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which the manufacturers may submit to them for approval. On 

 being satisfied that a preparation may be relied upon as a cure 

 for Sheep Scab, the Board will issue their formal approval to 

 the manufacturer with an intimation that he is at liberty to label 

 the preparation to that effect when offering it for sale. An 

 Inspector will be justified in regarding as an approved sheep dip 

 any preparation which bears a label indicating that it is prepared 

 in accordance with the requirements of the Board, or that it has 

 been approved by them. Where preparations other than those 

 appearing in the Second Schedule of the Order are made use of, 

 the instructions issued by the manufacturers as to the amount of 

 dilution and as to the period of immersion should be carefully 

 observed. 



10. It is clear that the careful supervision of disinfection, and 

 the service of Notices of Isolation will impose upon Officers of 

 the Local Authority additional duties, for the proper performance 

 of which adequate provision will have to be made. The super- 

 vision of the dipping of animals detained under Notices of 

 Detention or of Isolation as well as of the general dipping 

 described in the Sheep Scab (Compulsory Dipping Areas) Order 

 of 1905 (see paragraphs 12 to 15 of this circular), will also fall to 

 be performed by Inspectors of the Local Authority. Where for 

 any reasons the whole of these duties cannot be undertaken by 

 the existing staff, it will be necessary, if administrative action is 

 to be effective, for the Local Authority to provide additional 

 assistance. In one district of Wales this difficulty has been met 

 by the appointment, by two adjoining Local Authorities, of a 

 special Officer with practical experience amongst sheep, who 

 has rendered valuable assistance to the Officers of the Local 

 Authorities by whom he is employed, not only in detecting the 

 existence of Sheep Scab on premises from which no report of 

 disease had reached the Local Authority, but in arranging for, 

 and supervising, the dipping of sheep. It will be for each Local 

 Authority to consider whether some similar action on their part 

 might not be found to be advantageous. 



11. It will be observed that the provisions of the Sheep Scab 

 (Regulation of Movement) Order of 1905 (see paragraphs 16 to 

 20 of this circular) have necessitated the readjustment of the 

 powers of the Local Authority as regards the movement of 



