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2. The Rules have been mainly drawn with reference to cases where an estate 

 which has been acquired by a Council is sub-divided into a number of small holdings, 

 and then offered for sale or letting. Rules 5 and 7 will not be altogether applicable 

 to cases where a small quantity of land is acquired for one or more particular 

 applicants, and Rule 11 has therefore been added in order that a Council may, if they 

 think it desirable, exempt such cases from the operation of the Rules. 



3. Your Council will observe that the form of application in the Appendix to the 

 Rules is prepared so as to cover applications for purchase as well as hiring. The 

 attention of the Board has however been drawn to the desirability of using separate 

 forms of application for leasing and for purchase, and I am accordingly to suggest 

 that your Council should adopt this course in printing their forms, so as to avoid any 

 misunderstanding on the part of those who apply. This does not preclude the 

 adoption of the rule in its present form. 



4. The form of agreement for letting is drawn to meet the case of annual tenancies, 

 but if in any case your Council decide to let for a term of years, the form can be 

 modified accordingly. 



5. I am to request that you will submit these rules for the consideration of your 

 Council, and the Board will be obliged if you will send them in draft two copies of 

 the rules which your Council propose to adopt, showing any modifications in the 

 model rules which they desire. 



I shall be glad to send additional copies of the rules on application. 



I am, &c. , 



T. H, Elliott. 



Secretary. 



Agricultural Show at Madrid. — The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries have 

 received, through the Foreign Office, information from the Spanish Government 

 intimating that an agricultural show will be held at Madrid from the 22nd to 

 the 27th May next. It will include (1) classes for foreign breeds of horses, 

 cattle, sheep and pigs, and (2) an exhibition of agricultural machinery and 

 implements. Particulars as to the rules, prizes, &c, may be obtained at the 

 offices of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 8, Whitehall Place, S.W. 

 Intending exhibitors should apply to the Secretary of the " Association General 

 de Ganaderos," 30 Calle de las Huertas, Madrid, for forms of entry, which 

 must be received by him before the 30th of April. Preliminary particulars 

 of machinery exhibits should have been supplied before the 30th March. 



Any horse sent to compete from this country will require to be accompanied 

 on its return to Great Britain by a certificate of a veterinary surgeon to the 

 effect that he examined the animal immediately before it was embarked, 

 or whilst it was on board of the vessel, as the case may be, and that he found 

 that the animal showed no symptom of glanders. Cattle, sheep and pigs could 

 not be returned to this country. 



Importation of Hay and Straw into Ireland from Great Britain prohibited. — 

 The Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland have 

 made an Order prohibiting the landing in Ireland of hay and straw brought 

 from Great Britain. The Order was to come into operation on 9th March, 

 and does not apply to (a) hay or straw which at the time of importation is being 

 used for packing merchandise, (b) manufactured straw not intended for use 

 as fodder or Utter for animals, and (c) hay or straw which is authorised to be 

 landed for use otherwise than as fodder or litter for animals by a licence 

 granted by an Inspector of the Department. 



Rabies Order in Northampton revoked. — The suspected case of rabies in 

 Northampton, which was reported in the previous issue of this Journal (March, 

 1908, p. 757), has not, as a result of the bacteriological examination, been con- 

 firmed and the Board have accordingly revoked the Northampton and District 

 (Muzzling and Control of Dogs) Order of 1908 as from the 3rd April, 1908. 



