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eminent. The Secretary is accordini?ly instructed to refer all the 

 papers to the Chairman on his return to the Island. 



The Minute was unanimously agreed to. 



Mr. Haider reported that as regards the Dairying Farm and Agri- 

 cultural School they had offers of land, and the Committee would be 

 able to visit these before the next Meeting and report on them. 



The Secretary read the Report of the Committee on Cotton, as fol- 

 lows : — 



A Meeting of the Committee appointed to consider the applications 

 for £5 grants for an experimental acre of cotton, consisting of Hon. 

 W. Fawcett, Mr. H. H. Cousins and the Secretary, John Barclay, met 

 at Hope Gardens on Wednesday 27th inst. at 9.15 a.m. 



The Meeting considered 34 applications and after rejecting those 

 which were from good banana districts, chose the following ten^ as re- 

 presenting the most suitable districts in soils and climatic conditions : 



1. Miss Marvin, Shortwood, St. Andrew. 



2. J J Robinson, Stony Hill, 



3. Arthur J. Webb, Llandoverv, St Ann. 



4. Rev. C. T. Ricard, Pedro Plains, St. Elizabeth. 



5. A. C. L, Martin, Alligator Pond, Manchester. 



6. Rev. E. A. Arnett, for lower Trelawny Trelawny. 



7. C. R. Taylor, Secretary 



St John's Branch 



Society, Gruannboa Vale, St. Catherine. 



8. Thos. H. N. Cripps, Dallas Castle, St. Andrew. 



9. C. H L Nicholson, May Pen,- Clarendon. 

 10. Roland E. Gillpspy, Falmouth TreLiwny, 



The Secretary read a Minute from Mr. Fursdon reporting that he 

 had entered into arrangehaents with some Syrians, one of whom had 

 long experience in all the i ranches of Cotton cultivation in Egypt, 

 where ly they could grow cotton as an experiment on 40 to 50 acr s of 

 land in front of his house at " Two Mile Wood," Hartlands, on very 

 reasonable terms and he had given him nn option to purchase a block 

 of 480 acres of land within the next 12 months. 



The Board expressed satisfaction that these Syrians had been so en- 

 couraged and agreed that everything should be done with a view to 

 facilitate the experiment. 



The Secretary submitted applications for the use of the Steam Gin 

 at Spanish Town, from the Hon T. H. Sharp, A. J. Webb, H. T. 

 Ronaldson, and Mr. Fursdon on behalf of the Syrians. 



It was agreed to assign the sum of not more than £20 for free grants 

 of Cotton seed and the Secretary was directed to insert the following 

 advertisement under Government notices, viz : — 



The Board of Agriculture has decided to spend up to £20 from the 

 grant made by the British Cotton Growing Association in the purchase 

 of Sea Island Cotton Seed. The Board is prepared to consider appli- 

 cations for free grants of Cotton seed on the condition that full reports 

 are made to the Director of Public Gardens, to whom applications are 

 to be made. 



A letter from the Colonial Secretary's Office in the matter of the 

 Cattle Dock at the Railway, and a lettei: from Mr. Fursdon re same 



