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provided. That all funds belonging to the society so affiliated be applied exclu- 

 sively to the purposes of that society. 



20. For the ]mrposes of this act the Province shall be divided into divisions, 

 containing districts as set forth in Schedule A." 



21. The minister of agriculture may employ a portion of tlie Ictrishitive grant, 

 not to exceed twenty-five ]ier cent thereof, for the promotion and assisting in 

 the objects and aims of a farmers' central institute for the whole of the Prov- 

 ince ; such institute to be formed by delegates from the district institutes, wlio 

 shall be elected at the annual meetings, as may be provided by the rules anil 

 regulations. The central institute shall be subject to the rules and regulations 

 made under authority of this act. and its meetings shall lie held not oftener 

 than once a year, the place of meeting to be designated liy tlie superintendent. 



22. It shall be the duty of the secretary-ti-easurer of eadi district to jirepare 

 each year a full report of the work of his institute during such year, which 

 shall include a list of members, a statement of the receipts and expenditures, and 

 a statement of the numlier and place of meetings held during the year, a pro- 

 gramme of the meetings, and the attendance at the same, such report to lie 

 transmitted to the department within thirty days after the 31st of Decemlier 

 of each year. The secretary-treasurer of each institute shall have a salary of 

 not less than twenty-five dollars, to be voted by the legislative assembly. 



22A. The lieutenant-governor in council may eacli year appoint, from among 

 the delegates to the central institute, members of a board to I»e known as the 

 " advisory board." The said board shall consist of six memltcrs, two from Van- 

 couver Island, two from the lower mainland, and two from the upiuT mainland. 

 The said board shall meet at the times and ])lnces designated by tlie minister, 

 and shall advise the minister niion all matters of interest to tlie agricultural 

 community. The members of the board shall receive no remuneration for thi'ir 

 services, but shall be paid their actual traveling expenses. 



23. The minister shall frame rules and regulations as a recommendation 

 to the lieutenant-governor in council, which shall define the procedure for the 

 organization of institutes not otherwise provided for in this act, the number 

 and duties of officers of institutes, the date and programme of and procedure 

 governing annual and other regular and general meetings, and provide for all 

 other things necessary for the proper working of farmers' institutes, not in- 

 consistent with any of the provisions of this act, and the licuteiiant-govei-nor 

 in council may authorize such rules and regulations, which shall be published 

 in the British Columbia Gazette immediately thereafter. 



24. This act shall come into force on the day of its being assented to. 



Rules and Regulations, 

 organization of institutes. 



1. Subject to the provisions of sections <; and 7 of the act. each institute 

 shall have a distinct name. 



2. It shall be the duty of the secretary-treasurer to notify without delay llic 

 superintendent of farmers' institutes as soon as organization is completed, and 

 to forward to him a list of the names and addresses of all the members and offi- 

 cers and directors. 



3. Membership shall terminate with the 31st day of December each year. 

 but the membershii) of persons joining during the months of October, Noveiiil)cr. 



a Schedule omitted from this iiublication. 



