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JOINT AGRICULTURAL, PASTORAL, AND STOCK COMMITTEE. (Hon. Mr. J. D. Ormond, Chairman.)

Letter from the Hon. the Minister tor Agriculture relating to Noxious Weeds. f have to report that the Committee, having considered the above, recommends that the following plants be included in the Third Schedule of "The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900": namely, hemlock, pennyroyal, St. John's wort, tutsan, and fennel. 19th October, 1904.

No. 879.—Petition of J. A. McKenna and 336 Others. Petitioners pray that an agricultural college be established at the Moinohaki Experimental Farm. I am directed to report that the Committee recommends this petition be referred to the Government for consideration. 3rd November, 1904. Approximate Cast of Paper.— Preparation, not gives; printing (1,250 copies), £ I Us.

By Authority: John Maokay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9o4. Price 3d.]