374 REPORT OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONERS. [AUG., 



£ 



Cambridge University. — Research work 4,000 



Bristol University. — (1) Bio-chemical investigations on 



cheese; (2) investigation of teart land ... ... ... 500 



Yorkshire Council for Agricultural Education (Leeds 



University). — Investigation of atmospheric impurities 210 



University College, Reading. — General work on (1) 



Microflora of cheese; (2) cereal selection 250 



South-Eastern Agricultural College, Wye. — (1) Investiga- 

 tions on tobacco ; (2) Mycological Department ; (3) 

 Entomological Department; (4) Investigations on hop 

 resins 350 



University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. — Botanical 



survey of Aberystwyth, and subsidiary inquiries ... 156 



Harper Adams Agricultural College. — Research on wart 

 disease, and finger and toe ... ... ... ... ... 190 



Royal Veterinary College. — Investigations in respect of 

 animal diseases i>390 



The Incorporated Society for Extending the Rothamsted 



Experiments ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2,000 



The British Dairy Institute, Reading 60 



Woburn Experimental Station ... ... ... ... 600 



The Commissioners further intimated to the Board that 

 they would be prepared to recommend additional interim 

 grants not exceeding- in the aggregate a sum of £3,000 to 

 certain other institutions which had not been reported on 

 up to that time. They also informed the Board that they 

 would be ready to recommend a grant of £1,000 to make 

 provision for scholarships during the financial year so soon 

 as a scheme could be prepared. 



With regard to agricultural instruction (so far as it lies 

 within the province of the Board of Education), the Commis- 

 sioners, after negotiations, stated on the 2nd March that they 

 were prepared to recommend the Treasury to allocate ,£65,000 

 per annum for agricultural education in England and Wales, 

 on the submission and approval of a scheme for the expendi- 

 ture of that sum through the Board of Education and Local 

 Education Authorities.* 



The Report also deals with the applications made by the 

 Scotch Education Department and the Irish Department 

 of Agriculture. 



Co-operation. — On the 3rd September, 1910, an applica- 

 tion was made by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries for 

 an advance of £20,000 per annum for the organisation of 



A circular letter setting out the details of this scheme appears on p. 425. 



