THE JOURNA 



OF THE 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



The Development Commissioners, who were appointed 

 under the Development and Road Improvement Funds Acts, 

 1909 and 1910, have recently issued a Report [H.C. 199. 

 Price 3(i.] on their proceedings during the period from the 

 1 2th May, 19 10 (the date of their appointment), to the 

 31st March, 191 1. In view of the fact that a substantial 

 proportion of the Fund established by these Acts is to be 

 devoted to the promotion of agriculture, forestry, and rural 

 industries, the Report is of great interest to agriculturists. 



The opening portion of the Report is devoted to a state- 

 ment of the general principles governing the Commissioners' 

 action, apart from the procedure laid down in the Act of 

 1909. . 



It is stated that : "The first of these principles is that, to 

 deal satisfactorily with many of the purposes mentioned in 

 the Act of 1909, it is absolutely necessary to work on a 

 comprehensive policy, which shall provide for and take 

 account of the whole of at least one of the three main adminis- 

 trative divisions of the United Kingdom (viz., England and 

 Wales, Scotland, and Ireland), and shall, wherever possible, 

 be based on a survey of the position and needs of the whole 

 kingdom in relation to that particular subject. Take, for 

 instance, the very important question of research in agricul- 

 tural science. Numerous applications for advances from the 

 Development Fund for different branches of research and 



Vol. XVIII. No. 5. 



AUGUST, 1911. 



REPORT OF THE DEVELOPMENT 

 COMMISSIONERS. 



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