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Horticulture of the Maryland Agricultural College. All elected by the
Trustees of the Maryland Agricultural College.

State Entomologist,....................Prof. A. L. Quantance.

State Pathologist........................Prof. J. R. S. Norton.

State Horticulturist....................Prof. James S. Robinson.

The State Horticultural Department is an adjunct of the Maryland
Agricultural College. The department has charge of the suppression
and eradication of the San Jose scale, peach yellow, pearblight and
other injurious insect pests and plant diseases throughout the State of
Maryland.

The Department of Farmers'' Institutes is also an adjunct of the
Maryland Agricultural College. Under the management of this
department public institutes or meetings are held in the several coun-
ties of the State, where agricultural topics are discussed by persons
skilled in the several branches of agriculture.

TOBACCO INSPECTORS.

Chief Inspector,

J. Frank Smith .....................St. Mary's County.....................1904

Deputy Tobacco Inspectors,

Nathaniel Broome.................Calvert County......................... 1904

IsaacS. Nutwell.................... Anne Arundel County...............1904

Wm. D. Bowie.......................Prince George's County............1904

Chief Clerk,

James J. Greenwell...............................................................

The Governor, with the consent of the Senate, appoints one Chief

Tobacco Inspectors and three Deputy Tobacco Inspectors for two years

from the first day of March. Chief Clerk appointed by Chief Inspector.

(Chapter 314, 1898).

The Chief Inspector of Tobacco and Deputy Inspectors conduct the

storage and inspection of Maryland tobacco. The operations of the

Inspectors are carried on in Baltimore City.

STATE WHARFINGER— O'Donnell's Wharf, Baltimore, Md.
Alexander Cutino......... ... .... Baltimore City........................ 1904

The Governor, with the consent of the Senate, appoints one or more
State Wharfingers for two years from the first Monday in May. (P. G.
Iv., Art. 98, Sec. 1).

The State Wharfinger has charge of the State Wharves in Balti-
more City, and the collection of wharfage dues therefrom.

STATE WEATHER SERVICE — Office at Johns Hopkins University,

Baltimore, Md.
Director,

William Bullock Clark...........Baltimore City..........................1904

Secretary and Treasurer,

W. T. L. Taliaferro ..............Prince George's County............1904

Meteorologist,

Oliver L. Fassig.....................Baltimore City.........................1904

A director, designated by the President of the Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity; a Secretary and Treasurer, designated by the President of the
Maryland Agricultural College, and a Meteorologist, designated by the
Chief of the United States Weather Bureau, shall be commissioned by
the Governor for two years from the first Monday in May: (Chapter
329, 1892).

The State Weather Service collects and publishes data relating to
the climatic and weather conditions of the State.