440 Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act. [oct., 1904.] 



West Sussex County Council, the prosecutions were undertaken 

 by the Lindsey County Council under the provisions of Section 7 

 of the Act. The judges in this case unanimously decided that 

 proceedings can be taken by a County Council under the 

 Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1893, although the provisions 

 of the Act as to the taking of samples and the analysis by the 

 District Analyst have not been followed, i.e., that compliance 

 with these provisions is not a condition precedent to a prose- 

 cution. It was thus possible for 'proceedings to be taken in 

 cases where, without notice having been previously given to 

 the sellers, samples were taken by the officers of the County 

 Council. 



The procedure adopted by the Lindsey County Council 

 appears to the Board to be of the greatest value in securing the 

 more efficient enforcement of the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs 

 Act, and I am to suggest to your local authority the desirability 

 of considering whether similar arrangements could be made in 

 your district. 



I am, &c, 



T. H. Elliott, 



Secretary 



