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advised Moshesh, since he was fighting the Matabele every day 

 and night nearly, that there were some white men who praised 

 God. He hoped they would come and pray God to help Moshesh. 

 " How can I get them ?" " Yoti had better buy them." "What 

 with ?" " With rhino tusks." (so precious they were used for 

 chiefs sceptres). " They are very scarce ; is there no other 

 way ?" " Try with cattle then." .... 



AGRICULTURE IN NYASALAND.— The Director of 

 the Department of Agriculture and Forestry of Nyasaland recently 

 issued the first report of that Department. Maize, millet, wheat 

 and rice are stated to grow well in the country, but, as native car- 

 riers constitute the only means of transport, the cultivation of 

 those cereals for export is as yet impracticable. The yield of 

 cotton is increasing, and the breeding of acclimatised seed on 

 Government farms, which would also be the means of training 

 native instructors in cotton-growing, is suggested. The cultiva- 

 tion of coffee is regaining its lost popularity, and a considerable 

 export of cultivated rubber is looked for, Ceara rubber having been 

 most extensively planted. An arboretum has been established 

 adjacent to the Bwaila forest nursery, where Eucalypts, Acacias 

 and Albizzias in large number have been planted. Attempts are 

 also being made in the cultivation of Piniis pinaster and Pinus 

 pinea. During the year 150,000 Mlanje cypress and 80,000 Euca- 

 lypts were raised in the Zomba nurseries, and at Blantyre 15,000 

 Eucalypts and 8,000 young African mahogany trees were ])lanted 

 along the Mudi river banks. 



INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY.— The Council of the 

 Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain and Ireland has appointed 

 the following gentlemen as Honorary Local Secretaries of the 

 Institute in South Africa: Dr. C. F.^Juritz, M.A., D.Sc, F.I.C., 

 Government Analytical Laboratory, Cape Town, Cape of Good 

 Hope ; Mr. E. N. Nevill, F.R.S., F.I.C., Government Laboratory, 

 Durban, Natal; and Dr. J. McCrae, Ph.D., F.I.C., Government 

 Laboratories, Johannesburg. Mr. J. S. Jamieson, F.I.C., Govern- 

 ment Laboratory, Durban, Natal, has been appointed Assistant 

 Honorary Local Secretary. Similar appointments have also been 

 made in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Ontario, 

 Egypt, Barbados, British Guiana and Trinidad, and the Council 

 is contemplating additional appointments in Canada, India and 

 New Zealand. The main duties of the Local Secretaries will be tO' 

 afford information to candidates desirous of entering for the exam- 

 inations of the Institute, and to advise the Council with respect 

 to matters of local professional interest. The Institute has 

 hitherto confined its activities almost exclusively to the British 

 Isles, and it is considered that this step will be of advantage in other 

 parts of the Empire in furthering the work of the Institute in 

 connection with the promotion of higher chemical education, in 

 arranging for local examinations, and in watching professional 

 interests. 



