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for the disease, and the effectivity of modern methods of dipping was 

 discussed, and brought the information that these things were being 

 done. 



Pirbright Testing Station: — In reply to a resolution urging more 

 accommodation at Pirbright Station and another station in the north 

 of the United Kingdom, it was stated that congestion took place 

 because of the habit of importers wanting their animals passed 

 through at the same time, and to assist in remedying this the good 

 offices of the breed societies are to be requested. 



Spread of Anthrax. — The Board discussed proposed measures for 

 dealing with this disease which is now being recognized as a serious 

 danger not only on account of animal mortality, but also on account of 

 the threat to hide, skin, and wool export. It was stated that it was 

 proposed to bring about disinfection before exportation, but this 

 was a very difficult matter, and the co-operation of exporters and 

 Chambers of Commerce had been asked. So far as farmers were 

 concerned, the Veterinary Department would lose no opportunities of 

 impressing the danger of the disease, and the uigent necessity of 

 burning or deep burying of carcasses. 



Nagana. — A resolution requesting investigation into Nagana and 

 condemning the action of the Government in placing settlers on farms 

 subject to this disease, elicited the information that the settlement 

 was made by the Lands Department ; the Agricultural Department 

 had nothing to do with it. The Minister explained what was being 

 done about killing off game and double fencing the northern boundary 

 of the settlement. In regard to investigation, the life-history of the 

 tsetse was comparatively unknown, and they were appointing an 

 officer of the Entomological Section to go down to Zululand and 

 investigate this. The Imperial Government had a scheme in hand 

 for investigating tropical diseases, to which the Union was asked to 

 contribute. The Union Government was taking up this work of the 

 tsetse fly, and that would be their contribution to that investigation. 

 They also wanted a man who would investigate the disease. That was 

 a matter for the Research Department, and he was arranging with 

 that Department to send down a man. They wanted also a veterinary 

 surgeon to advise the farmers, but they had not been able to place one 

 nearer than Eshowe. They had appointed a good stock inspector to 

 go to the settlement at frequent intervals, and the veterinary surgeon 

 would also proceed there when requested. The Minister promised to 

 make inquiries whether the settlers had been warned about the fly 

 before taking up the lands. 



Among other resolutions of the Durban Congress dealt with were : 

 Advertising of South African products, regarding which the Minister 

 explained the Government's forward programme ; the limitation of 

 prices, which, the Minister thought, was over; the appointment of an 

 agricultural economist, about which the Minister said they would be 

 guided by the circumstances arising out of increasing necessity for 

 scientific knowledge in the country; the wool position, on which 

 subject the information already made public was given ; banking 

 facilities, in speaking about which the Minister explained that the 

 alleged financial support given by Government to a manufacturing 

 inciustry merely amounted to a contract with the Pretoria Iron Works 

 that the Railways would take half its requirements from them 



