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Regulations as to Dipping of Sheep. 



[Mar., 



re-imported into this country for consumption. During the 

 War the Ministry took over this depot from the Public Trustee, 

 and has since distributed elvers among suitable British waters 

 by selling them at low fixed prices, with the object of 

 encouraging the growth of eels for the market and thus 

 increasing our home-grown food supply. The elvers may be 

 taken from the Severn from the end of February onwards, and 

 the earlier they are transported the better they are likely to 

 stand the journey to other waters. Full particulars of the dis- 

 tribution may be obtained on application to the Fisheries 

 Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 43, Parlia- 

 ment Street, London, S.W.I. 



Orders will not be accepted after April 1st. 



The Ministry has revoked, as from the 1st December last, the 

 Orders requiring the compulsory general dipping of sheep in 

 _ ... this country involving a single dipping or 



to Di in of ^ n ^ co ^ anc ^ an< ^ ^he ^ or th °f England) two 

 ° ci?^ 111 ^ ° dippings at long intervals. The Ministry 

 ^' recognises, however, that Local Authorities 



and sheep owners in various parts of the country may wish to 

 continue the general compulsory dipping of sheep in their dis- 

 tricts as a safeguard against the risk of the introduction of the 

 disease to their flocks, and powers have accordingly been given 

 enabling them to do so. The Ministry desires, however, in this 

 connection, to emphasise the fact that in the event of any Local 

 Authority deciding to exercise these powers, nothing short of 

 double dipping in a dip approved by the Minister, with an inter- 

 val of not less than ten and not more than fourteen days between 

 the dippings, would, in the considered opinion of the Ministry, 

 serve the purpose in view. 



It is desirable that the provisions of the Onion Smut Order 



of 1920, issued by the Ministry in May last in the interests of 



m , ^ . _ controlling the spread of Onion Smut 

 The Onion Smut /TT .. 8 , . r . ,,. , , 



Order of 1920 (UrocysUs cepula) m this country should 

 be known as widely as possible. Onions 

 and leeks, whether seedlings and sets or bulbs, come within 

 the scope of the Order. The main provisions of the Order are 

 as follows : — 



(1) Restrictions as regards Infected Places. — (a) No person 

 shall sow or cause to be sown onion seed in an infected place, 



