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Agriculture.

298 Part IX. Board of Agriculture

and Fisheries.

Promotion

of

ao:riculture.

Glebe Land (g), Settled Land (Ji), Universities and College Estates {i). Public Schools {k), and several private Acts, and the powers and duties of the Land Commissioners under every other Act whether general, local and personal or private ; (3) all powers and duties of the Commissioner of Works, under the Survey Act, 1870 (1).

660. The Board undertakes the

collection and preparation of (which includes horticulture {m)) and forestry, and may undertake the inspection of and reporting on and aiding of any schools which are not public elementary schools, and in which instruction is given in any matter connected with agriculture and forestry; and the aiding of lectures or instruction connected with, and the inspection of and reporting on any examinations in statistics relating to agriculture

agriculture or forestry



Animals.

Markets and fairs.

Agricultural holdings.

may make

and

experiments or research

etc.

for the

or aid in

purpose

making

of

inquiries,

promoting

agri-

culture or forestry (n). The entire regulation of the movement, transit and slaughter of diseased animals, the prevention and mitigation of disease in animals, and all things incidental thereto, under the Diseases of Animals Acts (o), is vested in the Board; and also the power of making Orders for prescribing and regulating the wearing by dogs while in a highway or place of public resort of collars inscribed with the names and addresses of their owners, and, with a view to the prevention of worrying of cattle, for preventing dogs, or classes of dogs, from straying between sunset and sunrise (p). Certain powers in respect of markets and fairs formerly exercised by the Local Government Board, together with additional powers, are also vested in the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries {q). The powers formerly vested in the County Court in respect of the granting of land charges to landlords who have paid compensation to" any tenant of an agricultural holding, are now exercisable by who may also, in the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries (r) default of agreement between landlord and tenant, appoint a person to make a record of an agricultural holding at the commencement of a tenancy (s). The powers exercisable by the Board of Trade under the Merchandise Marks Act, 1891 (t), with respect to the prosecution

Merchandise

Marks

Acts.

See title See title (?) See title (k) See title (0 33 & 34

(g)

(h)

Fences. (m) Board

Ecclesiastical Law. Real Property and Chattels Eeal. Charities.

Education. Vict.

c.

13.

As

Boundaries and

to these powers, see title

of Agriculture Act, 1889 (52

&

53 Yict.

c.

30),

s.

12.

(n) Ibid., s. 2. (o)

(p)

As to Dogs

pp. 401 (q)



title

Animals,

et seq., post.

Markets aud Fairs (Weighing

see title (r)

these Acts, see title Animals, pp. 421 et seq., post, Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7, c. 32), s. 2 p. 281, ante ; and see of Cattle) Act, 1891 (54

&

55 Vict.

c.

70)

Markets and Pairs.

Agricultural Holdings Act, 1900 (63

&

64 Vict.

c.

50),

s.

3

(1).

See

p. 266, ante. .(s)

Agricultural Holdings Act,

ante.

(0 54

&

55 Vict.

c.

15.

1906

(6

Edw.

7,

c.

56),

s.

7.

See p. 240,