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Equipment. A garden, hot house and boxes for 

 vegetation experiments. A. meteorological observatory; 

 chemical and bacteriological laboratories; electric ligh- 

 ting ; oil and hot air engines. An office, library and 

 collections. 



Work. The Institute is an establishment for chemical 

 bacteriological and physiological research applied to 

 'agriculture and hygiene. 



It is also the laboratory of the Department of Agri- 

 culture. 



The other departments may solicit the services of the 

 Institute through the agency of the Department of Agri- 

 culture. 



A Meteorological Service was*"iustituted i5 years ago : 

 the observations are published in the Bulletin de V Agri- 

 culture, and in agricultural papers and are sent to the 

 Royal Observatory of Uccle. 



Publications. An account of the work of the Institute 

 is published in the Bulletin de V Agriculture and in the 

 Bulletin of the chemical and bacteriological Institute, 



THE STATE ANALYTICAL LABORATORIES 



The laboratories of Gembloux, Ghent, Hasselt and Liege 

 were founded by the Association for the establishment 

 of agricultural stations and taken over by the State in 

 June i883. 



Since that date the State has established the laboratories 

 of Antwerp, Mons and Louvain. 



The staff attached to each laboratory consists of : a 

 Director, one or two chief chemists, one or more chemists, 

 one or more assistants, a book-keeper, one or more 

 laboratory attendants. 



Funds. - The State laboratories are maintained by 

 the Department of Agriculture, the sums received for 

 analyses as well as the subsidies from the provincial 

 authorities are deposited at the Treasury. 



Each laboratory forms an independant institute having a 

 special budget. 



