purpose required, provided a supply of water can be obtained. An examina- 

 tion of the neighbourhood leads us to believe that this water may be obtained. 

 This question we deal with subsequently. On this piece of land the neces- 

 sary buildings should be erected and the land cleared and laid out in such a 

 way as to be suitable for the cultivation of crops in the manner and for the 

 objects already indicated. 



20. To give effect to the scheme it is desirable that the Government 

 Laboratory should be removed from Kingston to Hope. By this means one 

 properly equipped laboratory would be provided and capable of performing 

 the duties required on the part of the general Government as well as those 

 more particularly arising from Station work, while the Chemical officers will 

 be able to take part in the supervision of such portions of the Station work 

 as falls within their cognizance and also to take part in the work of teaching 

 and instructing. 



21. As the Hope Gardens adjoin this site, the officers of the Botanical 

 Department can assist in the work of the Station without any such extensive 

 changes being necessary as are involved in the removal of the Government 

 Laboratory. 



22. In addition to the requirements of the laboratory it will be necessary 

 to provide accommodation for students, for this a large lecture-room, to serve 

 also as a general meeting- room, a laboratory or working room, one or two 

 small class rooms together with two or three small rooms as offices for the 

 Agricultural Instructor, the Entomologist and the Secretary appear to be all 

 that will be wanted at first. To erect a building containing this accommo- 

 dation would probably cost £1,200 to £1,500. It has, however, been sug- 

 gested to us that it may be possible to obtain from the Trustees of University 

 College the use of a portion of the building provided for college purposes. 

 An inspection of the buildings leads us to believe that accommodation may 

 be found in University College for nearly all the work of the Experiment 

 Station so far as it deals with the work of students, that a lecture-room and 

 students' laboratory may be accommodated there as well as the offices for the 

 Agriculturist, the Entomologist and the Secretary. This being the case, it 

 will only be necessary to erect buildings to accommodate the Government 

 Laboratory with perhaps two additional rooms. By adopting this plan it will 

 probably be possible to reduce the outlay on buildings to about £900. 



23. Having indicated the general objects of the Station, together with 

 the requirements in the matter of land and buildings, it remains to arrange 

 for the management and carrying out of the work. 



24. Instead of creating a separate staff of officers for the Station, it 

 appears to us to be desirable that existing officers and institutions should be 

 made use of as much as possible ; such a course we believe, will prove most 

 beneficial, not only to the Station, but also to the Departments co-operating 

 in the work. The removal of the Government Laboratory to Hope, as we 

 suggest, will bring together the scientific officers of the colony whose work 

 bears upon agriculture. It will also enable the Department to undertake 

 work arising from the Station. In order that this may be done it will be 

 necessary to provide additional assistants. Ho far as we can see at present, 

 an assistant will be required in the Chemical Department and one in the 

 Department of Public Gardens and Plantations. When thus equipped these 

 two Departments should be able to undertake the duties of conducting inves- 

 tigations on crops, both in the field and laboratory, as well as the teaching 

 required bv the various classes and grade of pupils. Those subjects, for 

 which the Department are unable to provide, such as Entomology and Veter- 

 inary work, may be dealt with in the first instance by officers from other 

 Departments or by outside lecturers : in this connec tion it is probable that 

 the Curator of the Museum of the Jamaica Institute may render valuable 

 assistance. 



25. The newly formed Imperial Department of Agriculture for the West 



