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it was consigned of milk in cans fully and properly addressed, as a 

 result of which the value of the milk is deteriorated to the extent of 

 three-fourths, if such deterioration is pointed out to a servant of the 

 Company on or before receipt by the consignee. Provided that in such 

 case the Company's liability shall not exceed one-half of the diminution 

 in value of the milk. 



The Report of the Proceedings of the Board of Agricul- 

 ture and Fisheries under the Acts relating to Tithe, Copy- 

 hold, Inclosure and Commons, Land 

 Proceedings under Drainage, and certain other subjects 

 the Tithe and during the year 1908 has recently been 

 other Acts. presented to Parliament. (Cd. 4,705, 



price 2^d.) 



The general result of the proceedings under the Tithe 

 Acts is referred to below, but the Report also contains an 

 account of the applications under these Acts which fell to 

 be dealt with in 1908. 



The business arising under the Inclosure and Commons 

 Acts was of more than usual interest and importance. Not 

 since 1905 had the Board been called upon to make a Pro- 

 visional Order under the Commons Act, 1876, and conse- 

 quently the scheme for the Regulation of Towyn Trewan 

 Common was the first which had been submitted to the 

 present Parliament. Applications for Provisional Orders for 

 the regulation under the Act of 1876 of two other commons 

 in Berkshire and Westmorland respectively were also under 

 consideration at the end of the year. Seven schemes for the 

 regulation and management of commons under the Commons 

 Act, 1899, were also approved by the Board during the year. 



A complete list of the commons which have been inclosed 

 or regulated under either of these Acts is given, from which 

 it appears that, from 1878 to 1904, 28 commons were the 

 subject of inclosure under the Act of 1876, involving the 

 allotment in severalty of about 30,000 acres previously hi 

 common fields or subject to common rights. During the 

 period 1880 to 1908, Provisional Orders for the regulations 

 of 32 commons under the Act of 1876 have been confirmed 

 by Parliament, the extent of land thus preserved for public 

 use being altogether 34,279 acres. Under the provisions of 

 the Commons Act, 1899, the number of schemes submitted 



