1 Noy., 1901. | QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 445 
Extracts from the Annual Report of the Secretary 
for Agriculture for the Year 1900-1901. 
In April this year the State and the Department suffered an irreparable 
loss by the death of my predecessor. Both as a representative of the people 
and as a Minister of the Crown Mr. Chataway had earned for himself honour- 
able distinction, as was evidenced by the respectful and affectionate references 
to him in Parliament during the current session, and the unanimous and 
enthusiastic appreciation of his services to agriculture capréssed at the recent 
conference of farmers at Bundaberg. It must be mournfully confessed that, 
like others of our public men of late, he shortened a life invaluable to the 
State by devoting himself too assiduously, in defiance of medical advice, to 
public affairs. 
The first item in the following table shows the cost of administering this 
Department during the year under review, with like information concerning 
the preceding year. A comparison of the amounts expended during the two 
years on the more important institutions connected with the Department is 
added thereto :— A 
dt 1899-1900. | 1900-1901, 
| 
Smee S Tacs & s. a 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Gross Expenditure : ag; AY 0 ...{ 62,666 17 4 , 48,812 9 4 
Revenue... Se ep ok tH ah 5,540 0 2 6,829 16 7 
Net cost be rT. ax neds rem 741 2001 anes, £41,982 12 9 
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. : 
Gross Expenditure 5 Ah ar 3 8,062 8 1 6,73L 8 8 
Revenue 1823 3 0 | 2,940 12 7 
Net cost a) vi Hee a3 th £6,239 5 1 £3,790 16 1 
WESTBROOK. 
Gross Expenditure vz} Vr ied 97412 5° 1,051 5 O 
Revenue 87 16 8 | 12115 8 
Net cost... Ay as hs eal £886 15 9 | £929 9 4 
HERMITAGE. 
Grozs Expenditure iw as id *1,981 18 1 | 880 5 6 
Reyenue ; 106 4 11 | as © 4 
CENEH Cosa At) TU MeTR Ge MRE 187501 5ieos Meee Tlo usa 
BIGGENDEN. 
Gross Expenditure 2 are! te, 668 8 6 400 3 10 
Revenue... der, oe is: ws 43 15 11 614 6° 
Net cost .,, Te ae a qe £62412 7 | £393 9 4 
GINDIE, 
Gross Expenditure % iH od 2,822 7 1 1,101 0 6 
Reyenue ..- iy 247 12 3 | 94 3 6 
£2,074 1410 | £1,006 17 0 
- Net cost Ps re a8 MA 
~~ ~** Tneluding £760 paid for land. 
