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III. — ADULTERATION OF FOOD PRODUCTS. 



The recommendations of the Select Committee should 

 be forthwith carried into law, and the existing and 

 improved machinery at the disposal of the Local 

 Government Board, Board of Agriculture, and Board of 

 Customs should be set in motion more effectively than 

 hitherto. 



I further recommend the appointment of one or more 

 special Commissioners for a period of five years to 

 supervise and report upon the administration of the 

 various Acts and regulations. 



IV. — SMALL HOLDINGS. 



The restrictions in the Allotments Acts and Local 

 Government Act, 1894, should be removed. With a 

 view to the better provision of land, glebes, Crown and 

 ecclesiastical agricultural lands, and other land of a 

 public character should be placed at the disposal of 

 county councils. County councils should also have a 

 right of pre-emption of land sold under bankruptcy, 

 or under any new legislation for dealing with encumbered 

 estates. 



Co-operative credit banks for agricultural districts 

 should be encouraged, and any legal difficulties re- 

 moved. 



V. — TUBERCULOSIS. 



This cause of immense pecuniary loss, both to 

 agriculturists and to meat dealers, and of continued 

 peril to the public health, should be dealt with without 

 further delay, and facilities for voluntary action by 

 agriculturists should be forthwith provided by the Board 

 of Agriculture. 



