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Board of Agriculture, Annual Report on the Distribution of 
Grants for Agricultural Education and Research in the year 
1899-1900 [ Cd. 310]. Price 74d. 
The total amount distributed by the Board in Grants for 
Agricultural Education and Research in the year 1899-1900 
amounted to £7,750, exclusive of. expenditure incurred in the 
inspection of the educational and experimental work of the 
several institutions aided, and in inspecting and reporting on 
the work of certain county councils. The larger portion of 
the tunds distributed consisted as formerly of subventions of a 
general character to eight collegiate centres of Agricultural 
Education in England and Wales, working in connection 
with 37 separate administrative counties. Grants of a 
subsidiary character were made to certain institutions 
providing facilities for dairy instruction not available at the 
aided colleges; certain sums were also awarded in aid of 
the cest of specific experiments undertaken, under arrange- 
ment with the Board, by agricultural societies and associ- 
ations. Reference is made in the report to the fact that at 
the examinations conducted under the joint auspices of the 
Royal Agricultural Society of England and the Highland 
and Agricultural Societies of Scotland, for the recently estab- 
lished “national diploma,” six out of the seven diplomas 
awarded were won by the students from the colleges receiving 
subventions from the Board. Attention is also directed to 
the facilities provided at the institutions assisted by the 
Board for affording advice to farmers on scientific questions 
arising locally and particularly in connection with the early 
detection or prevention of plant diseases and insect attacks. 
In the appendix to the report statements are furnished 
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