igoy.] A New Butter Bill in Holland. 



68; 



the advice of the veterinary surgeon, grant exemption from this 

 prohibition provided that stringent regulations be observed. 

 The Law of 17th March, 1882, prohibiting the importation of 

 foreign cattle, is repealed. 



Itafy. — The Board have been informed through the Foreign 

 Office that the importation of live stock into Italy from Great 

 Britain and Ireland is subject to a sanitary inspection by a 

 Government veterinary surgeon at the place or port of arrival. 

 In addition, the animals to be imported must be accompanied 

 by sanitary certificates issued by the local authority of the place 

 of origin and vised by the Italian Consul or Consular Agent 

 having jurisdiction in the place from which the animals are 

 originally despatched. 



India. — The Board are informed by the India Office that there 

 are no restrictions on the importation of live stock from Great 

 Britain, but the number and value of the stock should be stated. 

 Horses, however, if found to be diseased would come under the 

 Glanders and Farcy (India) Act of 1899. 



The Board have received from Sir Henry Howard, through 



ihe Foreign Office, the following synopsis of a Bill which was 



presented to the States General of the 



o-Ti^.^^TT^l^^^^-T Netherlands in November last with a 

 Bill in Holland. , ,.r . 1 1 



view to amendmg and amplifymg the law 



of the 9th of July, 1900,* for preventing fraud in the butter 

 trade : — 



Commercial butter must contain a certain percentage of fat, 

 to be fixed by Royal Decree. Margarine shall not indicate a 

 higher Reichert-Meissl number than 10 for the volatile fatty 

 acids contained in it. The manufacturers of margarine, and of 

 margarine and butter together, are to be registered. Manu- 

 facturers of margarine shall not ^deliver or forward butter, or 

 store butter for the purpose of being forwarded. No margarine 

 or other fat which can be mixed with butter is to be allowed 



April, 1905 ; Germany, May, 1905 ; New Zealand, June, 1905 ; South Australia, July, 

 1905 ; Prance, August, 1905 ; Belgium, Sept., 1905 ; Uruguay , Oct., 1905 ; Victoria, 

 Nov., 1905 ; Spain, Dec, 1905 ; Queensland, Jan., 1906; Western Australia, Feb., 

 r906; Tasmania, March, 1906; Transvaal, June, 1906; Ceylon, Cape Colony, 

 Sept., 1906; flolland, Maha, Oct., 1906, Natal, Austria-Hungary, Nov., 1906; 

 and Russia, Hungary, Dec, 1906. 



* lournalof the Board of Agriailtiire, September, 1900, p. 237. 



