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Official Circulars and Notices. [august, 



OFFICIAL CIRCULARS AND NOTICES. 



The Board have addressed the following Circular, dated the 

 30th June, 1908, to County Councils and County Boroughs in 

 England and Wales on the subject of 

 Valuation of Land fees payable for the valuation of land in 

 under the connection with the Small Holdings Act : — 

 Small Holdings Act. SlR> 



I am directed by the Board of Agriculture and 

 Fisheries to advert to their Circular Letter of the 24th April last (A. 165/C), and to 

 say that they have had under consideration the question of the fees payable by 

 Councils to valuers who are instructed to prepare a report and valuation in respect of 

 land, the acquisition of which for small holdings is under consideration. 



In view of the fact that such fees may be repaid by the Board out of the Small 

 Holdings Account under Section 17 of the Act of 1907 and the Regulations made 

 thereunder, the Board think that it will be of assistance to your Council that they 

 should indicate what are the fees which, in the opinion of the Board, may reasonably 

 be allowed for the work in question. 



The Board desire me, therefore, to say that they are of opinion that the fees to be 

 paid to valuers for a report on and a valuation of land for small holdings should not 

 exceed is. per acre for the first hundred acres and 6d. per acre above that quantity, 

 with a minimum fee of £t> 3s., together with reasonable travelling and out-of-pocket 

 expenses. So far as plans are concerned, the Board think that it will be sufficient 

 to mark the property on a 25-inch Ordnance Survey map and that no special survey 

 will be necessary. 



The Board will be prepared to repay valuers' fees on this basis, but I am to 

 add that, in the case of arrangements which have been entered into before the receipt 

 of this circular, they will be ready to consider on their merits applications for the 

 repayment of charges paid to valuers on a different basis. 



I am, &c. , 



T. H. Elliott, 

 * Secretary. 



The Board have issued the following Circular letter, dated 

 15th July, 1908, to Local Authorities in Great Britain under 

 the Diseases of Animals Acts :— 

 Anthrax in Sheep, sir, 



I am directed by the Board of Agriculture and 

 Fisheries to inform you that they have reason to fear that the disease of Anthrax 

 in animals is frequently spread by means of sheep which die of the disease without 

 its being reported to the police by the owner, as required by the Anthrax Order 

 of 1899, and they are desirous of ascertaining as far as possible to what extent, if any, 

 such unreported cases of Anthrax in sheep occur. With this object in view, I am 

 to suggest that your Local Authority might issue a short leaflet to the sheep farmers 

 in their district, inviting them to co-operate with your Local Authority in the 

 endeavour to check the spread of Anthrax, by bringing to their notice all cases of 

 sudden and suspicious deaths amongst their sheep, in order that your Local Authority 

 may be in a position to determine, by means of a veterinary examination of the 

 carcases, whether or not the animals have died of that disease. The Board would be 

 happy to arrange for their Veterinary Officers to render your Local Authority every 

 possible assistance in the matter of diagnosis, by examining slides containing specimens 



