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(7) Exportation of Artificial Fertilisers. — It was suggested 

 on behalf of the Ministry that the restrictions on the exporta- 

 tion of artificial fertilisers, which were the result of special 

 conditions created by the War, should be finally removed. An 

 Order in Council under the Fertilisers (Temporary Control of 

 Export) Act, 1920, prohibited the export of sulphate of ammonia, 

 superphosphate, basic slag, and compound manures containing 

 any of them, except by licence of the Board of Trade. An open 

 general licence had already been issued authorising export of 

 sulphate of ammonia. The position in regard to superphosphate 

 and basic slag was carefully considered, and it was decided that 

 the position should be reviewed again at the next meeting. 



(8) Landing of Hay and Straw from France. — The French 

 Government had requested the British Government to 

 permit once more the landing of hay and straw from 

 France. The prohibition had begun in 1908 and all hay 

 and straw (except that actually used as packing for merchandise, 

 or manufactured straw not intended for use as fodder or litter, 

 or hay and straw permitted to be imported by licence for use 

 afterwards as fodder and litter for animals) was prohibited 

 unless it came from Australia, Canada, South Africa, New 

 Zealand, U.S.A., Norway, Channel Islands, and the Isle of 

 Man. The Committee considered the matter and agreed that 

 some further enquiries should be made as to the restrictions 

 which Prance enforced against the produce of this country. 



(9) R.S.P.C.A. proposed Bill to order the Slaughter of Horses 

 Rejected as Unfit for Export. — The details of this proposal were 

 considered at the meeting, and it was decided that the present 

 powers of the Ministry under the Exportation of Horses Act, 

 1914, were sufficient to meet the needs of the case, and that it 

 be recommended that the Minister's approval of the proposed 

 Bill be withheld. 



