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on the ("oiuK'il and shall be styled the |)r()vin('ial connnittees of the 

 respective provinees." 



Tlie cKjriciiltiti-al hoard consists of two persons appointed by the 

 provincial committees of each province and four persons appointed 

 by the department. 



The hoard of technical instruction consists of («) " 3 persons 

 appointed l)y the county councils of each of the county boroughs of 

 Dublin and Belfast; (h) 1 person appointed by a joint committee 

 of the councils of the several urban districts in the county of Dublin, 

 such committee to consist of 1 member chosen out of the body l>y the , 

 council of each such district; {c) 1 person appointed by the council 

 of each county borough not above mentioned; {d) 1 person appointed 

 by the provincial committee of each province ; {e) 1 person appointed 

 by the commissioners of national education; (/) 1 person appointed 

 by the intermediate education board; {g) 4 persons appointed by the 

 department." 



The duties of the council and of the several boards are defined by 

 the act. as follows: 



I. The council of agriculture shall meet at least once a year, for the purpose 

 of discussing matters of inihlic interest in connection with any of the purposes 

 of this act. 



II. The agi-icultural l)oard shall advise with the department with respect to 

 all matters and questions suhmitted to them hy the department in connection 

 with the i)urposes of agriculture and other rural industries. 



III. The Ixtard of technical instruction shall advise tlie department with 

 respect to all matters and questions suhmitted to them hy the department in 

 connection with technical instruction. 



The corporate name of the department is "The Department of 

 Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland," and it is clothed 

 with the power to acquire and hold land for the purposes of the act 

 and may sue and be sued as in case of other corporate bodies. Par- 

 liament by this act places at the disposal of the department funds 

 derived from a number of separate sources, and also prescribes the 

 method of their apportionment. 



There is also established by this act a committee of 5, known as 

 a " consultative committee," for the purpose of coordinating educa- 

 tional administration. The committee is composed of the vice-presi- 

 dent of the department, who is ex officio its chairman: 1 person 

 appointed by the commissioners of national education: 1 person 

 appointed by the intermediate education board: 1 person api)<)iuted 

 by the agricultural board, and 1 i)erson apjiointed by the board of 

 technical instruction. 



The coinuiJ of agriculture consists of 104 members, 68 of whom are 

 appointed by the county councils and 34 by the department from the 

 several provinces, with the president and vice-president of the depart- 



