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2. That after the establishment of the Government sub- 

 Department, its attention be directed to the necessity of 

 preventing the importation of diseases and insect pests through 

 the importation of diseased fruit and nursery stock. 



3. That the question as to the desirability of setting up 

 compulsory powers for the eradication of diseases and insect 

 pests in this country be postponed until fuller knowledge is 

 obtained through the work of the Government sub-Depart- 

 ment. 



4. That horticulture be taught in elementary schools in 

 country districts, and that such schools should have school 

 gardens attached wherever possible. That the attention of 

 Local Education Authorities should be called to this, and also' 

 to the desirability of encouraging the study of practical horti- 

 culture in training colleges. 



5. That the present defective form of returns made by 

 growers for land under fruit should be improved and amplified. 



6. That estimates of home and foreign crops should be 

 published, together with forecasts of the probable date of arrival 

 of imports. 



7. That the various Agricultural Holdings Acts should be 

 consolidated into one Act. 



8. That the Market Gardeners' Compensation Acts be 

 amended by making section 4 retrospective. 



9. It is further suggested that, in cases where a tenant gives, 

 notice to quit, he shall not be entitled to receive compensation 

 unless he presents to the landlord a successor who is willing 

 to take over the holding at the same rent : that in the event 

 of his so doing, and the landlord accepting his nominee, the 

 compensation be paid directly by the new tenant to the old 

 tenant, but that the landlord have the right to refuse to accept 

 the outgoer's nominee, in which case he must pay compen- 

 sation to the outgoer under the provisions of the existing law. 



10. That the Board of Agriculture should appoint experts 

 in fruit valuation, and should call them together for the purpose 

 of formulating general rules for estimating the amount of 

 compensation to be paid to an outgoing tenant of a holding 

 under the Agricultural Holdings Acts on the basis of the value 

 to an incoming tenant. 



