also that Mr. Haas, who made enquiries, may obtain in- 

 formation on the subject at the Jamaica Court at the Crystal 

 Palace Exhibition. 



The following reports were presented and ordered to be 

 circulated : — 



From the Director of Public Gardens and Plantations : — 

 Report on Hope Experiment Station, 

 Reports from Messrs. W. Cradwick & W. J. Thompson. 

 Travelling Instructors. 



[Issued 9th August, 1905.] 

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



