1 82 Collection of Parcels. [june. 



the standard work upon the disease in question. With the view 

 of giving wider publicity to the knowledge then obtained, the 

 Board addressed a letter to the Royal Agricultural Society 

 requesting their permission to reprint three articles published 

 in that Society's Journal which contain much useful information 

 regarding the disease. This permission the Royal Agricultural 

 Society, with the greatest courtesy, at once granted ; and the 

 articles in question have now been issued in the belief that their 

 republication will prove of use to British farmers. 



Among the leaflets recently issued are the Black Rot of 

 Potatoes (No. 105) ; and Fertilisers for Market Garden Crops 

 (No. 106). Copies of these leaflets may be obtained free of 

 charge on application to the Secretary, Board of Agriculture 

 and Fisheries, 4, Whitehall Place, S.W. 



A list has also been issued containing the names and addresses 

 of the honorary agricultural correspondents appointed by the 

 Board, with a copy of their instructions. [Cd. 2049. Price 2|d. 



With a view of making the parcel post more convenient for 

 the despatch of parcels from rural districts, the Postmaster- 

 General has sanctioned the following 



Collection of arrangements in the case of parcels handed 

 Parcels in Rural s r 



Districts. to postmen or to mail cart drivers on the 



road : — A rural postman, whether on foot or' 



mounted on a bicycle or tricycle, will accept parcels tendered to 



him for the post, provided that he is not already fully loaded, 



and that the weight of the parcels'Jianded to him by any one 



person does not exceed 1 1 lb. in the aggregate. Parcels of a 



greater aggregate weight than 1 1 lb. will be collected if notice 



is given to the postman on the previous day. A rural postman 



who uses a horse and cart will accept any number of parcels 



handed to him, provided he can conveniently carry them in his 



cart. The driver of a mail cart is required to accept unregistered 



inland parcels properly prepaid which are tendered to him for 



the post when he is engaged in clearing a country letter box, but 



not at any other point of his journey. He is not required to 



weigh parcels or to check the postage, and the parcels are not 



