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Both had made application for admission without fees on 

 the ground of poverty. It was agreed to admit them on 

 payment of half the usual fee. 

 The Chemist stated that there were now seven students. 



(b) Reservoir at Hope — Reporting that the capacity of the reser- 



voir was 330,000 gallons, that the delivery pipe fills 

 it in 30 hours and the outlet is a 3 inch pipe only and the 

 new 5 inch pipe did not draw direct from the reservoir, 

 but from the old 3 inch pipe ; that it takes 70 hours to 

 empty the tank by a new conduit and with the rate of 

 flow enables on acre of cane to be irrigated per depart- 

 mental day. 



He recommended that a direct connection be made with 

 a 5 inch pipe at a cost of £30, to enable 6 acres of cane 

 to be irrigated per day. This recommendation was held 

 over for consideration, when funds should be available. 



(c) School Gardens and Essential Changes in the Code — Recom- 



mending radical alterations by increased points for agri- 

 cultural subjects. This was directed to be circulated. 



(d) Instruction in Economic Botany— Fainting out that since Mr. 



Fawcett has found himself unable to continue to give in- 

 struction in Economic Botany to the agricultural students, 

 and as Mr. Teversham had yet no special local knowledge 

 on the subject, it might be necessary to add a new officer 

 to the staff of the Botanical Department, as this subject 

 was necessary to the students' course. 

 The Archbishop said that first a substantial agreement should be 

 come to as to what teaching is required, second that the work should 

 be so organized that they should utilise for that purpose to the full 

 extent the best ability of the men belonging to the Botanical Staff, 

 third that they must secure the co-operation of Mr. Fawcett and 

 Mr. Cousins and enough of flexible connection with the Jamaica 

 College to secure proper agricultural teaching for that institution, 

 and in such a way that they should not add men to the staff and 

 that the heads of departments should not be called on to do ele- 

 mentary work. 



The Chairman read a letter from the Jamaica Schools Commission 

 asking that arrangements should be made for scientific agricultural 

 teaehing to be given at the Jamaica College. 



After considerable discussion the Board appointed a Committee 

 consisting of : the Chairman, Mr. Fawcett, Mr. Cousins, Mr. deMer- 

 cado, Mr. Middleton, to meet to consider the matter of the teaching 

 of economic botany and the matter of secondary school classes. 



(e) Borers in Sugar Cane — Asking permission to print a leaflet 



for distribution, on practical measures for reducing the 

 ravages of these pests. It was agreed that it might first be 

 ascertained whether there was such a publication of the 

 Imperial Department of Agriculture, and, if so, that a 



