§ Colonel Carverasked the President of the Board of Trade whether there have been any conferences under the auspices of his Department between the breeders of pedigree cattle and his export committees; and what steps are being planned?
§ Captain WaterhouseBy arrangement with the Business Members Committee of the Industrial and Export Council, livestock exporters and representatives of some breed societies were invited to a meeting at the Board of Trade on 29th September to consider proposals for the formation of an Export Group. The meeting was well attended and an Export Group was formed. The chairman and secretary provisionally appointed were Mr. Nevill Matthews, of John Thornton, Hobson and Company, and Mr. F. J. Bull, secretary to the British Dairy Farmers' Association, and the address of the Group is 28, Russell Square, W.C.I. Like other Export Groups, it will advise the Industrial and Export Council about all problems affect-ting the trade and will, in particular, assist in the arrangements for passing stock through the quarantine station recently opened by the Ministry of Agriculture.