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" District " shall mean the distrift ooniposed of the imuiieipalities or other 

 limitations set forth in Schedule A " of this act. 



" I{et,'ular mcctin.us " are those at which delci^rates sent by llic (It'partnient are 

 jiresent and whose expenses are paid hy the department. 



■■ Supplementary meetings" are those conducted by the local oHicials. 



"Regular (U'legates " are those sent annually to assist local oflicers to bold 

 regular meetings. 



" Supplementary speakers " are those sent at the request of the local officers 

 to assist said officers to hold supplementai'y meetings. 



'A. The minister may authorize the organization of farmers' institutes in any 

 electoral or other division into which this ri-ovince now is or may hereafter be 

 divided. The authority for the organization of farmers' institutes may be given 

 after a petition, duly filled up and signed by at least fifteen persons who are resi- 

 dent in the said district, and who have paid in to the secretary-treasurer pro tern. 

 not less than fifty cents each, has been filed in the deiiartment in the form set 

 forth in Schedule B hereto. 



4. The objects of such farmers' institutes shall be the dissemination of infor- 

 mation in regai'd to agriculture, and shall include the encouragement and 

 imi)rovement of agriculture, horticulture, arboriculture, manufactures, and the 

 useful arts : 



(a) By holding meetings for the discussion of and hearing lectures on subjects 

 in connection with the theory and practice of improved husbandry or other 

 industrial purposes. 



(b) By promoting the circulation of agricultural, horticultural, arboricul- 

 tural, and mechanical bulletins and rei)orts. 



(c) By importing and otherwise procuring and distrilMiting seeds, plants, 

 and animals of new and valuable kinds. 



( (/ ) By offering prizes for essays and questions of scientific inquiries relating 

 to agriculture, horticulture, arboriculture, manufactures, and the, useful arts, 

 and for shows or displays of agricultural products. 



(c) For disseminating information regarding bee keeping. 



if) By cooperation for carrying on any industry or for any purpose relating 

 to agriculture within the district, as provided for in section 15 of this act. 



~K In granting authority for the formation of a farmers' institute under sec- 

 tion ?, of this act. the minister shall appoint the place within such division and 

 fix the day and hour at which the first meeting for the organization of the 

 institute shall be held, of which the minister shall give at least one month's 

 previous notice by advertisement in the British Columbia Gazette and in writ- 

 ing to the secretary -treasurer pro tem. of the proposed institute, who shall 

 thereupon cause to be i)osted up, at not less than five of the most frequented 

 Itlaces in the district, notices containing full particulars as to the object, place, 

 date, and hour of the meeting. At such meeting the persons present who signed 

 the petition, as ]>i-ovided in section 3, and such others as may have paid at least 

 fifty cents each to the secretary-treasurer pro tem. prior to the time appointed 

 tor the meeting, for the receii)t of which subscription the secretary-treasurer 

 pro tem. shall l>e in attendance at the place of meeting at least one hour 

 prior to the time for which it may be called, shall elect from among members 

 such officers as are required to be elected at the annual meeting of such institute, 

 which officers shall remain in office until the date of the next ensuing annual 

 election. 



6. The lieutenant-governor in council, upon recommendation of the minister, 

 may subdivide divisions and districts in which institutes are organized under 

 this act. 



a Schedule omitted from this publication. 



