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Licensing Stallions, 



[Feb., 



but equally effective regulations. The new Order provides that 

 the sowing of onion or leek seeds or the planting of seedlings 

 in land known to be infected may be carried out only under 

 licence from the Ministry ; such licences will be granted only after 

 certain prescribed measures of treatment have been adopted. 

 The distribution of onion or leek plants from infected land is 

 also subject to control. 



Copies of the Order in question, " The Onion Smut Order of 

 1921 " (S.R. & 0., 1921, No. 1620), may be obtained through 

 any bookseller, or direct from H.M. Stationery Office. Imperial 

 House. Kingsway, W.C.2, price per copy Id. net. 



Stallion owners in England and Wales who intend to travel 



their stallions during the 1922 season are reminded again that 



_ . . _,. „. they will require licences from the Ministry 

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*L -tt to enable them to do so. and tnat as the 

 under the Horse XK . . , , , , . ' . r 



■« j- a m. -irMo Ministry cannot undertake to issue licences 

 Breeding Act, 1918. , J , , f , 1 



° at very short notice, owners ot stallions who 



postpone the necessary application may experience considerable 



delay in obtaining them. 



With the approach of the Spring sales and shows, it should 



also be noted that a licensee is required to give notice forthwith 



to the Ministry of any sale, or letting for a period exceeding six 



months, or other change of the ownership of a licensed stallion. 



The licence should be given to the purchaser or lessee who should 



apply immediately to the Ministry for a new one, as the existing 



licence ceases to be in force at the expiration of one month after 



the change of ownership. A new licence will be issued free of 



charge. Any contravention of the Act in this respect renders 



the offender liable to a fine not exceeding £5. 



Lielt.-Col. Sir David Prain, C.M.G., C.I.E., F.B.S., will 



shortly retire from the post of Director of The Eoyal Botanic 



Gardens, Kew, which he has held since 

 Director of igog and the Firgt Lord of the Trea 



Kew Gardens. , . . u . : 



has appointed as his successor, Mr. A. W. 



Hill, Sc.D., M.A., F.L.S., who has been Assistant Director of the 

 Gardens for the last fourteen years, and was previously Fellow 

 and Dean of King's College, Cambridge, and University Lecturer 

 in Botanv. 



