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3. The claim must be confined to expenses allowed by the District Auditor or 

 Borough Auditor and must not be made until the Accounts have been audited and 

 the items in question have been passed by him. • It must further exclude any out-of- 

 pocket expenses of members of local authorities. 



4. The expenses in respect of which a claim is made must be strictly out-of-pocket 

 •expenses paid by the County Council or Council of the County Borough. Expenses 

 for the services of staff employed may include any additional remuneration paid 

 expressly in respect of work done in ascertaining the demand for small holdings but 

 must not include any other part of the salary or remuneration of persons employed on 

 the general administrative work of the Council or on work other than that arising 

 under the Small Holdings and Allotments Act, who may incidentally discharge duties 

 •connected with the latter work. The cost of the services of officers specially appointed 

 to deal with the work under the Act can be taken into account but only to the extent 

 of the proportion of the salaries of such officers as may be shown to the satisfaction of 

 the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries to be fairly attributable to their work in 

 ascertaining the demand for small holdings. Travelling or other out-of-pocket 

 expenses of all officers of the Council when engaged in such inquiries may be included 

 in the claim. 



My Lords approve. 



The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries have issued the 

 following Circular, dated 9th November, 1908, to Local 

 Authorities in Great Britain as to the 

 Investigation establishment of an Investigation Labora- 

 Laboratory for tory for Diseases of Animals : — 

 Diseases of Animals. c . . 



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With reference to the Board's Circular Letters A. 47/C 

 •of the 2nd February, 1895, and A. 57/C of the 16th September, T895, I am directed 

 by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries to inform you that an Investigation 

 Laboratory has been equipped which will enable their Veterinary Officers to carry 

 out, as from the 10th instant, investigations in connection with the scheduled diseases 

 •of animals, and other diseases of stock which are of general interest to agriculture. 



I am accordingly to suggest that your Local Authority should issue such 

 instructions as will ensure the prompt dispatch to the Board's Laboratory of any 

 specimens about which your Veterinary Inspectors may desire to consult the Board's 

 Veterinary Officers, and any available specimens which the Veterinary Officers may 

 wish to see in connection with any inquiry into an outbreak of disease, such as the 

 heads of animals suspected of being affected with rabies, tissues or prepared specimens 

 by examination of which anthrax, sheep scab, or any of the scheduled diseases have 

 been or may be diagnosed. 



In the case of tissues, they should be forwarded in a box, and be securely packed 

 inside some impervious material to prevent leakage. The box should be dispatched 

 at the earliest possible moment, addressed* to — 



The Chief Veterinary Officer, 

 Laboratory of The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 

 Alperton Lodge, 



Wembley, S.O., 



Middlesex. 



* Parcels forwarded by rail should be sent Carriage Paid, and arrangements made 

 for them to be sent to one of the following stations for delivery : — Sudbury and 

 Wembley Station (London and North Western Railway), Acton (Great Western 

 Railway), Wembley Hill (Great Central Railway). 



