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the neighbourhood send their produce every week, and to which 

 the whole country-side resorts to obtain the week's provisions. 



As regards the provision of new markets outside London, it 

 is to be observed that the Councils of Boroughs and all other 

 Urban Districts are empowered under Sections 166 and 167 

 of the Public Health Act, 1875, to establish, regulate, and 

 carry on markets subject to the consent of any person possessed 

 of market rights, powers or privileges. 



It is also open to local authorities to obtain market powers 

 or extension of market powers by means of Local Acts, and 

 the Board are informed by the Local Government Board that 

 cases of the kind are not infrequent. An example will be found 

 in the Dartford Improvement Act, 1902, and as regards the 

 metropolis, attention may be directed to the City of London 

 (Spitalfields Market) Act, 1902, Section 20 of which empowers 

 the Stepney Borough Council to acquire by sale or lease the 

 Spitalfields Market after its acquisition by the Corporation of 

 the City of London. 



According to Government Notice No. 141, dated June 21st, 

 1906, no person may introduce into Southern Rhodesia any 

 plant from places beyond South Africa ex- 

 Plant Import cept by post, or through the following sea- 



^R^odesia^*"" P^^^^ • — ^^'^^^^ Loren9o Marques, Durban, 

 East London, Port Elizabeth, Mossel Bay, 

 and Cape Town, or such ports of entry as the Administrator 

 may allow by special permit. Amongst articles forbidden 

 entry may be mentioned any eucalyptus, acacia, or coniferous 

 plant, any stone fruit tree, or any portion thereof, grown in any 

 part of North America where peach yellows exist, and live 

 peach stones. 



Stocks of pear, plum, apricot, cherry, mango, persimmon, or 

 apple stocks resistant to the attack of woolly a.ph.is {Sc/ii^o/ienra 

 lanigeni) may be imported in bulk only, that is to say in 

 quantities of not less than 1,000. Flowering or ornamental 



Previous notes as to plants import regulations have appeareJ in this Journal 

 as follows : — Germany, September, 1923; Cape Colony, October, 1904; Transvaal, 

 February, 1905; New Zealand, August, 1904, and June, 1906; Natal, September, 

 1905 ; and Western Australia, June, 1906. 



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