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ing the carcases of the rats. The vehicle should also be 

 fitted with a bell, to announce the arrival and presence of 

 the collecting cart. 



The destruction of the carcases is to be effected in 

 the manner described under A. 



C. The Villages 



The authorities in the villages shall appoint a suitable 

 person to receive the rats delivered up, for which work 

 he shall be paid an adequate remuneration. Such persons 

 must be supplied with an apparatus for cutting off the 

 tails of rats handed in. After the tails have been cut 

 off, the rats may be buried in a suitable place without 

 delay. It is most undesirable that any person engaged 

 in the carrying of milk or other food-stuffs be asked to 

 convey rats to the persons appointed to receive them. 

 Villages in close proximity to towns are advised to make 

 arrangements for the cremation of the rats at the muni- 

 cipal gasworks. 



In the case of villages whose buildings approximate 

 those of a town, it is recommended that the regulations 

 given for towns are adopted. 



Respecting the payment of the premiums it is re- 

 commended that the person in charge of a collecting 

 depot or otherwise appointed to receive rats is supplied 

 with a fixed amount of petty cash, out of which he pays 

 the premium for each rat delivered up. The tails cut 

 from the rats serve as a receipt for the payment made, 

 so that the total amount of tails will be a discharge for 

 the total amount of petty cash received and paid out in 

 premiums. 



In order to prevent abuse, it is particularly requested 

 that the local authorities take care that the rat tails are 

 destroyed in an efficient manner as soon as they have 

 served the purposes of control and checking. 



For the purpose of keeping satisfactory accounts, the 

 Association for the Authorised Extermination of Rats has 



