The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-06

the section referred to, so as to
allow all the members Of the
Board their actual necessary ex-
penses while In attendance on Its
meetings.
Permit ne to ask your atten-
ton to the proviso to Section 20
of the Act, prohibiting the ap-
plication of Sec. II /" to any Of
the counties in this State west of
the Blue Ridge" lam satisfied,
from my correspondence and IN
tercourse with the people and
representative men of that sec
ton, that | but reflect their
wishes in asking your Board to
recommend the repeal OF that
proviso. There is no section Of
the State whose interests can be
more promoted by the operations
of the Land and Mining Regis
try, as established by that section,
than the one embraced in the
counties lying west Of the Blue
Ridge; and | earnestly h pc
the people of that section of the
State may be allowed to avail
themselves of all the benefits to
be derived from it.
MISCELLANEOUS.
There being no unoccupied
room in the Capitol Building
sufficiently commodious fir the
requirements of the office, rooms
were secured for that purpose on
the second floor of the Briggs
Building, on Fayetteville street.
While they r. well adapted, in
construction, to the purposes OF
our work, yet they are found in
convenient of access to the pub
lie; and the usefulness of the
Department would be greatly
promoted, could we have d sep
arate building at some convent
ent point III the city, and so
constructed as to accommodate
the wants OF the Department and
of the Geological Survey. When
placed in charge Of these rooms,
we had no books, maps, stationery
or furniture. 1t is now supplied
with a library of over 500 vol
umes, maps, and all necessary
furniture, which have been Sc
cured with a view to utility and
economy. 1t is a pleasure to
acknowledge the generous court
esy of the Departments of other
States, and Of public journalists,
whose kind contributions have
given us this valuable collection
of agricultural works. Attached
to the office is the Agricultural
Museum, before alluded to, and
which attracts much attentions;
but | regret to say that, with all
my efforts to have each county
represented in all its pro-
there are yet eleven coun-
ties whose cases are blank. |
also applied to the commissioners
of the several counties for maps,
but only eleven have as yet re-
.ponded. Impressed with the
Of such a collection, |
shall relax no effort until | get
fair display from every county.
At each of the State Fairs held
under the auspices of the State
Society, near this city, for the
years %1S77-7S, [ have, at con-
sideral labor, displayed these
specimens in it's halls, where they
were inspected with satisfaction
and pride by thousands of our
| trust | may be par
loned for repeating a suggestion
made in my last Quarterly Re-
purt-that could an arrangement
be effected with the officials Of
hat Society, by which [ could
have the use of a suitable
building for an annual display
IF such products as | might col
.ect from III sections of the State,
IN exhibition could be made
that would justly excite the pride
md admiration of all North
Jarolinians.
The invitation to our farmers
% write me freely has been freely
acce tied, and it is needless to