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Facilities for Map Inspection. 



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to which water is added to produce acetylene gas, has also been 



found effective. A simple apparatus for destro3dng rats by 



the " gassing " method was described in this Journal, ^larch, 



1920, p. 1 177. A reprint of this note may be obtained gratis 



and post free on application to the ^vlinistry. 



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The Ministry wishes it to be more generally known that 

 members of the public, on pa,ym.ent of a small fee, may inspect 

 certain documents deposited with the 

 Ma'^^Inf e^c\ion at ^^P^^^"^^^^- These documents include 

 t^he Ministry^of Apportionments of Tithe Rentcharge, 

 Agriculture. Certificates of Redemption of Tithe Rent- 

 charge and of Corn Rents and other money 

 payments in lieu of tithes ; Certificates of Capital Value of 

 Extraordinary Tithe Rentcharge ; and, Awards of Inclosure 

 and Regulation under the Inclosure Acts, 1845 to 1899. Other 

 documents are Boundary Awards under the Inclosure Kcts 

 and the Tithe Acts ; Schemes under the Metropolitan Com- 

 mons Acts, 1866 to 1898 ; Orders of Exchange, Partition and 

 Division of Intermixed Lands. It is desirable that applicants 

 should, for their own convenience' in the first instance write 

 to the Ministry, giving particulars of the document it is 

 proposed to nspect. 



In addition to the documents mentioned, the Ordnance 

 Survey ]\Iaps of Great Britain and Ireland on the scale of one 

 inch to the mile, and those of Great Britain on the scale of six 

 inches to the mile, may also be consulted. In this case no 

 charge is made for inspection. 



The Inspection Room, which is at Xo. 3, St. James's Square, 

 London, S.W. i, is open on week-days between the hours of 

 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., except on Saturday, when it is closed at 

 I p.m. 



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At the present moment, when the ratio of the cost of feeding 

 to production shows such a small margin, the absolute nutrition 



Notes on Poultry ^'^^^^ ^^'^ ^"^^^^^ ^^^^'^ obtainable, 

 Feeding: rather than their price, should be the 



From the Harper criterion of cost. Price is apt to be 

 Adam's Agricultural deceptive. During the past six months 

 College. ^ considerable quantity of excellent poultry 



wheat has been obtainable at prices lower than, or equal to, 

 mixtures of considerably less feeding value. Although wheat 

 alone would not be a satisfactory feed, in conjunction with a 

 suitably blended mash it should be more economical than the 

 average mixtures at present obtainable, the latter being 



