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 IMPORTANT BUSINESSS OF THE BOARD. 



At a meeting of the State Board of Agriculture, held at the Secretary's 

 Office, on the 22d day of February, 1865, it was detorniined to iill by apjxjint- 

 iiient, the offices named in the Section of the Constitution last above quoted, 

 and the Secretary was authorized and empowered to select proper persons 

 and make such appointments, and also to appoint Committeemen ia the sev- 

 eral Departments named. 



The following llules were adopted, declaring the objects of such offices, 

 and defining the duties of the appointees. 



RULE I. 



The objects of the office of Chemist to the Board, shall be the 

 advancement of Agricultural knowledge, by the application of chemical 

 science to the qualitative and quantitative analysis of Agricultural materials, 

 such as soils, grains, fruits, manures, etc.; all chemical investigations of such 

 officer for the Society shall be to this end, and shall be the property of the 

 Society. 



It shall be the duty of the Chemist to give upon application, his written 

 opinion to the Board, upon the adaptation of any soil to any particular kind of 

 production, and vice vcrsUj or upon any subject pertaining to Agricultural 

 Chemistry, as embraced in the duties of his office. He shall keep a complete 

 record of all his official transactions and opinions, and shall each year report 

 the same to the Board, together with such suggestions and observations, as 

 his experience may dictate for the advancement of the Agriculture of Cali- 

 fornia. 



RULE n. — OF BOTANIST. 



To obtain for record in the transactions of the Society, a full and popular 

 description of the botanical productions of the State, both native and import- 

 ed. To investigate and illustrate the physiology of plants and trees, and the 

 adaptation of the most useful, particularly the varieties of forage plants, to our 

 diff'erent localities and soils. To discuss and teach the importance and means 

 of preserving the forests of our mountain districts, and to induce the cultiva- 

 tion of woodlands by the agriculturalists, about their homes on our rich plains 

 and prairies. 



It shall be the dut}- of the Botanist to labor for the accomplishment of these 

 objects, to assist in the collection of an herbarium at the Society's rooms, and 

 to report annually a lull account of his official transactions, including such 

 suggestions as he may deem proper to make upon this branch of the State's 

 natural history. 



RULE IIL — OP GEOLOGIST. 



To obtain for publication a description of the general and Agricultural Geolo- 

 gy of the State, with particular reference to the mineral and agricultural 

 advantages, in language and style adapted to the general reader. The col- 

 lection, classification and preservation, at the Rooms of the Society of speci- 

 mens of the diff'erent kinds of rocks, minerals, fossils and soils. 



The Geologist shall report annually to the Board, the progress of his work, 

 and make such recommendations as the interests of this department may 

 require. 



RULE IV. — OP METALLURGIST. 



To keep for annual publication a correct and official record of the various 

 modes of mining in this State, and of reducing and separating the diff'erent 

 kinds of metals from their ores, and other matters. To note the improvements 

 made iu the processes of such reduction and separation, and also tiie improve- 

 ments in the machinery used for mining purposes. To collect and place in 



