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Licensing of Stallions : Season, 1920. [Nov., 



of licences for stallions they met on the road and also 

 invited the co-operation of the police in this direction. The 

 necessity for having the licence available for production by 

 the groom did not seem to be generally understood at first, 

 but fewer contraventions in this respect were reported towards 

 the close of the travelling season, and it is hoped that next 

 year owners will not fail to send out the licences with the 

 stallions. The policy of the Ministry this year — the first of 

 the operation of the Horse Breeding Act — has been to warn 

 stallion owners and others of the requirements of the Act, and 

 prosecutions have only been instituted in those cases where 

 deliberate contraventions of the Act have occurred. 



It should be added that licences issued for the licensing 

 year 1920 expired on the 31st October, 1920, and should be 

 returned to the Ministry as soon as possible after that date. 

 Failure to comply with this requirement renders an owner 

 liable to a fine not exceeding £5. From the 1st November, 

 1920, applications may be made for licences for the year 

 ending 31st October, 1921, and as the Ministry cannot 

 undertake to examine stallions at short notice, owners are 

 advised to send in their applications at the earliest possible 

 date. If many defer doing so till the service season approaches 

 it will not be possible to deal with all applications before the 

 season actually commences. 



