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it was necessary to find a means of getting tlie old crop out of the 

 way and the offei of tlie Imperial Government, providing the means 

 of doing this, t ffords the prospects of substantial and immediate 

 relief, since it vill release capital of banks, brokers, and others 

 presentlj^ locked up, and permit its re-employment in financing pro- 

 ducts of the country. 



The above offer, it will be observed, is in respect of last season's 

 clip, and the Government is now in communication with the Imperial 

 authorities, as an outcome of which it is anticipated that satisfactory 

 arrangements will soon be concluded. 



In view of any expectations, however, which may be held, that 

 there is a possibility of similar satisfactory arrangements being made 

 with the Imperial (iovernment in regard to the present season's crop, 

 farmers are warned that difficulties face the success of such negotia- 

 tions, and consequently no reasonable means of selling their wool 

 should be neglected or refused. 



Citrus Scale Insects. 



X considerable number of potentially important scale insects ha\e 

 been found on citiiis trees in the Union, most of them introductions 

 from oversea, and ilie folloAving list of them is thought by Mr. 

 Jjounslmry, Chief, Division of Entomology, to be almost though not 

 entirely complete: — 



1. Aspidiutus licili'Kir. 13. Ceroplustcs tlestniLinr. 



2. Aspiiliotus maskcUi. 14. Lecanium africanum. 



3. Aspidiotus silvuticus. 15. Lecanium heftperiduvi. 



4. Chrysomphalus aurantii. 16. Saissetia ohae. 



5. Chrysomp>halas dictyospeiini. 17. Fulvinaria flocclfera. 



6. Chrysomphalus ficHs. 18. 'Filtppia chUianihi. 



7. Chrysomphalus rossi. 19. Pseudococcus citri. 



8. Lepidosajjhes pinniforrnis. 20. Pseudococcus filamentosits. 



9. Lepidosaphes gloveri. 21. Pseudococcus fragilis. 



10. Ischnaspis longirostris. 22. Pseudococcus rirgatus. 



11. Parlnfnrin zhiphi. 23. Tadiardid tictiiu'lla. 

 12 Paiiaiorid pergandW. 



No. 4 ranks as the most importaul ; it does far more damage than 

 all the others together. 



It is strongly suspected tliat most of the imported species came 

 from oriental countries, chiefly from India through Durban. No. 4 

 seems likely to have entered at Capetown in the days of the Dutch 

 East India Company. No. 12 is suspected to have come in with a 

 few trees introduced from Japan in 1897. Were it not for our care- 

 fully conducted nursery inspection, there would be grave fear that 

 quite a number of the insects listed would soon get spread about the 

 Lnion with movements of nursery stock and in the course of time 

 become considered very serious citrus pests. 



Do not lose your coi)y of the Jouituil. A full index will he sent 

 subs(!ribers every six months. The Journal will prove a useful book 

 of reference to every farmer. In time it will be a valuable com- 

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