ox AGRICULTURE TO IRELAND 7^ 



Brought forward . £18994, 17 3 

 agriculture. The payments made for agri- 

 cultural subjects — some of which will not 

 have to be made again, such as the purchase 

 of agricultural stations — were as follows: — 



(1) Purchasing and stocking additional 



land and providing suitable build- 

 ings, fittings, and appUances for 

 the Munster Institution . . 530 11 



(2) Albert Institution and Farm . 6,182 3 3 



(3) Munster Institution and Farm . 3,118 10 3 



(4) Agricultural Instruction . . 33,818 12 10 



(5) Purchase price of Athenry and 



Avondale Agricultural Stations . 36,967 



(6) Horse-breeding and other live-stock 



schemes .... 26,074 17 8 



(7) Grants to County Councils' agri- 



cultural schemes . . 14,946 15 1 



(8) Miscellaneous expenses, which in- 



clude the cost of experiments in 

 calf - feeding, cheese - making, 

 tobacco-growing, fruit and vege- 

 table drying, etc. etc. . . 25,461 12 2 . 



(9) Grants to Agricultural Societies . 2,750 

 (10) Grants for local Horse and Cattle 



Shows . . . . 3,826 1 1 



(c) General Cattle Diseases Fund 



This Fund is created by an assessment on the 

 Poor Law Unions, and the amount ex- 

 pended per year is about . . . 8,000 



£180,471 7 



2. Funds at the Disposal of the 

 Congested Districts Board 



We do not give the figures applicable to land 

 purchase in Ireland, either generally or within 

 the congested districts, for it is difficult, if not 

 impossible, to find out exactly the assistance 

 given by the State in connection with land pur- 

 chase. Nor are we able to give the sums 

 applicable to agriculture alone. We content 

 ourselves by adding to the foregoing figures the 

 fixed income of the Board for all purposes for 

 the year 1905 ..... 86,250 



Total . . £266,721 7 



