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2. In cases in which consignments of plants are only admitted on production of a certificate from the Board that the nursery in which they have been grown has been examined and found to be free from certain specified pests, application for the attendance of an Inspector must be made before the Ist of May each year, in order that the nursery may be examined from time to time during the summer. A fee of £2 2s. will be charged for the certificate, and the remittance must be sent to the Board not less than a month before the beginning of the shipping season. 3. In cases in which a certificate of the Board is required stating that no disease of a certain kind has been reported from the neighbourhood in which the plants were grown a declaration signed (and in some cases sworn) by the grower must be sent, stating that the plants (in most cases, potatoes) were grown on a particular farm, and naming the parish and county in which such premises are situate, together with a declaration that the disease in respect of which the certificate is issued has not occurred on those premises. The application should be received by the Board not less than three days before the consignment is to be despatched. No charge is made for this certificate. In cases in which the certificates required do not fall within any of the foregoing categories nurserymen who wish to export plants should apply to the Board for further particulars. Sydney Olivibk. Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 8 Whitehall Place, London S.W., January, 1912.

No. 51. New Zealand, No. 285. My Lord,— Downing Street, 31st July, 1913. With reference to Your Excellency's despatch, No. 40, of the 18th March, I have the honour to request you to invite the attention of your Ministers to the fact that under the eighth resolution of the Imperial Education Conference, printed at pages 16 and 17 of Cd. 5666, the monographs on educational subjects which are now being prepared should be printed and published by the Education Department which prepares the monograph. 2. I consider it desirable to draw the attention of your Government to this point, as in one or two cases it appears that it has been thought that the monographs would be published in this country. The Conference, however, were of opinion that the value of the series of monographs would depend on their being at all stages under the immediate supervision of the oversea department concerned. I have, &c, L, HARCOURT. Governor His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, K.C.M.G., M.V.0., &c. No. 52. New Zealand, No. 287. My Lord,— Downing Street, Ist August, 1913. I have the honour to transmit to Your Excellency, for the consideration of your Ministers, a copy of a letter, with enclosures, from the Board of Agriculture for Scotland, in which they express the desire that your Government will accept the certificate issued by the Board in regard to the soundness of stallions exported from Scotland. 2. I should be glad to learn whether your Ministers are prepared to comply with the Board's wishes. I have, &c, L. HARCOURT. Governor His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, K.C.M.G., M.V.0., &c. Enclosures. Board of Agriculture for Scotland, Sir,— 29 St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh, 19th July, 1913. I am directed by the Board of Agriculture for Scotland to transmit to you herewith, for the information of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, a copy of a resolution adopted at a meeting of the Council of the Clydesdale Horse Society of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland relative to the purchase of horses in Scotland for importation into the colonies.

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No. 52. New Zealand, No. 287. My Lord, — Downing Street, Ist August, 1913. I have the honour to transmit to Your Excellency, for the consideration of your Ministers, a copy of a letter, with enclosures, from the Board of Agriculture for Scotland, in which they express the desire that your Government will accept the certificate issued by the Board in regard to the soundness of stallions exported from Scotland. 2. I should be glad to learn whether your Ministers are prepared to comply with the Board's wishes. I have, &c, l. harcourt: Governor His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, K.C.M.G., M.V.0., &c.

Enclosures. Board of Agriculture for Scotland, Sir,— 29 St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh, 19th July, 1913. I am directed by the Board of Agriculture for Scotland to transmit to you herewith, for the information of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, a copy of a resolution adopted at a ineeting of the Council of the Clydesdale Horse Society of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland relative to the purchase of horses in Scotland for importation into the colonies.

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