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MR ELLIS, M.P., AND THE GOVERNMENT POLICY. Speaking at a great meeting held in New- bridge, Mon., on Saturday evening, Mr T. E. Ellis, M.P., said that even in the House of Commons, notwithstanding the big Tory majority, Liberalism was vigorously renew- ing itself. The Opposition would take oare to show the true character and aim of the Tory measures that had been introduced into this Parliament, so that the electors might clearly and unmistakably know what those wero (applause). At the last general election t'.ie Tories had promised a splendid foreign policy and great schemes of Colonial ex- pansion, so that the name of Britain should be made predominant in every court in Europe, America, and also in Africa. But already it was seen that, so far from there having been any extension in South Africa, our veiy empire was threatened there, ami so far from having a heaven-born Colonial Minister, who was to bring great prosperity and be a splendid diplomatist, that gentle- man had been outwitted at every turn by the burly old farmer who was President of the South African Republic (hear, hear). As to the Soudan, one would have thought, consid- ering the large amount of money and the many lives that had been lowt there, the jin- goes of this country would have hesitated from entering it again; but Mr C-iamberlain had thought of reconquering the Soudan, even without consulting the people or the Khedive of Egypt, who would have to bear the cost. There could be neither credit, honour, nor any hope of success in enter- prises of that kind (hear, hear, and applause). Contrasting the home policy of the late Gov- ernment with that of the present, he said the Liberals did really attempt to carry cut their promises, but had failed because they attacked so many of the great monopolies of the landed and other class interests, xaey had endeavoured to give Home Rule for Ire- land, religious equality to the people, to amend the Employers' Liability Act in favour of the workmen, to provide better houses and conditions of living for the working peo- ple, to provide old age pensions, and the lat. Chancellor of the Exchequer (SiT William Harcourt) had, by his splendid fiscal policy, provided the present Government with a ready surplus of between four and five nfft- lions sterling, and one for the next year of about five or six millions (applause). The Liberals hadi intended, had they been in power, to apply that money in providing old age pensions and in various ways providing for the working people (applause). But when the Tories got the money, instead of putting it to such beneficient purposes, they appor- tioned it to very different uses, and actually gave the Duke of Cambridge a grant of j518,000 (laughter and "Shame"). The Tor- ies had not lightened the burdens of the peo- ple, buth they had so Ixistered up the Im- perial and naval works that these might in future be an anducement to war rather than for the preservation of peace (hear, hear). Instead of giving the surplus to the people, the Tones had given it for the benefit of those interests which had been draining the people for years gone by (hear, hear). A couple of millions had been given to the landed interest, and half a million to the clerical interest ("Shame"). Dealing with the Government Education Bill, he said the provisions in it, if carried out, would depre- ciate education in this country and seriously injure us in the future in respect of com- petition with such highty educated countries as Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, &c. Why could not the Government have been satis* fied with giving half a million sterling to the clerical schools without attacking the Sohool Boards and the educational system which I had been doing a noble work since 1870? (hear, hear, and applause). He thought the working people of the country, when they knew thoroughly what the Government pro- posals were, would protest against such a measure; the Opposition would be so strong that it would destroy the enormous majority of 267—(hear, hear)—and Mr Balfour and his legions would be glad to compromise with the Liberal partv (applause). He would seriously ask if Welshmen would quietly sit by while the education of their children was being crippled, and their money given, not to schools under popular control, but to clerically-controlled schools ("X 0, no," hear, hear, and applause). He also pointed out that in those clerical schools Nonconformist teachers were excluded. These were things that should rouse every man with democratic or Liberal feeling or spirit for his country to make a strong and firm protest (hear, hear, and applause). He believed t4t in a short time hence the spirit of Radicalism would, again become so strong as to form an un- breakable barrier against reaction and com- bine a solid phalanx making for freedom and progress (hear, hear, and applause). -=-

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CARNARVONSHIHE COM- BINED SANITARY DISTRICT DR FRASER'S ANNUAL REPORT. (Continued from our la8t.) LECTURES TO SANITARY INSPEC- TORS. The joint sanitary committee in 1893 unanimously decided to provide a course of lectures upon public health questions by ex- pert sanitarians, so that the inspectors at present in office, as well as others who may wish for the training, may have opportunities of becoming thoroughly efficient in the in- creasingly intricate problems of sanitation. The obstacles in the way of carrying this into effect have up to the present proved insur- mountable, but a step in the right direction has been taken by the sanitary inspectors themselves. An association comprising all the inspectors of the combined districts, twenty-five in number, has now been formed for the purpose of improving the efficiency of the public health service. Applications have been made to the four County Councils for a grant from the technical education funds, so that a course of lectures may be instituted. It is to be noped that every pos- sible encouragement will be given to a body of useful public servants who are wishful to further increase their efficiency and their value to the community. This association now pos- sesses the nucleus of a museum of modern sanitary appliances, and is holding regular meetings, at which papers upon public health questions are read and discussed. DEUDRAETH RURAL DISTRICT. It is pleasing to be able to record that the new sanitary authority has proved itself to be alive to the sanitaiy requirements of their district, and that they have accomplished a considerable amount of work during the year, and it is to be hoped that the important questions of improving the water supply of Harlech, Gareg, and Gellilydan, which are now under their consideration, will be satis- factorily solved by them. I wish also to strongly advise that the long-delayed ques- tion of the sewering of Harlech be seriously considered, as experience continually shows that, in a populous place unprovided with proper sewers, dangerous pollution of the soil and air near dwellings inevitabty occurs, which sooner or later results in an outbreak of one of the "filth diseases'' of which ty- phoid fever is the most common example in Britain. Especially where the water supply of a place is open to danger of pollution as at Harlech, is this likely to occur. LLEYN RURAL DISTRICT. For the village of Fourcrosses a scheme has now been prepared to sewer the whole of ths "village. At pine-sent only portions of the village are sewered, and in other por- tions the existing drains and sewers are a constant source of danger to health. The carrying out of this scheme will be a decided step in the right direction on the part of the sanitary authority. It must be confessed that to place the numerous villages of this district in a safe sanitary condition by en- suring for them an abundant and, unpolluted supply of water, meana of rapidly removing their liquid refuse by means of properly- constructed drains, and a method of regularly removing all solid .refuse by a system of scavenging, there is room for a great amount of work for the new authority. At the larger villages the employing of the services of a "village officer," or arranging with a local farmer to regularly scavenge the place, would appear to me to be a most beneficial measure. At the growing seaside village of Abersoch, and at Abererch, the need of more thorough sewering is evident. GWYRFAI RURAL DISTRICT. During the year pressure has been brought to bear on house owners in this district to cease polluting Quellyn Lake, from which the water supply of Carnarvon is obtained. After a great deal of correspondence, and needless delay, measures to remove the most obvious causes of danger have been oarried out. More still remains to be done. The efforts of the authority to provide a supply of water for Nantlle Vale from Llyn Dulyn have up to the present proved unavailing. This long delay in providing for the chief sanitary need of thia populous district is greatly to be regretted. It appears that the chief difficulty is that of obtaining the con- sent of owners under section 332 of the Pub- lic Healti Act. The division of the main stream into several rivulets increases the number of riparian owners to such an ex- tent that to obtain the consent of all is re- garded as a hopeless task. I feel strongly that no expense is too great to secure the re- sults which would be obtained by this scheme, and if an Act of Parliament would assist in putting an end to the present ob- struction and delay, it would be well worth even that expense. Until an ample supply of water is obbained, no great improvement of the sanitary condition of the large village towns of Nantlle Vale can be expected. A provisional order has been obtained during the year by the Uanberis Water and Gas Company, under the provisions of which a constant and efficient supply is assured to the consumers at a uniform scale of charges. A new reservoir for storage purposes is to be constructed, and the intake is to be ex- tended higher up the stream so as to avoid all possible contamination. FESTINIOG URBAN DISTRICT. Referring to the epidemic of diphtheria Dr Eraser says The disease was no doubt spread throughout the district by the unnec- essary mixing of the sick with the healthy. The directions given in every case both verbally and in black and white were. very frequently disregarded. In about 60 per cent. of the cases notified, isolation of the sick, the chief essential to prevent the spread of the disease, was either not at- tempted or was not possible. It is there- fore, not surprising that the diseaee cannot be eradicated from the district. CARNARVON URBAN SANITARY DISTRICT. I Estimated population June, 1895, 9615. The number of births registered during the year was 236. The number of deaths from all causes was 196, being at the rate of 20.3 per 1000 persona living. These statistics show a considerable rise in the birth-rate during the year, and also in the general death-rate. This rise in the death- rate corresponds to the the rise throughout the country generally. During the year, 30 cases of infectious diseases were notified, as compared with 33 cases during 1894. These were as follows: -Difphtlierria, 12 cases; erysipelas, 10; typhoid fever, 6; scarlet fever, 2. Most of the cases of diphtheria oc- curred during an outbreak in the month of June. The type of disease was a serious one and five of those attacked succumbed after a short illness. In several instances, as soon as the disease was recognised the condition of the patient was too critical to advise removal to hospital. The disease was practically confined to younor children at- tending tie Infant National School, which had to be closed for a period of two weeks. drainage system of the school was found upon examination to be defective. This has now been placed in a satisfactory condition. During the year eight houses have been closed by order of the magistrates, as being unfit for habitation. It is evident when Sums exist in a town like Carnarvon, that the whole town suffers in reputation, not to speak of the danger to public health which 18 ,he inevitable result of crowded and in- Sdnitaiy dwellings. My firm opinion is that \e. only satisfactory and thorough way by f U<\i, question can be copp^I with is for the sanitary authority to make use of nr 1, .Powers under the housing of the „ Classes Act. and declare «flich areas as t'.ie 0ne kno-rt as Ta™W^ as in- X™ tore5 m im!>roTement BAJIBOB u&rSV sunTARY rTs. TRTOT. Estimated populating June. 1895. 10.261. The number of births registered during the year was 316. The rnrmTwr of deaths from all causes was 193. Twelve deaths were attributed to the principal zymotic diseases. During the year 58 cases of infectious disease were notified. LLANDUDNO. Estimated population June, 1895, 8407. There were registered during the year 201 births. From all causes there were 147 deaths registered, which was at the rate of 17.4 per 1000 persons living. Of these 147 deaths, 26 were stated to be visitors. During the year, 18 deaths were caused by the prin- cipal zymotic diseases. The general death-rate was low, though slightly higher than in 1894. There were notified during the year 37 cases of infectious disease. The question of the housing of the working classes has en- gaged the serious attention of the authority during the year. A special committee has been appointed, and designs for building suitable cottages have been adopted. Con- siderable difficulty has been experienced in obtaining the necessary land, but this has now been overcome. A loan to enable 19 model cottages has been applied for, and the contract to build has now been let. This is a new departure in North Wales, and one which may be warmly commended to the notice of other sanitary authorities. The authority lias taken a decided step in advance by organising a new system of scavenging the district. Each hou.ie is now supplied with a galvanised iron covered bin for house refuse. These bins are regularly ,called for and the contents removed. By adopting this system of removal of refuse, the authority are enabled to do away with the large insanitary ashpita which used to be in vogue. This will go a long way towards ensuing pure air in the baok-yarda and crowded back streets of the district. ■"

FUTURE OF WELSH MOUN- TAIN SHEEP FARMING. A WELSH BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. Mr Edward Davies, of Dolcaradog, has brought to a conclusion the interesting arti- cles on "Welsh mounitain sheep, and their possibilities," which he has been oontribur ting to the "Oswestry Advertiser." In the course of his last letter, Mr Davies says — "Nothing is further from my mind than creating 'a boom' in Welsh, mountain sheep. As long as such a thing lasts in any industry or branch of commerce, things go 'as merry as a marriage be])1,' but it invariably tumbles down, and causes .more disaster than it did good. What I aim at is some thing to firmly establish the vajue and usefulness and to safe- guard the Welsh breed of mountain sheep. The universal panacea for all the evils of agriculture of the present day seems to be ix>-operatiian—indeed, it is held forbh as the cure for all sorts of depression in aLl bran- ches of trade. In some cases it has succeed- ed, in more it 'has failed. I am a believer in co-operation to a certain extent. I am agreat believer in individualism. I long to see a greater number of individuals—the higher and more powerful in character and ability the bet- ter vhrow themselves imto the agricultural breach. Take our athletes, for instance, young men of go and spirit, men we might safety aver fit for anything and anywhere; if we could get. say, half a dozen only of such men in eacih county of Wales to throw themselves into the field of Welsh agricul- ture, as they throw themselves—body, soul, and brains, into the numerous athletic fields, what a good and great work, present and future, they would do for the -and of theii birth." After pointing out what Sir John Sinclair, the founder and president of the first Board of Agriculture, did for agriculture in Scot- land, Mr.Davies offers the following sugges- tions —'First, let the breeders of Welsh mountain sheep decide upon local district names for their different herds. I will start from where I write, and ask that the Welsh mountain sheep of this district be called and known by the name of the "Pumlumon." Quite a number of them have it already. An excellent trade in this WeTsh mutton is al- ready established, only it is misiiamed, just like Aberystwyth water-Plynlymon, but that is a misnomer. The base proper of Pumhimon range of mountains starts at sea tide Tevfl. A base line drawn from this north-west side to the Llanidloes end in the south-eent would measure about eighteen miles. -Another cross-line from the Cambrian Railways in the north-east at Ll-anbrynmair to the south-west about 'Steddfa Gerig in Cardiganshire, would also be about eighteen mi'es. This will give us about 324 square miles of land for the local district name for these sheep. In acreage, it would be about 207,000. I must not say this is the best breed of Welsh, mountain aheep in the Prin- cipality, the odiouisneas of comparisons will come in as a disturbing element.. It will not, however, irritate anyone if I fearlessly say there is no better breed in Wales than the Pumlumon sheep. Mr Marshall Dugdale is good enough to inform me that he has found- ed his own improved flock on sheep procured from the neighibourhood, of Llanidlloes. Let each district adopt its own name for its sheep. In North Wales, we could have the Berwyn, the Aran, the Idris, the Snowdon, and so on. In South Wales the Eppynt, and other names, would foster local zeal. Just took at the county zeal of England, for their sheep, and how, as they improve them, their distinctiveness becomes more pronounced. Close to us are the noble and majestic Shrop- shires, then the Leicesters, Lincoins, Ox- fords, Hampshires, Dorsets, ebo. And Eng- land also has a few district-named sheep, Ootswolds, Exmoors, etc. In, Wales also we have a most useful and valuable district breed, the Kerrys, which not only inhabits its own Kerry, but is also appreciated extensively in, other districts. Pure Welsh mountain sheep from the Pumilumon district have already earned a good name as stock dheep. In early summer and autumn, they are distributed in thousands throughout the thirteen counties of Wales, and as fattened mutton we have it on the .^ghest authority in North Wales, given in Mack and white, that the special trade in Wedsh mutton has increased 50 per cent. in the past two years. Having fixed our district names, I will point out suggestion the second, the founding of a Royal and upland agrioulture society of Wales, the foundation stone of which should be all annuaC Parliamentary grant of not less than J35000 a year, the Board of the Society to be the Welsh Board of Agriculture, tak- ing under its fostering wing all branches of agriculture. England, Irelajid, and Scotland have eacih their national societies, and to their great andl mutual advantage. Why not Wades. ? What universal philosophy there was and is in the Welsh triads! Even to- day ailmofts all great thincj are carried on in three's. Beginning at the top. Queen, Lords, and Commons. Education used to be called the three R's, and: now it is in perfec- called the three R's, and: now it is in perfec- tion in the present day in three divisions— elementary intermediate, and higher uni- versity. Just so it should be with Welsh farming. Hitherto she has done wonderfully well with two out of three grade schools—the district local shows; being the elementary, the county shows being the secondary or inter- mediate but those of her sons who aspired to the highest umversitv had to cross the border and enter the Royal of England. Thalt was good'; but mv old Welsh Mentoi tells me Tis not good where better can be done," and the better and bpst for Wales "I the institution of a Roya.1 ^netv of her owa.

I This week's "Papnr Pht V' contains good portrnits and biographies cf Mr William Tho- mas, Bronervri, Talysam. tV airman of the North Wales Quarry iron's Union, and the Rev W. Thomas (C.), Wnbhjid, Carmar- thenshire. It also contains i. f"s' ion column with the latest cuts.

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WELSH MATTERS IN PARLIAMENT. THE AGRICULTURAL LAND RATING BILL. On Monday, in the House of Commons speaking on the amendment to divide the rates between the owner and the occupier, Mr S. Evans supported the amendment. Ic had been objected, he said, that bhe am- endment should not be agreed to because it wotfld not give the liand'lords additional re- presentation, but the landlords had at present a very large representation, r>DÍ,h directly and indirectly. The objection was a perfectly hollow one. If the Government would adopt aha principle of the amendni-ent he believed that the Opposition would be wilhng to give che landlord additional representit'oa. Not one angle argument brought forward by the Government against the adoption of the prm- ciple of the amendment would hold water for a single moment. It was very Cifar that the Government den red only to help the land- lords, for when it became a question of put- ting more burdens upon him they refused, This bill was founded upon the hurried re- port of a hurried Commission. Mr Lloyd Morgan, speaking from personal knowledge of the Welsh teoianu farmers, said he could not conceive how Conservative mem- bers could say that landowners had suffered more than the farmers. Mr Lloyd-George quoted the evidence of Mr Ciare Seweil Reade bo^ro > the Royal Commission, from which it appeared that while the iot of the tenant farmer, in his op- inion, was that of absolute ruin and whole- sale bankruptcy, the average Tent paid to the landlords, including tithe, was a good 30s an acre (hear, hear). For the amendment 113 Against 223 Majority against 110 Mr D. Thomas moved an amendment lim- iting to "arable" instead cx "agricultural'' land the relief to be given by the bill. For the amendment 55 Against 248 (Majority against 193 On Tuesday, in the House of Commons, Mr D. Thomas moved an amendment provi- ding that accommodation land should be ex- empted from the operation of the bill. Mr Chaplin accepted the principle of the amendment, but oonsid,ere-d that this was not the right place in the bill to insert it. The amendment was, by leave, withdrawn. Mr D. Thomas moved ami amendment, the object of which, he said, was to confine the relief to be given under the bill to rural dis- tricts. He did not, however, intend to di- vide, on the subjaok The amendment was withdrawn. When the Committee resumed after the mouej dinner hour, Mr H. Lewis moved a count. The Committee having been formed, IMr D. Thomas moved an amendment that the occupier of agricultural land should be liable to pay three-quarters of the rates in- stead of one-half, as proposed by the bill. He denounced the bill as one of the most bare-faced pieces of public plunder that had ever been proposed to Parliament, and in- sisted that upon the grounds even of de- cency his amendment should be thoroughly threshed out. It should be remembered that the bill oould not be carried without the votes of gentl,emen, who were pecuriarily interested. Mr H. Lewis, considering that this grant wolf.d become ultimately of a permanent character, thought the Committee should con- sider whether they would be justified in agreeing to such a bill for all time. Mr W. Abraham (Rhondda) said the bill proposed to relieve people who stood least in need of it. The Government would do better if they had given this money to those who had no work and no bread. Mr Lloyd-George complained that the Gov- ernment had not given the Committee a single data upon which they had come to the con- clusion to recommend that 50 per cent of the rates should be paid. The Committee divided— For the amendment 78 Against 154 MaiorifcV against 76 I Mr LLoyd-George proposed. that the ex- emption as to one-half of the rates ahottjd apply only -botates in existence at the passing I of the Act. For the amendment 83 Against: 203 Majority against 120 ON WEDNESDAY, in the House of Com- mons. in committee on clause 1, which ex- empts occupiers of agricultural land from half the rates, Mr Lloyd-George moved an amendment the object of which, he stated, was to provide that relief should be given only in the case of land out of which, owing to depression of agriculture, no rent had been derived for the three years next before the passing of the Act. The effect of this amendment would be to grant relief only in the cases where it was absolutely necessary. Mr H. Lewis said that the amendment would afford an opportunity of differentiat- ing between the different classes of agricul- tural property. If something of the kind was not done, some kinds of property would be receiving relief for which they did not ask, and which they did not require. The Committee then divided: — For the amendment 82 Against 190 I Maicritv asrainst 108 Mr Lloyd-George moved an amendment to except the poor rate from the operation of the bill. Mr Chaplin opposed the amendment. It would destroy one-half of the work sought to be performed by the bill, and affect the bill to the extent of half a million of money out of lj million. Mr R. Lewis contended that additional extravagance would follow if the bill were carried in its present form. MT Lloyd'-George submitted that Mr Chap- lin s arugment amounted to thIs-that in the amendment were carried, the land- lords would receive a less amount of plunder (cheers). The Committee then divided :—. For the amendment H2 Against 246 Majority against 134 I Two minor amandin esits having been mov- ed and withdrawn, The question was put that clause 1 stand part of the bill. Mr J. A. Pease moved its rejection. Mr Lloyd-George declared that whatever might be the ostensible object of the bill, its affect would be to increase the v-,qdue, of the land and put money into the pockets of the landowtnera '(cheers). Continuing his re- marks amidst cries of "Divide," he said he was not astonished hon. members should be anxious to curtail debate, because, as he had said, they were anxious to put a good deal of money into their pockets., The Committee then divided on the ques- tion that clause 1 stand part of the bill, Mr Wo-xlhouse taking the chair in the place of Mr Lowfcher. For the clause 248 Against 111 Majority for 137 Clause 1 was then agreed to, progress re- ported, and the House i-egume-d. THE CESSION OF TERRITORY TO THE AMEER. On Monday, in the Houae of Commons, Mr Herbert Roberts I beg to a-«k the Secretary of State for India whether, inasmuch as the proclamation of the Government to the tribes on the occasion of the Chitril ^a,n_ paign, entered upon on the 1st of ApIŸ1. 1895, declared that its obiect was the protec- tion. in the interest of Chitral, of the Nan' villages, he would state whether the Nari 1 villages handed over to Afghanistan under paragraph 8 of the Suppleinentary Agree- ment of uue 9th of April, 1895, are the same Nari villages as those referred to in the pro- clamation whether these villages are the ancestral possesion of Chicral; and, if so, would he state on what grounds Chitral ha* been deprived of them in direct contravention of the proclamation; and whether the con- sent of the suzerain of Ohitrai, the Mahara- jah of Cashmere, has been obtained to the cession. Lord G. Hamilton The proclamation re- ferred to the objects of the Chitral expedi- tion, and to those alone. The agreement of the 9th April, 1895, oompleted certain de!i- mitation prooeeding between the Government of India and the Ameer of Afghanistan which commenced long before any expedition to Chitral was contemplated. The Nari villages included in Afghanistan by the agreement of April, 1895, were no doubt \ilages to which hbe Melitar of Chitral laid claim. This claim was not proved, and the Melitar's rights to villages not then in his possession, and to which neither Chitral nor its suzerain had made out a title, was not confirmed. WELSH BILLS IN PARLIAMENT. On Friday, the Earl of Morley, Chairman of Committees of the House of Lords, dealt with a number of unopposed bills. Among them were the Great Western Railway (Den- bighshire Railways) Bill to authorise the con- struction of two small sections near Pont- cysyllte, and to autftorise agreements be- tween that company and the Shropshire Un- ion and the London and North-Western Rail- way Company. Mr Ingley, chief engineer to the company, proved the preamble, and the bill was ordered to be' reported. The Colwyn Bay and District Gas Bill also came before 'his lordship. It incorporates and gives further powers to the Colwyn Bay and Dis- trict Gas Company, inoluding the power to raise JE20,000 additional capital. The pre- amble was proved by Mr Amphlett (of Messrs Jones, Porter, and Amphlett, Colwyn Bay, solicitors to the company). This bill was also ordered to be reported. THE CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. On Tuesday, in the House of Commons, en the order for the consideraticn of the London and North-Western Railway BO, The Speaker referred to motions in the name of Mr P. O'Brien. Mr Power, and Mr Field, requiring the company to provide third-class carriage accommodation on every passenger train between Eustan. and Holy- head, and to afford other facilities. These motions, he said, were not admissible, be- cause they contained exactly tne same subject- matter as had been ruled out of order as in- structions to the Committee on the bill, and also because the clauses relating to the wi- dening of a portion of the Chester and Holy- head section of the line had been struck out of the bill. It would not be in order to move the rejection of the bH on the grounds set forth in the motion. Mr P. O'Brien gave notice that he would move the rejection of the li-i on the third reading, "trusting to luck" to be allowm to say what he desired to say. Maf Lloyd-George observed that the bill was given a second reading on the under- standing that the clauses relating to the Ches- ter and Holyhead section would be retained, and he asked whether he could now move that they be reinserted. The Speaker ruled in the negative. In answer to a question, Sir W. H. Houldsworth stated that the third reading would not be taken until after Whitsuntide. SHEEP-WORRYING IN WALES. On Tuesday, in the House of Commons, Mr S. Smith asked, the President of the Board of-Agriculture whether his attention had been drawn to the large number of case-s in Wales in which sheep had been worried and killed by dogs where the owners could not obtain any redress owing to the difficulty in proving the ownership of the dogs and whether he oould devise any means whereby these losses to agriculturists might be avoided. Mr W. Long: Yes, sir; my attention lias been drawn to this subject, and Jt was with a view, inter alia, to its being investigated that I appcinted the Departmental Committee now sitting under the chairmanship of my hon. friend the member of Chelsea. The question is by no means free from difficulty, but I trust it may be found practicable to do something to remedy the evil complained of

ANGLESEY BEE KEEPERS ASSOCIATION. On Monday, the members of the above as. sociation met at "The Firs," Cemaes Bay, for the purpose of hearing an out-door lec- ture and demonstration in modern bee-cul- ture, by Mr W. J. Anstey, B.B.K.A. (1st class expert). Mrs Peel, the energetic hon. secretary of the association, kindly lent her apiary for the purpose, and amongst those present were: The Rev T. and Mrs Prich- ard, Llanbadrig Vicarage, Cemaes Mrs Ro- berts, Rectory, Llanfechell; Mra Owen Thomas, Brynddn; Mrs Matthews, N.P. Bank, Amlwch Mrs Hughes, Amiwch Mrs Hughes, Simddauwen; Mr Robert Jones, Glandon, Cemaes Miss A. Shann, Cestyll; Mrs Jones, Llanfechell Mr and Mrs Wil- liams, Tregofisaf, Cemaes Miss Nellie Grif- fith, Simddauwen; Mr Jones, British School, Cemaes, and others. The lecturer described the methods of bee- keeping under the old fashion or Skep sys- tem, and, the modern moveable frame hive. The methods of driving, making artificial swarms, spring and autumn feeding, super- ing, taking of honey and wintering, and the gene,ral management of the apiary were fully described. The use of bees in the fertiliza- tion of flowers, and the consequent produc- tion of fruitful seed and perfect fruits was lucidly explained' by the lecturer. Very great interest was manifested in the proceed- ings, and several new members joined the association. The Rev T. Prichard proposed a hearty vote of thanks to Mr Anstey for his interest- ing lecture, and remarked that what they had heard that day was of extreme importance not only to beekeepers, but also to all those in- terested in the production of seeds and fruits. Mr Peel seconded the vote, and said they were very much pleased, he was sure, with the work they had seen done, and also with the instruction they had received. On his part, 'he wat9 astonished at himself, and no less than at all those present who had been watching the proceedings, and in the presence of so good a captain as they had had in the lecturer, they had seemed to lose aN fear of bees stinging. A short time ago, he would not (have dared standing as he had that dav amongst flying bees. 0 Mr W. Jomea Anstey, in reply, said he I very much appreciated the vote of thanks, 1^4- that opportunity of saying that he would be glad to answer any ques- +L °Se Preseint would like to put to him « *e subject. It was impossible 111 one lecture and demonstration to tell all there ^"38 to say on the subject. He also wo^d like to remind those who had joined the as- sociatjon that he would be happy to visit their I apianes in the next few days, and those who were wisMng to start with hives, he would be very wif ing to give any information to. > At the conclusion of the proceedings, the visitors were entertained with an open-air tea by Mrs Peel, and a very enjoyable after- noon was spent, everyone present expressing their appreciation of the formation of an as- sociation for the furtherance of the culture of bees in the district, and a hope was ex- pressed1 that by the example set them manv of the cottagers would fltart in this profitable industry, the island being so good for the purpose.

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