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The details of the scheme for the promotion of Hve-stock 

 breeding had not been submitted to the Commissioners at the 

 end of the year. 



A grant of 10,000 per annum for five years was recom- 

 mended for the extension of the existing horse-breeding 

 schemes of the Irish Department of Agriculture. 



Forestry. — The Commissioners received on the 25th March, 

 191 1, through the Treasury, a memorandum from the Board 

 of Agriculture an'd Fisheries, outlining a comprehensive 

 scheme of forestry for England and Wales. The immediate 

 advance desired is ;^9,3oo for the year i'9ii-i2, but the 

 ultimate expenditure contemplated is very much larger. The 

 Commissioners are communicating with the Board on the 

 subject. 



Schemes for the promotion of forestry in Scotland and 

 Ireland were also under consideration, and in regard to 

 Scotland, the Commissioners have agreed to the provision 

 of a central demonstration area — for the acquisition of which 

 preliminary steps are being taken — and of a forestry school 

 in connection with it; and also to the provision of small 

 forest gardens for the local use of the agricultural colleges. 



In regard to Ireland, they have agreed to advances of 

 ;^25,ooo or ;^30,ooo for the purchase of land, and to further 

 advances, as soon as formal and definite applications are 

 made under the Act, for additions to staff and for the main- 

 tenance and management of small woodlands in the hands 

 of County Councils. 



Other Applications . — The Commissioners also had before 

 them applications for the development and improvement of 

 fisheries, the construction and improvement of harbours and of 

 inland navigations, as well as some miscellaneous applications. 



Summary, — The sums of which the Commissioners have 

 either recommended the allocation, or agreed to recommend 

 it as soon as satisfactory schemes are framed, amount roughly 

 to ;^i65,ooo per annum, and ;^ioo,ooo non-recurring ad- 

 vances. By far the larger proportion of this expenditure, if 

 ultimately approved by the Treasury, will go in agricultural 

 research and instruction, viz., England and Wales ;^io5,ooo 

 per annum, Scotland a lump sum of ;^6o,ooo and £5,000 

 per annum, Ireland ,^9,000 per annum. 



