1922.] 



proceedings may be taken against a servant or agent if they are 

 satisfied that blame does not attach to the employer. 



The Act also empowers the Ministry of Health to make regu- 

 lations as to milk imported for public consumption and as to 

 the labelling and marking of dried, condensed, skimmed or 

 separated milk. 



All orders made by the Ministry of Health under this Act* 

 will be laid before Parhament, and orders made after the com- 

 mencement of this Act under the Contagious Diseases (Animals) 

 Acts will be made with the concurrence of the Ministry of Agri- 

 culture and Fisheries. 



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A FORECAST of the production of the principal cereal crops was 

 issued by the Ministry early in August. Hitherto these estimates 

 have only been issued at the end of October, 

 Forecast of the ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ obtained from threshing afford 

 Production of ^ ^^^^ ^^^.^^.^ ^^^-^^ ^^^^ p^.o^^,,^ of the 

 Corn Crops. harvest. Practically all the leading countries 

 in the world, however, make estimates in advance of their har- 

 vests, and the Ministry decided this year to adopt a similar 

 practice. It will be understood that this forecast, which was 

 made on the 1st August, is necessarily subject to modification 

 owing to weather and other conditions, and this will be particu- 

 larly the case this year, when bad weather was experienced 

 immediately after the forecast was made. The figures as esti- 

 mated on the 1st August for England and Wales w^ere as 



follow^S : — Area (Acres). Production {Qr.). 



1921 1922 1921 1922 



Wheat 1,071^000 1,969,000 8,722,000 7,880,000 



Barley 1,43(),000 1.3G2,000 5,309,000 5.090,000 



Oats 2,149,000 2,161,000 10,033,000 9,290,000 



Beans 237,200 272,000 778,000 920,000 



Peas 105,700 123.000 313,000 340,000 



The annual preliminary statement of the area under crops 

 and grass and the number of live stock in England and Wales 

 was also issued early in x\ugust, and is reproduced on p. 572 of 



this Journal. 



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Summer time this year has been fixed by an Order in Coun- 

 cil and will end at 2 o'clock' on the morning of Sunday, 8th 

 « _. October. 



Summer Time. r . i u w f 



For the future, however, the dates or 



beginning and ending have been laid dow^n by the Summer 

 Time Act, 1922, which was passed on 20th July last. Under 



* Copios of the Act can be purchased thronj?h any bookseller or direct 

 from H.M. Stationery Office, Imperial House, Kingsway, London, W.C. 2., 

 price 3d. net. A 2 



