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I^astoril. Zapallar arid Licuoral \'cdia. A government experi- 

 mental station has also been started in the Chaco territory to 

 supply seed which will be distributed, on application, by the Minis- 

 try of Agriculture : the industry is at present exempt from 

 taxation. 



The (lovcrnnient have started agricultural cohMiies in the Chaco 

 territory. These colonies may be occupied by settlers, who have a 

 right to ap])ly for a grant of laud on ])ayment of 2^4 dollars per 

 hectare (about Is. 9d. per acre). This concession is offered to 

 settlers who comply with the law. Applications should be made 

 to the Land Office, Calle Tucuman 950. Buenos Aires, but the 

 only way to secure the land appears to be by first settling thereon 

 and then makuig application for a provisional lease. This lease is 

 only granted provided the land is entirely free from any ])revious 

 lien thereon. 



The Ciovernment have also allotted a large tract of land, some 

 2.500,000 acres in extent, to be divided up into lots of 5.000 acres 

 and sold by auction in lUienos Aires to the ighest bidder. The 

 price of the land is payable in haU-yearly instalments according to 

 the decree at present in force. 



This region will be traversed by a railway under construction 

 from P)arranqueras in the Chaco territory to ]Metan in Salta. «As 

 soon as the railhead reaches the 127th mile connection will be 

 made with a branch line of the National Central Railway, thus 

 establishing communication between the Northern provinces and 

 the deep waterway of the Parana river, which will have a stimu- 

 lating effect upon the industries of the district to be opened up. 

 The date of the sale by auction of the lands above referred to 

 will be fixed as soon as the surveys of the new railway are com- 

 plete, and will be announced at least three months before the sale 

 takes i)lace. The surveys wmII probably occupy a period of from 

 three to six months. — The Agricnltnyal Xcii's. 



PROBLEMS OF ECONOMIC IMPORTAXCE RRCARDIXG 

 PLANT DISEASES. 



(From the Ai^ricnltuyal Nezvs.) 



In his ])residential address* to the British Mycological Society 

 delivered in 1911. Professor Salmon states and illustrates, among 

 others, four practical problems connected with certain aspects 

 of the life-histories of economic fungi, .\lthough these problems 

 were all considered and illustrated with reference to economic 

 mycology in England, yet in themselves they are e(|ually im])ortant 

 in connection with jjlant pathology in the tropics. Stated shortly 

 they are as follows : 



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