Suiiplement  to 
March  10,  19C4.  JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTACE  GARDENER.  213 
CO  libido  rs  the  protection  of  undersized  fish,  the  effect  of  methods 
of  capture,  and  questions  arising  under  international  investi¬ 
gations  in  tlie  Nortli  Sea. 
The  Intelligence  Branch  has  an  immense  amount  of  corre¬ 
spondence,  indexing,  filing,  and  summarising  work  to  do.  It 
undertakes  the  translating  and  digesting  of  information  from 
the  forc'ign  agi’ieultural  Pres,s  and  from  veterinary  and  scientific 
inihlications.  Preparation  of  reports  for  Parliament  of  pro¬ 
ceedings  in  Britain  under  the  Sale  of  Food  and  Diugs  Acts,  tlu' 
Merchandise  Mar  ks  Acts,  and  the  Fertiliser's  and  Fi'edirrg  Strrffs 
Act.  (Vrih'cting  and  tiling  information  from  the  technical  and 
gener'al  Press  r'ehrting  to  honre  agricrrltrrre  atrd  fisheries. 
Fditing  and  preparing  matter  for-  the  .Jorrrnal  of  the  Boar'd 
of  Agricrrltur'e.  (’c'luprlaliou,  from  foreign  tr'ade  r'eports,  of 
statistics  of  the  tr'ade  in  anirnals  of  for'eign  corrntr'ies.  Srrm- 
marisirtg  the  r-eturus  of  analyses  made  under  the  Fer'tilisers 
and  Feeding  Stuffs  Act,  189.3,  and  corr'espondence  connected 
therewith.  Indexing,  and  filing  in  lihrary,  of  Parliamentary 
arising  out  of  the  regulation  and  inclosrrre  of  commons  under 
the  Acts,  transactions  under  the  Univer'sities  and  College 
Estates  Acts,  sales  of  glebe  land,  rcapportionment  and  redemp¬ 
tion  of  tithe-rentchar'ge,  enfr'anchisement  of  copyhold  land,  aiul 
the  -sanctioning  of  charges  on  land  for  works  of  improve¬ 
ment,  A’c. 
The  Board  hopes  in  tinu'  to  he  able  to  prrblish  other  agri- 
cultrrr'al  pr'odrrce  retrrriis  as  it  dor's  now  in  the  caxr  of  corn 
under  tlu'  Corn  Ketrriirs  Act  of  1882.  'I'hese  r'etrrrns  are  jmb- 
lished  weekly,  quar'ter  ly,  irrid  annually  in  the  “  Imndon 
Gazette  ”  (th<>  official  or-gan),  arrd  are  of  vru'y  great  importance 
to  the  indrrstrial  comrnrrnrty. 
The  Gt'ological  Srrrvr'v  of  the  Fnited  Kirrgdom  is  eondrrcted 
by  the  Dir'ector'  ol  thr-  Srrrvr'y  rriider-  the  Board  of  Fdrrcatiou, 
but  th(>  ar'rangr'mr'iits  lor'  the  advertisement  and  sale  of  the 
maps  and  memoirs  of  the  Geological  Srrrvey  of  the  United 
Kingdom  ar'e  in  the  hands  of  tire  Board  of  Agricrritrrr'e  and 
Fisher'ics. 
J.  Uarlcr  cC  Co, 
Active  young  gardeners  at  the  Council  School,  Lowestoft.  (See  page  212.) 
WHERE  PRACTICAL  GARIJENING  FORMS  A  PART  OF  THE  SCHOOL  CURRICULUM. 
and  agricultural  publications,  and  reports  of  Foreign  and 
Colonial  Departmeiits  of  Agricultrrre  or  Fisheries.  Prepara¬ 
tion  for  publication  of  leaflet'^.  Press  notices,  and  special  reports 
on  insects  and  fungi,  experiments,  and  other  subjects.  Busi¬ 
ness  and  correspondence  connected  with  distribution  of  leaflets 
and  special  prrblications.  General  correspondence  with  appli¬ 
cants  for  information  relating  to  railway  rates,  co-opei-ation, 
insect  attacks,  experiments,  agricrrltural  industries,  and  other 
subjects. 
Some  have  .said  the  State  does  not  administer  grants  foi- 
purposes  of  agricultural  education.  Much  business  and  corre¬ 
spondence  connected  with  the  administration  and  allocation  of 
the  Pa'rliamentary  grant  for  agricultural  education  in  England 
and  Wales  is  transacted  by  the  Education  Branch,  and  their 
annual  report  forms  a  bulky  volume. 
The  space  at  our  dispo.sal  is  insufficient  to  allow  us  to 
explain  the  working  of  the  Board  much  further  at  this  time. 
It  may  be  pointed  out,  however,  that  we,  as  agriculturists 
and  hoi'ticulturists,  hardly  appreciate  the  amount  of  work 
While  fisheries,  and  the  industry  of  find  culture  and  horti- 
cidture  have  of  recent  years  been  brought  within  the  directioji 
of  the  Board,  the  Royal  forests  still  remain  under  the  Oifice 
of  Woods.  Nevei'theless  the  President  of  the  Board  has 
demon.strated  his  interest  in  forestry  by  encouraging  the 
training  of  a  few  forc'sters  in  the  Fore'^t  of  Dean.  The  writer 
inquired  of  Sir  Thomas  Elliott  (to  whom  he  acknowledges  his 
indebtedness  for  the  information  in  this  article)  whether  the 
Board  woidd  not  extend  its  sympathy  in  a  practical  way  to  tho 
Royal  Horticultuial  Society.  “  Possibly  we  might,”  was  his 
reply,  ”  but  so  far  that  body  has  not  asked  for  help.  At  tho 
same  time,”  he  continued,  “the  public  are  apt  to  expect  too 
much  from  us.  We  are  in  the  i)osition  of  a  son  who  depends 
upon  his  father  toi"  an  income.  I^he  Treasury  only  allow  us  a 
very  limited  sum,  and  this  we  make  the  mo.st  of.*’  J  he  progress 
of  the  Board  -since  its  foundation  has  indeed  been  exceedingly 
satisfactoiy,  and  we  can  rest  assured  that  its  officers  (who  are 
all  proud  of  their  Department)  will  still  maiutain  its  work  on 
lines  of  oflSciency. 
