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(e) That lectures be given, under the auspices of the County- 

 Councils, in neighbourhoods where there is a considerable area 

 under wood, and that scholarships be offered in such counties 

 to enable working foresters to attend courses of lectures. 



(/) That the inequality shewn to exist in the levy of the 

 estate duty on timber be redressed. 



(g) That the Government be urged to secure the early enact- 

 ment of a Bill to protect owners of woods against loss by fire 

 caused by sparks from locomotives. 



(/i) That the inquiry conducted in 1895, concerning the area 

 of woodlands, be repeated by the Board of Agriculture, and 

 that details concerning the character of the timber crop grown 

 upon them be ascertained. 



(z) That the attention of Corporations and Municipalities be 

 drawn to the desirability of planting with trees the catchment 

 areas of their water supply. 



Committee on Poisons: Report. [Cd. 1442.] Price 2d. Minutes 

 of Evidence, with Appendices and Index. [Cd. 1443.] 

 Price is. 6d. 



The Committee recommend several alterations to Schedule A 

 of the Pharmacy Act, 1868, and the addition of a third 

 section to include preparations for use in connection with 

 agriculture, horticulture, or sanitation, to be sold only by 

 licensed persons, and subject to regulations to be made by 

 the Privy Council. The preparations recommended by the 

 Committee for inclusion in the proposed section are preparations 

 containing arsenic and preparations of tobacco and its 

 alkaloids, both exclusively for use in connection with 

 agriculture and horticulture, and preparations of carbolic 

 acid or its homologues for use as sheep-wash, or for any 

 other purpose in connection with agriculture, horticulture, 

 or sanitation. All such preparations are to be sold in 

 closed vessels or receptacles distinctly labelled with the 

 word "Poison," the name and address of the seller, and a 

 notice of the agricultural, horticultural or special purpose 

 for which the preparations are intended. 



