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Public Gardens, the Island Chemist, His Grace the Archbishop, 

 Messrs. C. A. T. Fursdon, J. W. Middleton, G. D. Murray, and the 

 Secretary, John Barclay. 



Instructor for School Gardens — The Secretary read letter from the 

 Colonial Secretary's Office acknowledging receipt of the recom- 

 mendations of the Board with regard to an Instructor for School 

 Gardens, and stating that His Excellency had approved of the 

 recommendations as follows : — 



1. That Mr. Percival Murray be appointed as Instructor for 



school gardens work at an addition to his present salary 

 as an officer in the Chemist's Department of £50 per 

 annum, with £100 travelling expenses, the necessary pro- 

 vision to be made on the estimates of the Education 

 Department ; that the £100 would not be provided as a 

 fixed allowance but as the maximum travelling expenses 

 to be re-imbursed the Instructor and only the amount of 

 his certified expenses would be allowed him ; that provi- 

 sion for the service would be made as an experiment for 

 one year only, and no pledge would be given by the 

 Government to continue the service, as His Excellency 

 hoped that eventually each Inspector of Schools would be 

 found qualified to inspect school gardens and to encou- 

 rage agriculture. 



2. That His Excellency approved of the printing of Mr. 



Williams' book on school gardens at the Government 



Printing Office, provided that an estimate of the cost of 



printing the requisite number of copies was obtained from 



the Superintending Inspector of Schools and was found 



not to be unduly large. 



The Conference — The Secretary read letter from Sir Daniel Morris 



with reference to the West India Agricultural Conference, stating 



that he would be glad of the assistance of the members of the 



Board, and of any suggestions that the Board could offer with 



regard to subjects to be brought before the Conference. 



The Chairman explained that the arrangements had been taken 

 in hand by the local organising committee. 



High Ether Rum — The Secretary read letter from the Secretary 

 of the Northside Sugar Planters' Association asking when the 

 report on the High Ether experiment at Hampden could be 

 expected, and stating that the members of the Association would 

 be glad to accept the offer of the Island Chemist to attend at their 

 next meeting on the 5th January, next, at 2 p.m. in the Court 

 House, Falmouth, so as to receive the suggestions he proposed to 

 put forward. 



Work of Instructors — -The following letters from the Colonial 

 Secretary's Office were submitted : — 



1. Transmitting copy of correspondence with the Agricultural 

 Society on the question of the Joint Committee's direction 

 of the work of the Agricultural Instructors and stating 

 that if the Board of Agriculture and the Jamaica Agri- 

 cultural Society were agreed, the Governor approved of 



