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Importation Regulations. 



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(No. 114), The Construction of Pigsties (No. 121), Sheep Dipping 

 (No. 145), Tests for Farmers' Milk (No. 146), Foot Rot of Sheep 

 (No. 154). 



Copies of these leaflets for distribution among the Welsh-speaking 

 community may be obtained on application to the Secretary, Board of 

 Agriculture and Fisheries, 4 Whitehall Place, S.W. It is proposed to 

 issue translations of some other leaflets as opportunity offers. 



A notice as to the type of horses required for Army Remounts has 

 ilso been translated into Welsh, by desire of the Army Council, and 

 copies may be obtained as above. 



The Commissioners of Customs and Excise have made regulations, 

 to come into force on March 1st, 191 1, in relation to the growth and 

 _ cultivation of tobacco in the United Kingdom, 



Regulations as to and for securing and col i ec ting the Excise 

 the Growth of duties paya bi e on tobacco so grown, and 

 Tobacco. a i so - m re i a tion to the curing and removal of 



any such tobacco, and for enabling licensed manufacturers of tobacco to 

 receive tobacco grown in the United Kingdom. 



The Regulations provide that a person may not sow the seed of the 

 tobacco plant or grow tobacco in the United Kingdom or cure tobacco 

 grown in the United Kingdom without having in force an Excise 

 licence for the purpose, and except upon land and premises which have 

 been approved by the Commissioners and have been duly entered by 

 that person. 



The Commissioners may refuse to grant a licence for any land or 

 premises on or in which from their situation with respect to the 

 premises of a manufacturer of tobacco, they think it inexpedient to allow 

 the growing or curing of tobacco. 



A person requiring a licence shall obtain from the proper Officer a 

 form of application and shall furnish in the form the particulars thereby 

 required, and shall return the form duly filled up and signed by him 

 to the Officer. 



The Regulations go on to prescribe the steps to be taken by the 

 grower as to the growing, curing, and removal of tobacco, and in 

 regard to other matters. 



The Regulations do not prevent or hinder any person from sowing 

 the seed of the tobacco plant, or supplying or planting tobacco plants 

 solely for botanical, scientific, or ornamental purposes, in any nursery 

 or private garden so long as the area of the land sown or planted does 

 not exceed one pole in any one place or garden. 



IMPORTATION REGULATIONS. 



Importation of Cattle into the Panama Republic. — A law has recently 

 been passed in the Panama Republic (No. 16 of 1910) which regulates 

 the importation of cattle into the Republic from January 1st, 191 1. 

 Heifers of two years of age and under may be imported free of duty 

 and consular fees for the purposes of breeding, but they must not be 

 sold for consumption until the expiration of five years from the date 

 of their importation. Male animals may be imported for fattening 

 upon payment of 7*50 Balboas (Balboa = 45. 2c?.), but must not be sold 

 for consumption until one year after importation. Cattle of every 



