Food Controller hereby orders that on and after 27th October, 1919, linseed and linseed oil shall be excluded from the Schedule to the above Order. By Order of the Food Controller. 23rd October, 1919. FRANK H. COLLER, Secretary to the Ministry of Food. 1919, No. 1518. ORDER DATED 24TH OCTOBER, 1919, AMENDING THE DRIED FRUITS (RETAIL PRICES) ORDER, 1918, MADE BY THE FOOD CONTROLLER Under the Defence of the Realm RegULATIONS. In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that the Dried Fruits (Retail Prices) Order, 1918, as amended (hereinafter called the Principal Order) shall be amended as follows: 1. The Schedule to this Order shall, on and after the 24th October, 1919, be substituted for the Schedule to the Principal Order. 2. Copies of the Principal Order hereafter to be printed under the authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office shall be printed with the amendment provided for by this Order, and the Principal Order shall, on and after the 24th October, 1919, be read and take effect as hereby amended. Raisins, Muscatels and any other variety of Raisins ... Seeded Muscatels in cartons Currants Figs Dried Apples and Apple Rings Dried Plums and Prunes Dried Peaches and Nectarines Dried Pears Dried Apricots S. d. I 6 Persian Dates O *Calculated upon the net weight contained by the cartons. CIRCULAR OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, 1918. STORAGE OF VOTING COMPARTMENTS AND BALLOT BOXES, AND THEIR USE AT LOCAL ELECTIONS. The Local Government Board forward to Acting Returning Officers the appended copy of a letter which they have received from the Treasury with reference to Voting Compartments and Ballot Boxes provided for the General Election. The Board think Local Authorities will be glad to avail themselves of the offer made by the Treasury, and they will be obliged if Acting Returning Officers will bring the matter under the attention of the Local Authorities in their areas. The Board will be glad to be informed whether the Local Authorities are prepared to concur in the proposals made by the Treasury and of the arrangements made for the storage of the articles. Local Government Board, Whitehall, S.W.1. 3rd January, 1919. COPY OF TREASURY LETTER. The Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury have had under consideration the question of the storage of Voting Compartments and Ballot Boxes during the periods between one General Election and another. As you are aware, the great majority of both these articles belong to His Majesty's Government, but it would undoubtedly be of convenience and an economy to Local Authorities if they were allowed to use them at their own local elections for the County Council, etc. This My Lords would be quite prepared to allow, provided that for their part Local Authorities were willing to store these articles and to produce them on the occasion of General Elections or by-elections, conveyance charges being borne by the Exchequer. As regards the Ballot Boxes, the best arrangement would appear to be that they should be stored as far as possible in the place where the poll is declared. The Voting Compartments, on the other hand, could most conveniently be disposed of by leaving them, throughout the country, in the various schools and other public buildings which are used as Polling Stations. In consideration of the free use by Local Authorities of these articles for their own elections, it further appears to Their Lordships only reasonable that they, on their side, should in the future allow *GG the Government the use of such Voting Compartments and Ballot Boxes as now belong to them. My Lords understand that only a comparatively small percentage of the articles required belong to Local Authorities, and they anticipate that no objection will be raised by them to this suggestion. My Lords would be obliged if you would cause Local Authorities to be circularised with a view to ascertaining whether they would be prepared to agree to the above proposals. The Secretary, Local Government Board. CIRCULAR OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD. VENEREAL DISEASES. V.D. Circular 21. Local Government Board, Sir, I am directed by the President of the Local Government Board to refer to Article IV. of the Public Health (Venereal Diseases) Regulations, 1916, and to state that representations have been made to the Board that delay may arise in carrying out educational and propaganda work in connection with the scheme of the Council for the diagnosis and treatment of venereal diseases owing to the necessity of obtaining the Board's approval of expenditure under this Article of the Regulations if their grant is to be available in aid of the expenditure. With a view to meeting this difficulty, the Board are prepared to assent to the propaganda work under the scheme of the Council being commenced before their approval has been obtained, on the understanding that the following conditions are observed: (1) The expenses actually incurred for lectures, conferences, posters, advertisements, and the distribution of free literature should not exceed £1 per 1,000 of the population of the area of the Council, or the sum of £200, whichever is less, until the Board's consent has been obtained. (2) The programme should be submitted by the Council, together with an estimate of the cost, for the approval of the Board as soon as possible, but within the limits above-mentioned, it will not be necessary to obtain the Board's approval before the work is commenced. (3) In cases where the propaganda work is carried out by a branch of the National Council for Combating Venereal Diseases, no contribution to the funds of the branch should be made by the Council in excess of the above limits, or in respect of expenditure incurred for purposes other than those specified in paragraph (1) above, until the Board's consent is first obtained. (4) As regards expenditure incurred by a branch of the National Council for Combating Venereal Diseases for purposes other than those specified in paragraph (1) above, the Board are of opinion that the whole of such expenditure should not be reimbursed by the Council. I am, Sir, The Clerk of the Council, or The Town Clerk. Your obedient Servant, CIRCULAR OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, 1918. SCALE OF REGISTRATION EXPENSES FOR THE SECOND REGISTER; REMUNERATION OF ASSISTANT OVERSEERS, ETC. The Treasury have decided that the Scale of Registration Expenses prescribed by paragraphs 1 (b), 2 (b) and 3 (b) of their Order of the 7th March, 1918, for the First Register shall apply also to the Second Register, and they have accordingly issued the appended Order. Local Government Board, Whitehall, S.W.1. 22nd January, 1919. TREASURY ORDER. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, 1918. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon Us by Section 15 of the Representation of the People Act, 1918, We, being Two of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, hereby prescribe that, notwithstanding anything contained in the Treasury Order of 7th March, 1918, the scale of expenses fixed by paragraphs 1 (b), 2 (b) and 3 (b) of that Order for the First Register under the Act shall be applicable also to the Second Register. CIRCULAR OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD. Local Government Board, 24th January, 1919. Sir, I am directed by the President of the Local Government Board to refer to the Board's circular letters dealing with the application of the rationing scheme to Poor Law Institutions, and to state that the directions in those letters have received further consideration from the Board and the Ministry of Food. In view of the modifications now made by the Ministry in the scheme (particularly the fact that pork and all kinds of meat and meat articles other than "butcher's meat," including tinned and preserved meat, are now outside the ration), and the intimation by the Ministry that it is no longer desired as a rule to enforce even in institutions any of the restrictions on the consumption of unrationed articles, other than those mentioned below, it has been decided that Poor Law Authorities may now revert to the use of the dietary tables in force before the introduction of rationing. Arrangements must, however, still be made to keep within the Ministry's scales of rationed articles (butcher's meat, sugar, fats and jam) and the present allowances of milk and cheese should not be increased without the concurrence of the Local Food Control Committee. The Ministry of Food further desire attention to be drawn to the fact that supplies of poultry, fish, lard, syrup and eggs, are limited at the present time. If the remaining restrictions and limitations of supplies prevent the full restoration of the former dietary tables, any deficiency should be remedied either by a temporary revision of the tables according to the Regulations contained in Schedule A to the Poor Law Institutions Order, 1913, or by the use of alternative articles of diet as authorised by the Board's circular letter of the 28th February, 1917. Until the 30th September next, the Board have decided, in view of the changing food conditions, to waive the existing direction which permits a new or revised dietary table to come into operation only on one of the usual quarter days. The Board have also decided, with a view to the prevention of waste, to give permanent effect to the directions given in their circular letter of the 12th December, 1917, permitting rations of potatoes and vegetables to be issued “ according to appetite" in the same way as bread under Regulation 7 (b) in Schedule A to the Poor Law Institutions Order, 1913. I am, Sir, Your obedient Servant, The Clerk to the Poor Law Authority. Assistant Secretary. |