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ceding parts were issued as follows :— Part I. [Cd. 5064. Price 5c/.], 

 containing the detailed returns of acreage and live stock in Great 

 Britain, in March last; Part II. [Cd. 5095. Price 4^.], containing 

 returns of the production of farm crops in Great Britain, in April; and 

 Part III. [Cd. 5268. Price gd.], containing statistics of the prices and 

 supplies of corn, live stock, and other agricultural commodities in 

 Great Britain, in August. 



These publications may be purchased (either directly or through a 

 bookseller) from Wyman and Sons, Fetter Lane, E.C., and Oliver and 

 Boyd, Edinburgh. 



IMPORTATION REGULATIONS. 



An Act of Congress approved August 5th, 1909, provides that no 

 animal shall be imported free of duty unless pure-bred of a recognised 

 Im ortation of b ree d ana duly registered in the book of record 

 _ - , „ established for that breed. It further provides 



pedigree btock tor that the certificate of such record and of the 



Breeding into the pedigree of such animal shall be produced to 

 United States. t ^ e cus t 0 ms officer, duly authenticated by the 



proper custodian of such book of record, together with the affidavit of 

 the owner, agent, or importer that such animal is the identical animal 

 described in the said certificate of record and pedigree. 



The United States Department of Agriculture have made the follow- 

 ing regulations (B.A.I. Order 175), dated November 25th, 1910, taking 

 effect as from January 1st, 191 1 : — - 



The Bureau of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture 

 is authorised to issue certificates of pure breeding, and in order to 

 obtain such certificates importers are to conform to the following 

 procedure : An application for certificates is to be made to the Bureau 

 of Animal Industry on forms approved by the Department, showing 

 the number of animals to be imported, the breed and sex, the port of 

 shipment, the port of entry into the United States, the name of vessel 

 by which shipped, and the probable date of arrival. This application 

 may be signed either by the owner, the importer, or the agent, stating 

 the name and address (in the United States) of the owner of the 

 animal or animals. 



Certificates of registration and pedigree for said animal or animals, 

 issued by the custodian of one of the books of record given in the 

 order, are to be furnished to the Bureau of Animal Industry with the 

 application. 



A certificate from the seller or his agent is to be furnished to the 

 Bureau of Animal Industry with the application, giving the name and 

 registry number of each animal sold to the importer, the date of sale, 

 the place of purchase, and the name and address (in the United States) 

 o'f the purchaser. Vendor's certificates furnished by the custodians of 

 foreign books of record, containing the above information, may be 

 used; otherwise the form of vendor's certificate approved by the 

 Department must be used. 



When "the application and accompanying papers are satisfactory, 

 Certificates to that effect will be issued and forwarded to the inspector 

 of the Bureau of Animal Industry at the port of entry. 



