Movement oe Animals Regulations. 



here. The yield under favourable circumstances is never above 

 four tons per acre, and the market price is about £4. 10s. 

 per ton. 



The cultivation of Lavender for the distillation of oil is 

 u-eported to yield no profit at present prices. 



Peppermint is a more remunerative crop, but it is stated 

 that only an experienced person can hope to make it pay. 



Aconite, poppy (for capsules), rhubarb, roses, chamomile, and 

 liquorice are also grown, but definite information cannot be 

 given about them. There might be an increasing demand for 

 home-grown Aconite, as it is now made official in the British 

 PJiarmacopoe ia. 



Local Authorities' Regulations on the Subject of 

 the Movement of Animals. 



The following circular was issued by the Board of Agriculture 

 on November 22nd, 1902, to Local Authorities in Great Britain 

 under the Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894 and 1896 : — 



" 4, Whitehall Place, London, S.W., 



" November 22nd, 1902. 



" Transmission to Railway Companies, to the Railway Clearing House, and to the 

 Board, of copies of Regulations made by a Local Authority. 



" Sir, — I am directed by the Board of Agriculture to acquaint you, in continua- 

 tion of their circular letter of the 1st March, 1893, a copy of which is enclosed 

 herewith for convenience of reference, that representations continue to be made to 

 them of the inconvenience caused to Railway Companies and the Railway Clearing 

 House by the non-receipt, in cases arising from time to time, of copies of 

 Regulations made by Local Authorities on the subject of the movement of animals. 



" The Order of 1 893 which was mentioned in that circular has been revoked, 

 but the following Orders of the Board now prescribe that a Local Authority shall 

 send a copy of every such Regulation made under the respective Orders to every 

 Railway Company having a rail way station within the District of the Local Authority 

 or within the part of their District to which the Regulation applies, and shall also 

 forthwith send a copy of the Regulation to the Secretary, Railway Clearing House, 

 Seymour Street, Euston Square, London, N.W.,viz. : — 



"The Pleuro-Pneumonia Order of 1895 (ArticL 12) ; 



" The Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order of 1895 (Article 14) ; 



" The Sheep Scab Order of 1898 (Article 9) ; and 

 . ?' The Swine-Fever Order of 1894 (Article 13). 



