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OFFICIAL CIRCULARS AND NOTICES. 



The Board have addressed the following circular letter, dated 

 February 26, 19 10, to Local Authorities in Great Britain, with reference 

 to the new Limits of Error Regulations under 

 Fertilisers and the Ferti ii sers an d Feeding Stuffs Act, 1906 



/ _^' ee .^ n ^ i . S x Sir, — I am directed by the Board of Agri- 



(Limits of Error) . ™ ... . J , u V1 ? 



. . culture and fisheries to enclose herewith a 



° ' copy of the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs 



(Limits of Error) Regulations, 19 10. 



These Regulations revoke the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs (Limits 

 of Error) Regulations, 1906, and embody the provisions of those Regu- 

 lations with the following amendments : — 



(1) The limits of error for Soya Bean Cake are fixed at one-eighth 

 per cent, for oil and one-eighth per cent, for albuminoids. 



(2) The limits of error for Dissolved Bones have been extended to 

 Vitriolised or Vitriolated Bones, whether raw or steamed or boiled. 



(3) The note to the Second Schedule has been amended so as to make 

 it clear that ammoniacal or nitric nitrogen is not to be included in 

 calculating the percentage of albuminoids from the percentage cf 

 nitrogen. 



(4) A note has been added to the Second Schedule which extends its 

 application to meal made by grinding cake and meal from which oil has 

 been removed by any process. 



(5) Compound Meals are mentioned separately from Compound Cakes 

 so as to make it clear that the term Compound Meals includes mixed 

 meals containing the products of other seeds than oil seeds. 



I am to suggest that copies of this letter and of the Regulations 

 referred to should be supplied to the Official Agricultural Analyst for the 

 district of your Local Authority. Duplicate copies are enclosed for the 

 purpose. — I am, &c, T. H. Elliott, Secretary. 



Departmental Committee on the Irish Flax-Growing Industry. — 

 The Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture for Ireland has 

 appointed a Departmental Committee " to inquire into the present 

 state of the flax-growing industry in Ireland and the causes which are 

 contributing to the decline of that industry, and to submit recommenda- 

 tions." The address of the Secretary to the Committee is 19 Upper 

 Merrion Street, Dublin. 



Departmental Committee on Small Educational Endowments. — The 

 President of the Board of Education has appointed a Committee to 

 inquire into the administration of (a) Endowments, the income of 

 which is applicable to, or is applied to or in connection with, Elementary 

 Education, and (b) small Educational Endowments other than the above, 

 in rural areas, the application of which to their proper purposes presents 

 special difficulties ; and to consider how far under the existing law it 

 is possible to utilize them to the best advantage ; and whether any and, 

 if so, what changes in the law are desirable in the direction of conferring 

 upon County and other Local Authorities some powers in respect of 

 such Educational Endowments or otherwise. 



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