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Official Circulars and Notices. [July, 



The Secretary for Scotland and the President of the Board of Agricul- 

 ture and Fisheries have appointed a Departmental Committee to inquire 

 , , into the present system of striking Fiars Prices 



_ ^ , JJL in Scotland and to report whether the pro- 



Committee Oil i c ^. ^ . , J i 



„ . cedure of Fiars Courts can be amended so as 



' to ensure that the annual value of corn and 



other produce shall be ascertained on a more uniform basis and with 

 greater accuracy, and, if so, what are the best means of attaining that 

 object. The Committee will be constituted as follows : — Mr. Donald 

 Crawford, K.C., Sheriff of Aberdeen, Kincardine, and Banff (chairman)- 

 Mr. Christopher N. Johnston, K.C., Sheriff of Perthshire; Mr. Andrew 

 Aikman, Mr. James I. Davidson, Major G. McMicking, C.M.G., Mr. 

 R. H. Rew, and Mr. H. M. Conacher. Mr. William Dunbar, Advocate* 

 of 67 Gnat King Street, Edinburgh, will act as secretary to the Com- 

 mittee. 



The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries have awarded a Fream 

 Memorial Prize of the value of £7 is. gd. to Mr. James Bernard 

 Garnett, Brampton-en-le-Morthen, Rotherham, 

 Eream Memorial a student at Leeds University, who obtained 

 Prize. ftie highest marks at the examination held in 



April last for the National Diploma in Agriculture. 



The Treasury have made the following Regulations, dated June 13th,. 

 1910, under Section 1 (2) of Part I. of the Development and Road 

 . . Improvement Funds Act, 1909 (9 Edw. 7, 



Regulations as to c ^ as tQ Applications for Advances :- 

 Applications for In pursuance 0 f the powe rs conferred on 



Advances from the them by sect i on x ( 2 ) G f t ^ e Development and 

 Development Fund. Road i mpr0V ement Funds Act, 1909, my Lords 

 make the following regulations : — 



1. All application for Advances under Part I. of the Act shall be made 

 to the Treasury in writing, and addressed to the Secretary to the 1 

 Treasury, Whitehall, S.W. 



2. Applications by a Government Department shall be made by letter 

 in such form as may seem most convenient to the Department making, 

 application. 



3. Other applications shall be supported by Resolution of the public 

 authority, or of the governing body of the University, College, School, 

 or Institution, or of the Association of persons or Company, and a copy 

 of the Resolution, certified by the Chairman, Clerk, or Secretary, shall 

 be annexed to the application. 



4. Every application shall state whether the advance sought is by 

 way of grant or by way of loan, or partly in one way and partly in 

 the other ; the amount of the advance desired in either category, and 

 the purpose (see Note) to which the advance is to be applied. 



With the application shall be forwarded a brief abstract of the scheme 

 proposed, in duplicate, or, where possible, printed copies shall be 

 supplied. 



5. Applications, other than applications by a Government Department 

 or by a public authority, shall contain a brief statement of the constitu- j 



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