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of the districts concerned the latest results of agricultural 

 research. The scheme put forward by the Department for the 

 establishment of such a college has now been accepted by 

 various county councils who were asked to assist in its 

 establishment, and from all of these promises of support, in 

 some cases of a very substantial amount, have been received. 

 The Committee entertain good hope of the success of the 

 scheme, notwithstanding the fact that under the present 

 conditions of the administration of local funds for technical 

 education it is difficult to obtain any guarantee of permanent 

 support from local authorities, and the college must for the 

 present be largely dependent on the goodwill and hearty 

 co-operation of the various contributors. 



The following table shows the amounts received by each 

 of the institutions which have shared in the Department's 

 grant for agricultural education in Scotland for the past 

 two years : — 



Institutions. 



Sums Paid. 



1896-97. 



1897-98. 



1898-99. 



Aberdeen University (Agri- 

 cultural Department) 



Edinburgh School of Rural 

 Economy - 



Glasgow and West of Scot- 

 land Technical College 



Kilmarnock Scottish Dairy 

 Institution .... 



Expenses of Inspection, etc. 



Total 



£ s. d. 

 300 0 0 

 580 0 0 

 751 18 5 

 300 0 0 



68 1 7 



£ s. d. 



295 0 0 



570 0 0 



75i 2 5 



299 0 0 

 84 17 7 



£ J. d. 



295 0 0 

 570 0 0 



750 16 8 



295 0 0 

 89 3 4 



,£2,000 0 0 



,£2,000 0 0 



,£2,000 0 0 



Brewers'. Licences. [H.C. 127..] Price i\d. 



According to this return the number of persons licensed 

 as brewers for sale in the United Kingdom in the year ended 

 30th September, 1898, was 7,388, and the number of licences 

 issued was 7,530. The number of persons licensed as 

 brewers not for sale was 14,492, and of these 11,370 were 

 private brewers not liable to beer duty. The total amount of 



