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Duties on Home-Grown Chicory. [feb., 



and (2), of the Act, in the case of fertihsers and feeding stuffs 

 as therein defined. Considerable caVe has been exercised to 

 ensure that these h'mits shall provide for the natural variations 

 of the articles, as well as for possible errors incidental to samp- 

 ling and analysis. 



In the Schedules both fertilisers and feeding stuffs have been 

 grouped as far as possible for the purpose of these limits, and 

 the limits vary in proportion to the ability of the manufacturer 

 or vendor to control the quality of the article sold. 



With reference to the first schedule it may be noted that, 

 inasmuch as the percentage of soluble phosphate present in 

 dissolved vitriolised or vitriolated bones tends in course of time 

 to become less, and the percentage of insoluble phosphate 

 greater by the process of reversion, limits of error have been 

 prescribed which will meet this natural variation in the character 

 of the article. The expression " percentage of albuminoids " in 

 the second schedule is to be taken as the percentage of nitro- 

 g.en multiplied by 6-25. 



The Board would be glad if you would at once take steps to 

 bring this circular and the enclosed documents before your Local 

 Authority, and they would be happy to forward additional copies 

 to you for distribution among the members ot your Local 

 Authority and the officers concerned, upon being informed of 

 the number you require. It is very desirable that a copy of 

 each of the enclosed documents should without delay be placed 

 in the hands of the Agricultural Analyst and the Official 

 Sampler or Samplers, if any, appointed by your Local Authority. 

 I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, 



T. H. Elliott, Secretary. 



As the result of an enquiry"^ made on behalf of the Board 



of Agriculture and Fisheries by Mr. R. F. Crawford into the 



conditions of the chicory industry in this 



Reduction in the country and in Belgium, it was ascertained 

 Duties on Home ^ ^ 



Grown Chicory. ^"^^ though there was little difference 

 between the English and Belgian methods 



* Report on the Cultivation and Drying of Chicory in Great Britain and Belgium 

 [Cd. 2169]. Price 2d. 



