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County Councils in England and Wales in 189 9- 1900 was 

 232 ; 418 dairy scholarships at dairy schools (including dairy 

 courses), and 76 scholarships in horticulture and poultry- 

 keeping, etc., were also awarded. 



The total amount expended by English and Welsh County 

 Councils in the year 1899- 1900 upon agricultural education 

 was £79,534. This sum was disbursed approximately as 

 follows : — £10,599 i n dairy instruction ; £5,991 in agricultural 

 lectures; £2,563 in poultry-keeping instruction; £2,490 in 

 instruction in farriery and veterinary science; £857 in bee- 

 keeping ; £10,366 in horticulture; £2,282 in instruction in 

 manual processes; £4,865 in instruction in general agricul- 

 ture ; £8,256 in scholarships ; £5,623 in general expenses; 

 and £25,642 in grants in aid of colleges and schools in 

 respect of agricultural instruction provided by them. 



Department of Agriculture an I Technical Instruction for 

 Ireland. First Annuil General Report, 1900 - 1901. 

 \Cd. 838.] Price is. $d. 



This, being the first annual report, gives in considerable 

 detail the aims and principles which are intended to guide 

 the action of the Department. It is divided into three 

 heads : ( 1) Administration and funds, (2) policy and pro- 

 cedure, and (3) details of the Department's operations, 

 together with appendices consisting chiefly of details of 

 schemes for encouraging various industries, circulars issued 

 by the Department, reports of officers, etc. The organisa- 

 tion of the Department is stated to have been carried out, so 

 far as it has gone, in careful observance of the fact that there 

 is an essential unity of purpose behind its various functions, 

 whether these directly concern the development of agricul- 

 ture and industries, the promotion of technical instruction, 

 the collection and publication of information, or the adminis- 

 tration of laws to prevent the spread of cattle diseases, and 

 fraud in the sale of agricultural requirements and produce. 

 The agricultural objects receiving special attention include 



