THE JOURNAL 



OF THE 



MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE 



Vol. XXVIII. No. 1. 



APRIL, 1921, 



NOTES FOR THE MONTH. 



The second meeting of the Council of Agriculture for England 



was held at Essex Hall, London, on March 4th, when the Earl 



J of Selborne, E.G., G.C.M.G., was elected 



Second Meeting , . . • 



- ^, ^ ° chanman for the year. Dunne the course 



of the Council of ^, j ^r- • ? c < • 



A riculture for proceedings the Minister oi Agri- 



^ , culture, Lieut. -Col. Sir Arthur Griffitli- 



" ° ' -Boscawen,. addressed the Council. 

 Among the resolutions moved was one in favour of main- 

 taining the existing restrictions upon the importation of live 

 animals from abroad, in order " to ensure the due protection 

 of British livestock against the ravages of serious contagious 

 disease." An amendment to add. as an additional reason for 

 the continuance of the embargo, the words " and to encourage 

 the maintenance of the milk supply of the country " was 

 carried ; while an amendment to make an exception in the case 

 of Canada was defeated. Another amendment proposed to refer 

 the whole question of the embargo to a Committee of the 

 Council for enquiry and report. This was defeated, as also 

 was one for a joint inquiry by the ■Ministry of Agriculture and 

 the Ministry of Health. The original resolution, with the 

 addition agreed to, was .then carried by 71 votes against 15. 

 It read as follows : — 



" That to ensure the due protection of British Livestock 

 against the ravages of serious contagious disease, and to 

 encourage the maintenance of the milk supply of the countrv. 

 this Council of Agriculture for England most earnestly 

 requests His Majesty's Government to maintain the existing 

 restrictions upon the importation of live aniiuals from abroad, 

 without attemptinc: to discriminate between one importing 

 country and another." 



(364-17) P6/19S. n,2r>Q. 3/21. M. .V S. S 



