BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 30 January 1914, Page 4

BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.

4 J-t v Tet- ary of the department of Agi'-culture is preparing for the election of members for the Board ofA-ri-ffi a"? Whlek> I s beinS *** «P ™der- %•■ -v Passe<3 last session. Jliight members of the Board are to be chosen by the agricultural and pasS™ Hsoa^f s"~four I T mbers fr0I»" ea<* lV an£-. . fhe regulations provide fortne division of each island into four distuets, rrom the societies of "which a recommendation is asked. One society, Mpl™ fn- cH tinSmshinS purposes the MsS°ln a + n iSoCI? ty '-£? select^d in each distnct to take the initiative in securm£,+ re _com™«^ation for the appointment ot a representative of all the societies m that district. The meetanrf ?i mtr\ c held ? Ot ¥ eT than Feb"l~ aiy 4L. Ihe number of delegates every society ,may send is regulated by the following scale: 400 financial members 3;aSd^(]o: 44 00to800-^800to1200 ' The headquarters of the Metropolitan Associations m the eight districts areat Palmevston North, New Plymouth, Hasting Auckland, Nelson, Christ'chtirch, Duneclm, and Invercargill.