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Landing of Animals from Ireland. [Oct., 



Special facilities are now offered for carrying out tests on 

 payment of the ordinary fee plus an additional charge of 50 per 

 cent, thereof, and the cost of telegraphing the result of the 

 test if a telegram is asked for. These facilities are only granted 

 to samples which are plainly marked with the word RAPID. 

 No other form of words will be recognised. 



All other fees, including the farmer's fee of 6d. per sample, 

 remain unchanged. 



A leaflet, giving full, particulars of the fees and conditions 

 of testing, can be obtained, post free, on application to the 

 Chief Officer, Official Seed-Testing Station, Huntingdon Road, 

 Cambridge. 



An Order entitled The Irish Animals Order of 1922 has been 

 issued by the Ministry modifying the restrictions imposed in 

 Landing of I'^spect of the landing of cattle, sheep, goats 

 Animals from swine from Ireland, so as to permit of 



Ireland landing both of fat and store animals 



of each species. 

 Cattle and sheep may not be removed from the landing places 

 except with a licence granted by an Inspector of the Ministry, 

 and then only to — 



(a) Markets specially authorised by the Ministry, from 

 which they will be moved by licence to private premises for 

 detention thereon for 13 days, or 



(h) Private premises for detention thereon for a like period 

 unless slaughtered in the meantime. 



The following special markets have been approved in Scotland, 

 viz., Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Forfar, Laareneekirk, Perth and 

 St. Boswell's, and the Ministry is now inquiring into the 

 demand for a similar number of special markets in England. 



Swine may be removed from the landing places with the 

 requisite licence granted under the Swine Fever (Movement from 

 Ireland) Orders of 1904 or 1906, as the case may be. 



An Important Prosecution. — For contravening the Animals 

 (Landing from Ireland) Order of 1922, several cattle dealers 

 have been recently prosecuted and in some cases very heavy 

 fines inflicted. 



An outstanding conviction was that obtained against an Irish 

 dealer for several offences against the Order. These included 

 the moving of cattle to a place other than that named in the 

 licence granted him and failing to surrender the licence in the 



