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considerably reduced, inovenient is permissible by licence, and fat stock 

 markets can be beld by licence subject to inspection.' 



The initial outbreak in Oxfordshire occurred on 25tli October, when two 

 cases were confirmed at Woodstock. The usual Order was imposed in respect 

 of an area with a radius of 15 miles of the infected places. Subsecjuently, two 

 outbreaks occurred on 30th October and 4th November respectively, on 

 premises in the vicinity of the earlier cases. The origin of the infection in 

 this district cannot be ascertained, but all the 4 outbreaks were connected. 



In this district also the restrictions have been considerably modified and 

 entire prohibition of movement applies only in respect of two small areas 

 surrounding the infected premises. 



In all cases, the slaughter of all the affected animals and those in 

 immediate contact has been carried out, involving 107 cattle, 2 sheep, 

 207 pigs and 1 goat. 



Agricultural Research Scholarships and Fellowships.— 



The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, on the recommendation of the 

 Advisory Committee on Agricultural Science, and with the concurrence of the 

 Development Commissioners and the Treasury, have awarded Research 

 Scholarships^ of the value of £200 per annum for three years, to the 

 following candidates : — 



Mr. N. C. Wright, University College, Reading (Dairying). 



Mr. W. L. Davies, University College, Aberystwyth (Animal Nutrition). 



Mr. Ronald C. Fisher^ Edinburgh University (Entomology). 



Mr. P. Halton, University College, Heading (Animal Nutrition). 



Mr. Edgar Thomas, University College, Aberystwyth (Agricultural 

 Economics). 



The Ministry has also extended for a third year the 2-year scholarships 



previously awarded to : — 



Mr. J. H. Frew (Rothamsted Experimental Station) in Entomology ; 

 and to 



Miss M. S. Lacey (Imi^erial College of Science) in Plant Bacteriology. 

 These scholarships have been established in order to assist promising- 

 science graduates to qualify as research workers with a view to their 

 contributing to the development of agricultural science. 



Travelling Research Fellowships have been awarded to : — 



Mr. G. W. Robinson, of University College, Bangor, for a visit to 



America to study soil survey methods ; and to 

 Col. W. A. Wood, of the School of Agriculture, Cambridge, for a visit 

 to Kiel to study methods of treating sterility. 

 The fellowships have been instituted to enable selected members of the 

 staffs of institutions aided by the Ministry to visit foreign countries where 

 research work on similar subjects is carried on and to study at first hand the 

 methods followed there. 



International Poultry Exhibition. — An International Poultry 

 Exhibition will be held at Liege on 20th — 22nd Jan. next, and entries of 

 five or six pens of three birds each are invited from British breeders. Belgian 

 poultry breeders are particularly interested in such breeds as Orpingtons, 

 Minorcas, Sussex, and Dorkings. Inquiries should be addressed to the Sec- 

 retary, International Exhibition of Aviculture, Societe Royale Union Avicole 

 de Liege, Belgium. 



Printed under the authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 

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