1. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to enter into an agreement with companies and persons who own lands or are interested in timber areas in this Colony for the purpose of the establishment and maintenance of a Fire Patrol.

2. All persons appointed under or by virtue of such agreement, as members of the fire patrol, shall have all the powers conferred on fire wardens under Chapter 136 of these Consolidated Statutes.

3. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to agree to pay and to pay out of the revenues of the Colony, the sum of four thousand dollars annually as a contribution towards the expenses of the said fire patrol.

1. There shall be paid out of the revenues of the Colony to manufacturers of peat fuel the sum of twenty-five cents per ton on every ton of peat fuel manufactured by them in the manner known as "machine manufactured," which has passed into consumption in this Colony or been exported and sold for consumption.

2. No sum shall be payable under this Chapter, in respect of any peat fuel which shall be manufactured by any company under or by virtue of any agreement entered into between such company and the Governor in Council.

3. Such sum of twenty-five cents per ton shall continue to be paid to each manufacturer for a period of ten years from the date of the first sale for consumption of such manufactured peat fuel by such manufacturer: Provided that not more than twenty-five cents per ton shall be paid altogether on any one ton so manufactured.

4. The said sum of twenty-five cents per ton shall be paid to such manufacturer by the Minister of Finance and Customs, upon the production to him of a satisfactory affidavit and such other evidence as the said Minister may deem necessary, setting forth that the whole of such peat fuel, upon which the said payment is requested, has been manufactured in the manner mentioned from peat taken from lands in this Colony, and that the same has passed into consumption in this Colony or by exporta

tion.

5. All machinery necessary for the manufacture of peat fuel shall be admitted into this Colony free of duty.

6. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to engage, for such period as he may deem necessary, the services of an expert to examine and report upon the peat and bog areas of the Colony as to their capabilities of supplying commercial articles of fuel, and for other purposes.

1. In order to aid in acquiring and diffusing amongst the people of Newfoundland useful and practical information on subjects connected with agriculture, and to promote scientific investigation and experiment respecting the principles and application of agricultural science, there shall be established, under the direction of the Minister of Agriculture and Mines, a department to be known and designated as an "Agricultural Experimental Station and Model Farm."

2. The objects of the said Experimental Station and Model Farm shall be: to determine the adaptability of grains, grasses, root crops, and all other crops which may grow in this latitude; also the most economical method of producing the best results in growing such crops; to conduct original researches and make experiments on the physiology of plants and animals, the diseases to which they are severally subject, with the remedies for the same; the chemical composition of useful plants at the different stages of their growth; the comparative advantages of rotative cropping as pursued under a varying series of crops; the capacity of new plants or trees for acclimatization; the analysis of soils and water; the chemical composition of manures, natural and artificial, with experiments to test their comparative effects on crops of different kinds; the adaptability of grasses and foliage plants; the composition and digestibility of the different kinds of food for domesticated animals; the scientific and

economic questions involved in the production of butter and cheese; the most modern methods of clearing land, and such other researches and experiments bearing directly on the promotion of agriculture in Newfoundland as may be deemed desirable, having due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective districts of the Colony.

3. The Minister of Agriculture and Mines shall have absolute control and supervision of the said Experimental Station and Model Farm. He shall, with the approval of the Governor in Council, appoint a Superintendent and such other officers and employees as may be deemed necessary to carry on successfully the work of the said station and farm. He shall have power to fix salaries and all compensation of employees, and with the approval of the Governor in Council to make rules and regulations in reference to the following matters:

(1) The admission and instruction of students.

(2) The management of the station and farm and the duties of the officials.

(3) The time and manner of the sale of the products of the farm.

(4) The issuing of bulletins and reports.

(5) The acquiring, management and distribution of stock.

(6) Such other matters as may be necessary for carrying out the objects of this Chapter.

4. In order to secure, as far as practicable, uniformity of methods and results of investigations and experiments, it shall be the duty of the Superintendent to furnish forms, as far as practicable, for the tabulation of such results of investigations and experiments; to indicate from time to time such lines of enquiry as to him shall appear most important, and in general to furnish such advice and assistance as will best meet the purposes of this Chapter. It shall be the duty of the said Superintendent, annually, on or before the first day of February, to make to the Minister of Agriculture and Mines, a full and detailed report of the operations, including a statement of receipts and expenditure, a copy of which report shall be laid by the Minister of Agriculture and Mines upon the Table of the House of Assembly within ten days of its opening.

5.

Bulletins or reports of progress shall be issued at least once in six months, a copy of which shall be published in two newspapers printed

in St. John's, and furnished to such individuals actually engaged in farming as may require the same. Such bulletins or reports, and the annual report of the said station, shall be transmitted in the mails free of charge for postage, under such regulations as the Postmaster General may from time to time prescribe.

6. Subject to the approval of the Governor in Council, the Minister of Agriculture and Mines shall have power to and he is hereby authorized to arrange for and superintend the formation of Agricultural Societies in all the Electoral Districts of the Colony, and out of any moneys in his hands for agricultural purposes, to grant to any such society an annual sum to aid such society in carrying out its objects, and out of such moneys also to pay to any teacher in any public school in the Colony an annual salary as secretary of any such agricultural society. The Minister of Agriculture and Mines is hereby further authorized to hold agricultural shows in any part of the Colony and out of any money in his hands, as aforesaid, to pay the cost of the same, and to purchase and pay the freight on exhibits for and to pay for prizes to be awarded at such shows. And he is also hereby authorized out of any moneys in his hands, as aforesaid, to pay for all or any of the following services:

(1) The compilation of agricultural or farm notes for the local
press.

(2) The delivery of lectures on agriculture throughout the Colony.
(3) The compilation of an agricultural primer for schools.
(4) The encouragement of cold storage in agricultural localities.

(5) Salaries of experts giving instructions in the cutting and drying

of peat.

It shall also be lawful for the said Minister to provide a scholarship in the schools of the Colony for highest marks in agriculture, subject to such conditions as he may consider proper, and to pay a bonus for the opening and working of limekilns in the Colony, and generally to do, carry on and pay for all such other things, undertakings and services as in the opinion of the Governor in Council are desirable for the encouragement and improvement of agriculture.

7. The Governor in Council shall appoint a Board, consisting of five members, for the purpose of aiding and assisting the Minister of Agriculture and Mines in carrying into effect the provisions of this Chapter. The Board shall be known as "The Newfoundland Agricultural