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expenditure under this last head is the largest charge for the 

 improvement of labourers' cottages for any year since 1885. 



The work of the Board under the Universities and College 

 Estates Acts, under which it appears over ^9,000,000 worth of 

 transactions have now been completed, involved 149 applications 

 in 1902 for their consent to sales, purchases, and exchanges of 

 property, to improvement loans, and to other transactions under 

 these statutes, as against 176 in 1901. 



Ninety-three applications were made under the Glebe Lands 

 Act, 1888, for the Board's approval of the sale of 3,139 acres. 

 The sales completed in the past year were no in number, 

 comprising 2,753 acres, for which ^98,450 was paid. 



Under the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1900, umpires were 

 appointed by the Board during the year 1902 in England in 15 

 cases, and single arbitrators in 13 cases. In Scotland arbiters- 

 were appointed in 7 cases, while the Board in 65 cases in 

 England and in 1 5 cases in Scotland exercised their power of 

 extending the time for making the award. 



Board of Agriculture. — Annual Report of Proceedings under the 

 Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, Merchandise Marks Acts, &c, 

 for 1 902 . [Cd. 1611.] Price 5 d. 



This Report deals with the work carried on by the Intelli- 

 gence Division of the Board during the year 1902. 



The Inspectois of the Board have continued to keep closely 

 in touch with the officers responsible for the execution of the 

 Sale of Food and Drugs Acts in the districts of the various 

 local authorities under these Acts. The Inspectors also visited 

 the premises of over 800 manufacturers of and wholesale dealers 

 in margarine and margarine cheese, and examined the registers 

 of sales kept in accordance with the requirements of Section 7 

 of the Act of 1899. During the year further notifications were 

 received by the Board from 63 Local Authorities of the regis- 

 tration of 207 such premises under Section 7 of the Act.. 



