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Application for Licences under the Horse Breeding Act, 



1918. — Owners of stallions who intend to travel tlieir horses next season are 

 reminded that they will require licences to enable them to do so. 



Applications for licences in England and Wales may be sent to the 

 Ministry on or after the 1st November, by which date the licences for the 

 season of 1920 expire and should be returned to the Ministry. Failure to 

 return any expired licence renders an owner liable to a fine of five pounds. 



Forms of application for licences can be obtained from The General 

 Secretary^ Ministrij of Afjriculture and Fisheries, Whitehall Place. London^ 

 S.W.I, and, as the Ministry cannot undertake to arrang-e for the veterinary 

 examination of stallions at short notice, ownei-s are advised to send in their 

 applications as soon as possible after the 1st November. If many defer 

 doing so until the service season approaches it will not be possible to deal 

 with all applications before the season commences. 



Imported Seed Potatoes from Scotland.— The Ministry desires 

 to bring to the notice of potato growers and mei chants the revised regulations 

 which are now in force with respect to the importation of seed potatoes from 

 Scotland into England and Wales. 



. The Board of Agriculture for Scotland have recently issued an Order under 

 which, in every case 'of a consignment of seed potatoes (other than certified 

 stocks of immune varieties) to this country, the exporter in Scotland is 

 required to obtain a ceitificate from the Board of Agriculture for Scotland to 

 the effect that Wart Disease has not existed on or within one mile of the place 

 in which the potatoes were grown. Further, the exporter must send with 

 each consignment a declaration correctly stating the reference number of the 

 relative certificate. In the case of ceitified stocks of approved immune 

 varieties, the exporter must send with the consignment a declaration correctly 

 stating the serial number of the certificate of purit}^ issued in respect of the 

 growing crop. The Ministry proposes now to supplement the Order of the 

 Scottish Board by requiring that any importer who receives "seed" potatoes 

 from Scotland which are not accompanied by the necessary declaration shall 

 report the fact to the Ministry within seven days of the receipt of the potatoes. 

 Any person desiring further information on this subject should communicate 

 with the Ministry at 72, Victoria Street, London, S.W.I. 



Export of Potatoes to Holland.— The Ministry has received official 

 notice that the Netherlands Government have introduced regulations govern- 

 ing the importation of potatoes into Holland. These regulations require 

 that potatoes grown in England and Wales shall be imported only in bags 

 which have been sealed by an Inspector of the Ministry, and that at the time 

 of importation a certificate must be produced from the Ministry stating that 

 the potatoes were grown in land on which Wart Disease has not occurred. 

 Grow'ei'S and exporters of potatoes are warned, therefore, that they should not- 

 export to Holland any potatoes other than those which have been inspected by 

 the Ministry. Immediate notification should be made to the Ministry by any 

 persons desiring to export potatoes to Holland, in order that arrangements may 

 be made for the inspection of such potatoes at the time of lifting. 



