§ 59. Mr. NEEDHAMasked the President of the Board of Agriculture if he will give a statement of the annual Grants-in-Aid made to research institutions, showing the names of such institutions and the annual Grants to each of them, and the special research work carried on at each of them, in accordance with the White Paper A 220/1 of the Board, dated September, 1911; and whether the whole of the money so expended is obtained under the Development and Road Improvement Funds Act, 1909?
§ Sir R. WINFREYI will have a statement of these Grants printed in to-day's OFFICIAL REPORT. The whole of the money so expended is obtained from the Development Fund, with the exception of £450 of the £2,900 spent on research in fruit growing at the Bristol University.
§ The following is the statement referred to:
§ Estimated Grants in aid of Agricultural Research carried on at Research Institutions and other Research Centres in respect of the financial year ending 31st March, 1919.
| Subject of Research and Name of Institute to which the Grant is paid. | Provision in respect of the financial year ending 31 March, 1919. |
| Research Institutions. | £ |
| Plant Physiology—Imperial College of Science & Technology | 1,700 |
| Plant Breeding—University of Cambridge | 1,400 |
| Fruit Growing—University of Bristol | 2,900 |
| Plant Nutrition and Soil Problems—Rothamsted Experimental Station | 2,850 |
| Animal Nutrition—University of Cambridge | 2,000 |
| Animal Pathology—Royal Veterinary College | 1,630 |
| Dairying—University College, Reading | 1,950 |
| Zoology (Helminthology)—University of Birmingham | 1,080 |
| Zoology (Economic Entomology)—Victoria University, Manchester | 650 |
| Agricultural Economics—University of Oxford | 1,500 |
| Other Research Centres. | |
| Fruit Growing—South-Eastern Agricultural College, Wye (East Mailing Fruit Research Station) | 500 |
| Animal Nutrition—University of Leeds | 1,000 |
| Animal Breeding—University of Cambridge | 190 |
| Glass-house Culture of Crops—Waltham Cross Experimental Station | 500 |
| Woburn Experimantal Station | 500 |
| Norfolk Experimental Station | 100 |
| Total | £20,450 |