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cal designation within the meaning of the law until five years after 

 the date when the law came into operation, i.e., until September, 

 1912. 



Any foreign hops sold or forming an article of trade in Austria 

 must be marked with the name of the country in which they are 

 produced. The marking of the country of origin on receptacles 

 containing hops must be effected in black indelible letters of a height 

 of at least 10 centimetres in the case of bales, sacks, or boxes. 



Provision is also made for the recognition of certain public institu- 

 tions (" Hopfensignierhallen ") which may be established by municipali- 

 ties or other local authorities, or by associations, to attest the origin 

 of hops. 



His Majesty the King has appointed a Royal Commission, of 

 which his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales is President, to assist 

 the Board of Trade in the organisation of 

 Brussels International exhibits illustrative of British Art, Industry, and 

 Exhibition. Agriculture at the forthcoming International 



Exhibitions at Brussels in 19 10 and at Rome 

 and Turin in 191 1. The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries is repre- 

 sented on this Commission by Sir Thomas Henry Elliott, K.C.B., 

 Secretary to the Board. 



The Exhibition at Brussels will open in April, 19 10, and will 

 remain open for a period of at least six months. It will include artistic, 

 scientific, industrial, commercial, and Colonial sections. Temporary 

 agricultural and horticultural shows, congresses, lectures, conferences, 

 and fetes will be arranged. The Exhibition is arranged upon a 

 different scheme from the large international exhibitions held in recent 

 years. At the Paris Exhibition of 1900 and the St. Louis Exhibition 

 of 1904, a number of isolated allotments were assigned to each parti- 

 cipating nation in buildings devoted to one group of manufactures 

 only. On the present occasion, the exhibits of each country will be 

 grouped together in such a manner as to form a complete national 

 display of the various classes of manufactures comprised, in the classi- 

 fication. An exception will, however, be made in the case of exhibits 

 of machinery and rolling stock, which will be placed in separate 

 buildings specially erected for the purpose. 



Complete information as to the Exhibition and forms of application 

 for space can be obtained from the Director of the Exhibitions Branch, 

 Board of Trade, Queen Anne's Chambers, Broadway, Westminster, 

 S.W. Application for space should be made as soon as possible, and 

 in any case not later than the 31st May, 1909. 



The general classification of the Exhibition includes the following- 

 sections relating to agriculture : — • 



Group I. Education and Instruction. — Class 5. — Special Instruction 

 in Agriculture. Under this head are included exhibits bearing on 

 higher or scientific instruction in agriculture, veterinary science,, and 

 forestry, as well as other types of agricultural education. 



Group VII. Agriculture. — Class 35. — Implements and processes used 

 in rural cultivation. (Farm buildings, agricultural engineering, 

 machinery, tools, implements, manures, &c). Class 36. — Appliances 

 and processes used in vine culture. Class 37. — Appliances and 



