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sary particulars as to purity, «.,'eru\inatioii, date of tests, etc., as 

 prescribed for tli? particular kind of seed, or he may avail him- 

 self ci the special provisions made for the sale of packets, in 

 which case the date of the season in which the seeds were 

 packeted must be declared. It is hoped that this practice will 

 If ad to the discontinuance of sale of old seed in packets. 



The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Secretary 



for Scotland have appointed a Committee to Investigate the 



. . . present position as regards the provision by 



^ ^ .^^ local authorities of allotments in Great 



Committee on ^ . . j. r ^ . i <• 



.„ . . Britain and to lormulate recommendations 



Allotments. » , , ^ • i.- i • 



tor such amendments ot the existing legis- 

 lation and administration as may be desirable to secure adequate 

 provision of allotments by such local authorities and to improve 

 the tenure and se2urity of occupiers of allotments. 

 The Committee will be constituted as follows : — 



The Rt. Hon. the Earl of Ancaster, Parliamentary Secre- 

 tary to th? Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries 

 (Chairman). 



Sir John Lorne Macleod, G.B.E., ex-Lord Provost of 

 Edinburgh. 



W. Bagshaw, Esq., O.B.E.. Town Clerk of Doncaster. 



Archibald W. Fisher, Esq., Secretary, Scottish National 

 Union of Allotment Holders. 



J. Forbes, Esq., General Secretary, National Union of 

 Allotment Holders. 



John Gilchrist. Esq., F.S.T., Bellshill, Lanarkshire. 



Alderman G. A. Hemmings, Chairman of the Allotments 

 Committee of the Swansea Borough Council. 



D. A. Nicholl. Esq. M.A., LL.B., Town Clerk of Wands- 

 worth. 



George Nicliolls, Esq., O.B.E.. Director of the Small 

 Holdings and Allotments Section, Agricultural Organisa- 

 tion Society. 



Major W. G. Prescott, M.P. for North Tottenham. 



G. T. Simey, Esq., Clerk to the Somerset County Council. 

 The Secretary of the Committee is Mr. E. Lawrence Mitchell 

 ('Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries), to whom all communicn- 

 tions sh'^iUl be addressed. 



