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to qualify themselves more fully to give instruction of this 

 nature, the Committee recommend that advantage should be 

 taken of the provisions of Article 91 (d) of the Code, and they 

 are of opinion that such classes for the instruction of teachers 

 in matters appertaining to agriculture should as a rule be held 

 at the central agricultural institutions, and should be under the 

 general direction of the managers thereof, but that the funds 

 for the maintenance of such classes should be provided in the 

 manner specified in Article 91 {d) and should not be a charge 

 upon the special agricultural grant to those institutions. 



The Department's grant of £2,000 for agricultural education 

 has, since 1900, been augmented by a further sum of £2,000 

 a year under Section 2, Sub-section 4, of the Local Taxation 

 Account(Scotland) Act, 1898. The sum available for distribution 

 in the year 1901-2, including a balance of £947 8s. 8d. from the 

 preceding year, was £4,947 8s. 8d., and the following table shows 

 the sums actually distributed to the various institutions in 1901-2 

 as compared with the preceding year : — 



Institution, &c. 



Sums paid. 



1900-1901 



1901-1902. 



Aberdeen University (Agricultural Department)... 



Edinburgh School of Rural Economy 



Edinburgh East of Scotland College of Agriculture 



West of Scotland Agricultural College 



Expenses of Inspection, &c. 



Totals 



£ s. d. 

 500 0 0 

 1 ,000 0 0 



2,000 0 0 

 74 14 2 



£ s. d. 

 500 0 0 



1,780 0 0 

 2,350 0 0 

 61 1 r 2 



£3,574 14 2 



£4,691 11 2 



The Committee state that the present rate of grants to these 

 institutions cannot be maintained within the sum at present at 

 their disposal for the purpose, and that it may be necessary to 

 make a proportionate reduction in the grants allowed. 



Technical Committees {England and Wales). [H.C. 369.] Price 2d. 



This return shows the number and composition of the technical 

 committees in counties and county boroughs in England and 



