Chapter XIX: Part II: creates the advisory machinery to which reference is made in

the text, and they run as follows:--

_Consultative Council, Agricultural Board and Board of Technical Instruction, and Financial Provisions._

7. For the purpose of assisting the Department in carrying out the objects of this Act there shall be established--

(a) a Council of Agriculture;

(b) an Agricultural Board; and

(c) a Board of Technical Instruction.

8.--(1.) The Council of Agriculture shall consist of the following members:--

(a) Two persons to be appointed by the county council of each
county (other than a county borough) in each province; and

(b) A number of persons resident in each province equal to the
number of counties (exclusive of county boroughs) in the
province, to be appointed by the Department with due regard
to the representation on the council of any agricultural or
industrial organisations in the province.

(2.) For the purposes of this section the county of Cork shall be regarded as two counties, and four persons shall be appointed by the council of that county.

(3.) The members representing each province shall constitute separate committees on the Council and shall be styled the provincial committees of the respective provinces.

9. The Agricultural Board shall consist of the following members:--

(a.) Two persons to be appointed by the provincial committee
of each province; and

(b.) Four persons to be appointed by the Department.

10. The Board of Technical Instruction shall consist of the following members:--

(a.) Three persons to be appointed by the county council of
each of the county boroughs of Dublin and Belfast;

(b.) One person to be appointed by a joint committee of the
councils of the several urban county districts in the
county of Dublin; such committee to consist of one member
chosen out of their body by the council of each such
district;

(c.) One person to be appointed by the council of each county
borough not above mentioned;

(d.) One person to be appointed by the provincial committee of
each province;

(e.) One person to be appointed by the Commissioners of National
Education;

(f.) One person to be appointed by the Intermediate Education
Board; and

(g.) Four persons to be appointed by the Department.

11. The Council of Agriculture shall meet at least once a year for the purpose of discussing matters of public interest in connexion with any of the purposes of this Act.

12. The Agricultural Board shall advise the Department with respect to all matters and questions submitted to them by the Department in connexion with the purposes of agriculture and other rural industries.

13. The Board of Technical Instruction shall advise the Department with respect to all matters and questions submitted to them by the Department in connexion with technical instruction.