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106. The Committee conclude their labours by adding a list of the 

 recommendations and suggestions which they make. They desire also 

 to express their thanks to their secretary, Mr. Ernest Garnsey, for the 

 zeal and ability which he has displayed throughout the inquiry, and to 

 record their entire satisfaction with his work. 



Summary of Recommendations and Suggestions Made by the 



Committee. 



(1) That a special sub-Department of the Board of Agriculture and 

 Fisheries be established to deal with matters connected with the fruit 

 industry. That there be two branches of such sub-Department : (a) a 

 bureau of information ; (b) an experimental fruit farm. 



(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 we are in possession of fuller knowledge through the work 

 of the Government sub-Department. 



(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 horticulture 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 compensation 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. 



(11) That the State be empowered to lend money to landowners who 

 have fruit on their estate, subject to suitable conditions, for the purpose 

 of supplying the ready money required for the payment of compensation 

 at the determination of a tenancy. 



