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THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND 

 TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION. 



Various suggestions had from time to time within the past decade or two 

 been mooted for the estabhshment of a State Board or Department of Agri- 

 culture for Ireland. These suggestions first took practical shape when a 

 number of Irishmen, representative of different political parties, resolved to 

 form a Committee, for the promotion of measures, for the benefit of the 

 country, in support of which a common agreement could be secured. This 

 Committee, which was formed during the Parliamentary recess of 1896, was 

 known as the Recess Committee, and it consisted of the following members : 



Hon. Horace Plunkett, M.P., Chairman. 



The Earl of Mayo. 



The Lord Monteagle, K.P. 



Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR of DUBLIN. 



Right Hoa The O'Conor Don, H.M.L. 



Right Hon. JOSEPH M. Meade, LL.D. 



Right Hon. THOMAS SINCLAIR, D.L. 



Sir John Arnott, Bart., D.L. 



Sir Thomas Lea, Bart., M.P. 



John Redmond, M.P. 



John H. Parnell, M.P. 



Richard M. Dane, Q.C, M.P. 



William Field, M.P. 



Hon. Mr. JUSTICE Ross. 



Right Rev. MONSIGNOR MOLLOY, D.D. 



Thomas Andrews. 



Valentine B. Dillon. 



C. Litton Falkiner. 



Rev. T. A. FiNLAY, S.J., F.R.U.I. 



Thomas P. Gill. 



Joseph E. Kenny, M.D. 



H. Brougham Leech, LL.D. , 



Count Moore, D.L. 



An Ulster Consultative Committee was formed in Belfast for the purpose 



