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The exports of dye-woods in 1892-93 reached a gross value of £356,752, 

 Handbook, 1894, p. 30. 



Board of Agriculture. 



I. The Board of Agriculture to consist of the Governor as President, 

 and representatives of the chief industries of the Island nominated by 

 the Governor. As ex-officio members, Director of Gardens and Plan- 

 tations, Surveyor- General (in charge of Crown Lands), Government 

 Chemist, Chairman of Institute of Jamaica, Chairman of Society of 

 Agriculture and Commerce, Chairmen of District Boards, etc. 



II. District Boards to be established in correspondence with the 

 Central Board, and Chairmen of District Boards to be members of the 

 Central Board. 



III. Central Board to be supported by Annual Grants from the Le- 

 gislature and to have a paid Secretary. The latter preferably to be a 

 trained Agriculturist, but competent to carry on correspondence and 

 collect information for circulation in the Island bearing upon general 

 Agriculture (especially subjects not already covered by the Bot mical 

 Department) such as Horse and Cattle Rearing, Dairy Farming, Sugar 

 Planting interests, Logwood Industry, and the movements in f >reign 

 markets bearing upon Jamaica industries. 



IY. The position of the Botanical Department to remain distinct as 

 heretofore. The Department to carry on experiments at the Gardens 

 in regard to horticultural matters, raise plants from seeds and cuttings 

 and distribute them throughout the Island. The Officers to continue 

 to afford assistance by correspondence, bulletins, leaflets, lectures and 

 demonstrations in promoting the best methods for cultivating economic 

 plants. Also to train young boys and apprentices and fit them for 

 horticultural pursuits. The Botanical Department would thus tike 

 charge of the small industries and of scientific questions relating to 

 plants, while the Secretary of the Agricultural Board, and the other 

 officers employed by it, would take charge of the more general ques- 

 tions affecting Agriculture and especially the animal industries of the 

 Island. 



V. Board to publish a Journal dealing with the subjects mentioned 

 in Section III, to be edited by the Secretary. To have power to make 

 grants for the encouragement of experiments in Agriculture, to vote 

 money in support of local shows and to engage the occasional or re- 

 gular services of a Veterinary Surgeon to investigate vital questions 

 affecting the animal industries of the Island. 



YI. Board to use its influence to assist in framing a scheme for 

 teaching Agriculture in Elementary Schools, for training teachers in 

 the principles of Agriculture, for extending a system of instruction in 

 cultivating and preparing produce among the peasantry and to act as a 

 court of reference in all Agricultural matters for the Government. 



