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authorised, in which case the advance may be increased to 

 £5,000. The advance is not to exceed three-fifths of the value 

 of the land. 



The Agricultural Bank Act of Western Australia (No. 15 

 of 1906) provides for the issue of mortgage bonds tor the 

 purpose of providing funds for advances to farmers. The 

 advances are to be made on the security of land and are to 

 be for the purpose of clearing fencing, draining, or water 

 supply, for paying off previous mortgages, and for the purchase 

 of stock for breeding purposes. Up to £300 the advance may be 

 to the full value of the proposed improvement, and further 

 advances not exceeding £200 may be made to one-half of the 

 value of the improvement ; but for the purpose of paying off 

 previous mortgages the advance is not to exceed three-fourths 

 of the improvements already made on the holding and not 

 more than £100 is to be advanced for the purchase of breeding 

 stock. 



The Board have addressed the following Circular letter, 

 dated 28th January, 1908, to Local Authorities in Great Britain 

 as to the circumstances in which samples 



^rtnLerTand 116 taken Under the Fertilisers and Feedin & 

 Feeling SUiffsAct. Stuffs Act should be forwarded to the 

 Chief Agricultural Analyst : — 



Sir, 



I am directed by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries to inform you that on 

 two occasions during the past year, Agricultural Analysts who have concluded from 

 the analysis of one part of a sample submitted to them under the Fertilisers and 

 Feeding Stuffs Act, 1906, that some of the provisions of that Act had been infringed, 

 have forthwith sent the second part to the Offices of the Board. 



When this course is adopted, it may be necessary for the Board to instruct one of 

 their officers to deliver the sample personally to the Principal Chemist or his repre- 

 sentative at the Government Laboratories, in order that there may be no difficulty in 

 establishing the identity of the second part of the sample. It may also be necessary 

 that the officer should attend the hearing of the case. 



The Board would be glad, therefore, if Local Authorities would instruct their 

 Agricultural Analysts to retain the second part of any sample, in respect of which 

 there is a prospect of proceedings, until three months have elapsed from the date 

 when the invoice was received irom the purchaser, or until they are requested to 

 forward the second part of the sample to the Principal Chemist. In the latter case, 

 the part of the sample should be so sealed and marked that there may be no difficulty 

 in identifying it, and forwarded by registered parcel post to the Principal Chemist, 

 Government Laboratories, 13, Clement's Inn Passage, Strand, London, W.C. 



I am, &c, 



T. FI. Elliott, 



Secretary. 



