nDtes. 697 



uf watei- sui>i»ly, the luici'osfoiiii- (.'xaiuiiiiilioii of foods and drugs, food eliemistry. 

 toxicology, i)Liysiologifal cLiouiistry, v«\gotable liistology, and water and gas 

 analysis; and that for the agricultural and swl chemist will consist of work in 

 dairy chemistry, agricultural chemistry, soil chemistry, agricultural bacteriol- 

 ogy, physical chemistry, botany, and soil bacteriology. 



Experiment Stations in Portuguese East Africa. — The Portuguese Government 

 has authorized the establishment of a series of experiment stations in the State 

 of East Africa or Mozambique. This regiou covers nearly 300,000 square miles 

 on the east coast directly opposite Madagascar, and has a population of about 

 0.000,000. Although under the jurisdiction (,>f Portugal it is in large part con- 

 trolled by British syndicates. Its resources are believed to be vei-y great but 

 are at present largely undeveloped. O. W. Barrett, formerly entomologist and 

 plant pathologist of the Porto Rico Station, and at present connected with the 

 Seed and IMant Introduction of this Department, has accepted a two-year ap- 

 pointment to organize these stations, and will enter upon his duties at once. 



Agricultural work in Manchuria. — According to a note in Science, (?lium Zen 

 Chan, a graduate of the College of Agriculture of the University of California, 

 has been made director of the agricultural experiment station at Mukden, 

 Manchui'ia. It is also stated that a school of forestry is to be established at 

 Mukden, under the direction of a Japanese expert, but that this institution has 

 not yet been opened owing to lack of funds. 



Agricultural Education and Research in Brazil. — A National Congress of Agri- 

 culture, held at llama, Brazil, to consider means for the improvement of agricul- 

 tural conditions in that coinitry, has recommended the establishment of a sepa- 

 rate department of agriculture to consist of sections of statistics and rural econ- 

 omy, animal industry, botany, chemistry, agricultural meteorology, microscopy 

 and bacteriology, soils, forestry, pomology, field crops, textile fiber crops, ento- 

 mology, horticulture, ornithology and game, public roads and transportation, 

 domestic and foreign markets, and publications. The congress also recom- 

 mended the establishment of a system of agricultural colleges and experiment 

 stations similar to that in this country, the reorganization of agricultural fairs, 

 the establishment of agricultural banks, a number of cooperative enterprises, 

 and other economic measures. 



Agricultural Instruction Abroad. — The Professional School of Agriculture 

 which has been located at Chievres, Belgium, since 1903 has been transferred 

 to Ath. It offers theoretical and practical instruction during the months of 

 December, January, and February. A diploma is awarded to pupils who pass 

 the examination at the end of the course. A similar school was opened last 

 year at Braine-le-Comte, and 22 pupils received diplomas at the close of the 

 first course. 



L' Industrie Laiticre of December 1 gives a brief history of traveling dairy 

 schools in France and Belgium, a description of the Belgian type of this school, 

 and the course of study offered. 



The National School of Horticulture, Versailles. France, received 50 new 

 students this year, the largest number since its organization. Owing to its con-' 

 stantly increasing attendance, the minister of agriculture has this year estab- 

 lished a course in rural engineering as applied to horticulture, and a course in 

 vegetable pathology. 



A new agricultural winter school was opened December 1 at Gradlitz, in 

 Bohemia. The school is in charge of Franz Windirsch, and has an attendance 

 of 21 pupils. 



The Statistical Register of the 'CoU>ny of the Cape of Good Hope for IJiOG 

 states that for the year ended Jiuie 30, 1000, $1,450 was exi)ended in the colony 



