472 TRINIDAD. 



The cultivation of the sugar-cane and the manufacture of 

 sugar should be the chief object of those establishments ; but 

 the culture of cacao and the raising of ground -provisions should 

 also be liberally encouraged ; in fact, the farms would be expected 

 to produce a full supply of vegetable food for the people thereon 

 employed. 



The farm should be placed under the management of a 

 ( ' director/' a person conversant with the various sciences con- 

 nected with agriculture ; viz., with botany, chemistry, meteor- 

 ology, and possessing a knowledge of soils, together with the 

 principles of agricultural science ; certain moral qualifications 

 should also be exacted as a standard of character. 



The whole administration and conduct of the farm should 

 be placed entirely under his control and management. 



It would be the duty of the " director " to keep correct books 

 and accounts, referrible to the quarterly or monthly examination 

 of a u Central Agricultural Committee/'' to be by them investi- 

 gated and approved previous to payment. 



The director to have a liberal salary — independent of which 

 he should receive no allowance either for overseers, servants, or 

 other dependents. 



Whereas a model farm would be of very little avail to the 

 community without a school being attached to it, from which, 

 as a source, the youth of the colony might draw information, a 

 building could be fitted up on the farm for the reception of 

 nine or more scholars above the age of fourteen years ; such 

 scholars to be admitted on their producing a certificate of good 

 character, and sufficient proficiency in reading, writing, and 

 arithmetic. 



The pupils to be governed by stringent regulations, and to 

 be exclusively placed under the authority of the director. 



The course of instruction to be both theoretical and 

 practical. 



Theoretical instruction to consist of lectures on the principles 

 of botany, chemistry, meteorology, and agrology ; also of expla- 

 nations of the various implements and operations of husbandry. 

 The lectures to be delivered once in the week, and to be public. 

 The pupils to be furnished with elementary books on the various 

 sciences ; they might also be required to take notes of the lectures 

 delivered. 



