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regulations affecting the conveyance of animals b}' sea and 

 land ; and the administration of the Markets and Fairs 

 (Weighing of Cattle) Acts. The volume concludes with a 

 series of tables showing the outbreaks of contagious 

 diseases of animals in Great Britain, and the live-stock 

 trade of the United Kingdom and foreign countries. 



Board of Agriculture. — Amiical Report of Proceedings U7ider the 

 Tithe and other Acts administered in the Land Division 

 for the year 1897. [6*. 8,795. Price 2d.'] 



The total number of applications to the Board under the 

 provisions ot the Tithe Acts was 852 in 1897, as compared 

 with 721 in the previous year. Of these 544 were applications 

 for redemption of tithe rent-charge, 208 for altered apportion- 

 ments, and 100 lor other descriptions of business. The first 

 cases in which landowners have availed themselves of the 

 powers under the Excraordinary Tithe Act of 1897 are 

 embodied in this report. The total number of enfranchise- 

 ments completed by the Board under the Copyhold Act was- 

 323. 



During the year the award under the enclosure Acts in 

 the matter of the enclosure of the Common Fields at Upton 

 St. Leonard's, near Gloucester, authorised by Parliament 

 in 1895, was confirmed by the Board. By this award 

 fifteen acres of arable land in convenient situations were 

 allotted for field gardens for the poor inhabitants, and six 

 acres of grass land in a field near the village were set out 

 as a public recreation ground. These allotments are now 

 vested in and under the management of the Parish Council 

 As a further result of the enclosure a second recreation ground 

 of six acres, in another part of the parish, has been conveyed 

 to the Parish Council as a free gift on the part of one of the 

 largest proprietors. 



Reports were called for in 1897, pursuant to Section 28 of 

 the Commons Act, 1876, with respect to field-garden and 

 recreation allotments set out under the Inclosure Acts. In 

 regard to field gardens, 356 reports were received, from which 



