1912.] Certificates for Exportation of Plants. 953 



tion, a sum of ^425 was allotted in the course of the year in the form 

 of special grants for experiments and research. 



The Board have recently issued Part I. of the Agricultural Statistics 

 for 191 1 [Cd. 6021, price 5^.], containing the returns of the acreage 



Aproacrp onH ° f Cr ° pS and number of live stock in Great 



Acreage ana BHtain as collected in j together 



Live-Stock Returns. with summaries for the United h ngdo ^ A 



preliminary statement containing the totals for Great Britain was 

 issued on September 26th. 



Part II. of the Report of the Intelligence Division of the Board, 

 on the proceedings under the Destructive Insects and Pests Acts, 1877 



and 1907, and the Board of Agriculture Act, 

 Keport ol tiie l8 g 9) for the year ^^.^ has been published 

 Intelligence Division, [Cd< 6o20j price 2S ^ jd ]) and giyes an 

 1910-11. account of the work accomplished by the 



Division between April 1st, 1910, and March 31st, 1911, especially in 

 regard to the measures for combating American Gooseberry Mildew 

 and Wart Disease of potatoes, and to investigations on the Large 

 Larch Sawfly and the Isle of Wight Bee Disease. Maps are given 

 in the Report showing the number of cases and the amount of 

 American Gooseberry Mildew, the distribution of the Large Larch 

 Sawfly, and the intensity of Wart Disease in 1910-11. 



With a view to assist nurserymen in Great Britain to develop their 

 export trade, the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries are prepared 

 to issue the certificates required by the 

 Issue of Certificates Governments of the countries and colonies 

 Required in Connection to which P lants are to be exported under the 

 With the Exportation following conditions. 



of Plants. 1. In cases in which consignments of 



plants or bulbs are only admitted on produc- 

 tion of a certificate by the Board, or by one of their Inspectors, that 

 the contents have been examined and declared to be healthy or free 

 from certain specified pests, application should be made to the Board 

 a few days before the consignment is to be dispatched. When the 

 parcel does not weigh more than 7 lb., and it is to be sent by parcel 

 post, the plants should be sent ready packed in a box, with the lid not 

 nailed down, to The Secretary, Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 4, 

 Whitehall Place, London, S.W., marked on the outside "Plants (or 

 bulbs) for export." If it is desired that the parcel should be dispatched 

 by the Board, after the certificate has been signed, a prepaid adhesive 

 label addressed to the consignee should be enclosed, and the Customs 

 declaration form required by the Postal Regulations (Post Office 

 Guide, p. 772) should be filled up and affixed to the box. 



The necessary fee must also be enclosed if it is desired that the 

 parcel should be insured, but it must be understood that the Board 

 cannot, in any case, accept any responsibility for any loss or damage 

 which may arise. 



No charge is made for the Board's certificate unless the parcel is 



