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congfatulated Mr. Bell, Mr. Hahn and the other assistants of tlie Public 

 Works Department for the excellent plans. 



His Excellency then laid the foundation stone. A silver trowel was- 

 also presented to His Excellency for Lady Chancellor. On tlie gift is 

 inscribed :-i- 



*•' This trowel was presented to Lady Chancellor, on the occasion of 

 "hsr laying of the Foundation Stone of the Agricultural Department 

 "Offices, Trinidad, on the 20th May, 1921." 



Mr. Freeman thanked the Governor on behalf of the Department 

 of Agriculture, Board of Agriculture and Agricultural Society, for 

 laying the foundation stone for Lady Chancellor, whose absence he 

 regretted. He felt sure that this building, which was needed very mwch, 

 would enable the Department to do better work. 



The gathering then dispersed. 



On a marble tablet which is to be placed against the foundation 

 stone, will be inscribed : — 



" This Foundation Stone \vas laid on the 20th May, 1921, by Lady 

 " Chancellor, while Lieut. -Colonel Sir .John Chancellor, K.C.M.G., 

 " D.S.O., B.E., was Governor of Trinidad and Tobago." 



■\Y. G. Freeman, B.Sc.L., Archibald G. Bell, C.M.G., 



Director of Agriculture, Director of Public Works. 



Within the stone is placed a bottle, in which are ins©i-ted the 

 following : — 



The Fori-of-Sxmin Ga-ettc, of the 20th May. 1921 ; The Trinidad 

 Guardian, of the 20th May, 1921, and a paper with the following 

 inscription : — 



" This building was designed and erected by the Public Works Depart- 



" ment. The whole work was under the direct charge of D. M. Hahn, 



•"M. Inst. C.E. ; M. List. M.E., Assistant Director of Public Works; 



"E. R. Gammon, assisting him as Architect and Draughtsman and 



" F. J. Horsford, Assistant Engineer as Builder." 



The new building will be 140 feet in length, two storied, with a 

 central block and two wings. It will contain the offices of the Director 

 of Agriculture, Assistant Director, and Chief Clerk, the Mycological, 

 Entomological and Chemical laboratories, with accommodation for 

 the Economic Botanist and Government Veterinary Surgeon, also the 

 Herbarium, and Library, rooms for the Curator, Chief Inspector, Plant 

 Protection Ordinance and the general Clerical Staff. 



The estimated cost of the building, which will be of concrete, is 

 approximately £'10,000, which is being met from the accumulated profits 

 of Piiver and St. Augustine Estates which are under the management 

 of the Department. 



Mr. C. B. Williams. 



The Colony has suffered the loss of an exceptionally keen and 

 zealous scientific worker, by the resignation of Mr. C. B. Williams, 

 i3ngar Cane Entomologist, to accept the post of a Senior Entomologist 



