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Craigie, in conclusion, repeats the caution which he has from 

 time to time suggested against making too confident com- 

 parisons with foreign data, and refers to the further efforts 

 made by the International Statistical Institute to secure greater 

 uniformity in the practice of different countries in collecting 

 agricultural statistics. 



Board of Agriculture. — A nnual Report of Proceedings of the Land 

 Division under the Tithe and other Acts for t lie year 1902, 

 with Summary of the Poivers and Duties of the Board. 

 [Cd. 1 5 19.] Price Sd. 



The annual statement of completed transactions effected by 

 the Land Division of the Board, under a variety of important 

 statutes, which has hitherto appeared under the above title, has 

 been on this occasion very notably expanded into a general 

 review of the historical, statistical, and legal aspects of the 

 functions of the Tithe, Copyhold and Inclosure Commissions — 

 executive bodies whose powers were first merged in 1882 in 

 those of the Land Commission, and ultimately in 1889 entrusted 

 to the Board of Agriculture. 



It has been thought desirable to bring together in the general 

 report of the Assistant Secretary in charge of the division, 

 information as to the facilities which the Board is in a position 

 to offer in these matters to those concerned in the ownership 

 and management of land, and to supplement these new features 

 of the publication by a detailed summary prepared by the Legal 

 Adviser of the Board, setting forth succinctly the statutory 

 functions of the Board under the separate Acts. The forms of 

 procedure prescribed for making use of the Board's intervention 

 in these matters are also brought to the notice of those interested 

 by reprinting in the Appendix to the General Report the more 

 important of the several series of instructions now in force for 

 expediting the orderly transaction of the necessary business 

 under each head. 



