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Timber Resources of Siberia. — The Board of Trade Journal, October 8, 

 1908, contains information respecting the timber resources of Siberia, which 

 has been supplied by the British Vice-Consul at Vladivostock. 



Cultivation and Marketing of Maize.— An article in the " Imperial Institute 

 Bulletin," Vol. vi., No. 3, contains an account of the climate, soil, and methods 

 of cultivation of the maize plant, together with information as to storage and 

 transport. The system of grading adopted in the United States is described, 

 and the grading regulations both for that country and for Natal are given. 



OFFICIAL CIRCULARS AND NOTICES. 



American Gooseberry Mildew (Prohibition of Importation of Bushes) 

 Amendment Order of 1908. (No. 2.)— This Order provides that the American 

 Gooseberry Mildew (Prohibition of Importation of 

 Importation Of Bushes) Order of 1907 shall not apply to the land- 



Gooseberry and Currant of any currant bush under the authority of a 



Bushes licence authorising such landing obtained from the 



Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, nor to any bush 

 so landed. A penalty not exceeding £10 is imposed 

 for irregular dealing with imported bushes, and a power of entry is given to 

 inspectors of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries or of the local authority 

 appointed under the Destructive Insects and Pests Acts, 1877 and 1907. If on 

 examination an inspector finds any bush which is affected with American 

 Gooseberry Mildew (Sphaerotheca mors-uvae) he is to prohibit the removal of 

 any gooseberry or currant bush from the premises. The Order came into 

 operation on December 21st, 1908. 



The Board have addressed the following circular, dated 24th 



November, 1908, to the local authorities in Great Britain. The 



Regulations referred to may be obtained 

 Methods of Analysis c , Tr 00 ^ • , T r , 



under the Fertilisers from W y man & Sons > Fetter Lane > E - C > 



and Feeding Stuffs P rlce id - each. 



Act. Sir, — I am directed by the Board of Agriculture 



and Fisheries to enclose herewith copies of the Fer- 

 tilisers and Feeding Stuffs (Methods of Analysis) Regulations, 1908, and of 

 the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs (General) Regulations, 1908. 



The Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs (Methods of Analysis) Regulations, 

 1908, have been made by the Board in pursuance of powers conferred on them 

 by Section 4 (1) (c) of the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1906, in order 

 to obviate the risk of discrepancies between analyses made for the purposes 

 of the Act by different methods. These Regulations are based on advice given 

 to the Board by a Committee of analytical experts who were appointed by 

 the Board in 1906 to advise them in this matter. They relate only to the 

 determination of the nitrogen, soluble phosphates, insoluble phosphates, and ' 

 potash in fertilisers, and of the oil and albuminoids in feeding stuffs, as the 

 Committee decided that it would not be practicable to prescribe methods for 

 the other analyses which might be required under the Act. 



The object of the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs (General) Regulations, 

 1908, is to amend Article 5 of the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs (General) 



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