6 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [P.D.No.4. 



At a meeting of the aforesaid committee on the World's 

 Columbian Exposition, held immediately after the adjourn- 

 ment of the Board, it was 



Voted, That the secretary be directed to communicate 

 with the Department of Agriculture at Washington, and 

 ascertain to what extent they propose to have the several 

 States, especially Massachusetts (with a detail of the require- 

 ments from her), represented in their agricultural exhibit 

 at the World's Columbian Exposition ; and seek the earliest 

 possible reply, in order that this Board, at its next annual 

 meeting, Feb. 2, 1892,, if deemed advisable, may ask for 

 a suitable appropriation from the Legislature. 



The reply received from Washington referred the com- 

 mittee to the Hon. W. I. Buchanan, Chief of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture of the World's Columbian Exposition 

 at Chicago, and information received from him showed that 

 the matter was now under consideration by the Board of 

 World's Fair Managers of Massachusetts after recent con- 

 sultations with him. 



