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 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



EXTRACTS FROM MINUTES 



The usual Monthly Meeting of the Board of Agriculture was 

 held at Headquarter House on Wednesday, 17th October, 1906, 

 at 2 p.m. : Present : — The Hon. T.*L. Roxburgh, Acting Colonial 

 Secretary, Acting Chairman, the Director of Public Gardens, the 

 Acting Island Chemist, His Grace the Archbishop, Messrs. C. A. 

 T. Fursdon, J. W. Middleton and the Secretary. 



The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. 



Rubber — Mr. Fawcett handed in the manuscript of the article on 

 rubber which Mr. Harris was asked to prepare. It was agreed 

 that this should be published as a Bulletin and that the Secretary 

 should write Mr. Harris thanking him for the trouble he had taken 

 in getting up the matter. 



Mr. Cradwick — The Secretary read letter from Jamaica Agricul- 

 tural Society stating that they agreed to the recommedations of 

 the Board of Agriculture that Mr. Cradwick should remain in the 

 western district till the end of the financial year and carry through 

 his engagements till that date, but from 1st April it was expected 

 that he should take up his work in his new district ; that as His 

 Excellency had not approved of the recommendation of the Joint 

 Conference with regard to the control of the Instructors the Board 

 of Management took it that the control of the work remained as 

 before. 



Loiigvillc Cassava Plaiitatiou — The Secretary reported that as 

 directed by the Board, Mr. Cradwick had visited Longville Cassava 

 Plantation and had made a report to the Amalgamated Products 

 Co. ; his expenses amounting to £2 2s. 3d. had been paid by the 

 Company. 



Swift's Arsenate of Lead — The Secretary read letter from the 

 Colonial Secretary's Office stating that with the advice and consent 

 of the Privy Council the Governor had, under Section 8 of the 

 Tariff Law of 1899, agreed to admit Swift's Arsenate of Lead free. 



Mr. Fawcett asked for a copy of the report that had been made 

 on the subject and the Secretary was directed to send him this. 



Tobacco — The Secretary read letter referred from the Colonial 

 Secretary's Office from Granda Bros. & Co., Montreal, stating that 

 they were desirous of becoming better acquainted with the tobacco 

 grown here with the object of perhaps using same, and asking 

 that a few sample hands of tobacco suitable for wrappers be sent 

 to them by mail. 



The Secretary was directed to publish this letter in the news- 

 papers and send a copy to Col. Kitchener. 



The Director of Public Gardens stated that when he was in 

 London, he had met Mr. Chalmers, the Tobacco expert, who 

 stated that the blend of Jamaica and Virginia Tobacco which had 

 been used experimentally in the Navy would probably be found 

 suitable, and when the experiment was completed, they would 

 probably want as much as 500 quintals of the third quality at a 

 cheap rate. 



