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the claim by the liiilivcs as to tli(' imniunity conveyed by the con- 

 sumption of those herbs is not established, and some other reason must 

 be song-lit for Iho usually innocuous results attending the widespread 

 practice of eating anthrax-infected meat among natives in this 

 (^ountrv. 



South African Exhibition at Amsterdam. 



Advice has been received from the Tiade Commissioner, London, 

 that the South African Exhibiticm held at Amsterdam from the 19th 

 March to the 10th April, 1921, was very largely attended through- 

 out, and that as an outcome numerous inquiries relating to trade and 

 other matters concerning the Union are being received by him. The 

 objects of the exhibition, it may be remarked, were, according to the 

 official catalogue, " primarily to bring to the notice of the ])eo])le of 

 the Netherlands the variety of South African i)roduc1s, .... to 

 stimulate a wider interest in all phases of South African life, and to 

 direct attention to the advantages which it offers as a field for the 

 investor, the industrialist, the agriculturist, and the tourist." 

 Producers in the Union have well responded to the requirements of 

 the exhibition, and it is gratifying to learn that already there is 

 evidence of its success, and we have reason to anticipate that the 

 laudable objects of the exhibition will amply be realized. 



Any movement which is likely to make known the possibilities 

 of agricultural South Africa and open wider avenues for an oversea 

 trade is to be welcomed hy farmers whose interests are directly served 

 thereby, and the extent to which the exhi])ition at Amsterdam will 

 conduce thereto may be gauged hy the wide range of products 

 exhibited and the numerous awards received. 



A copy of the list of awards has been received from the Trade 

 Commissioner, which shows the following main sections of exhibits 

 and the awards in each, viz. : Wool, mohair, sealskins (one gold medal 

 in each, all awarded to the Department) ; hides and skins (2 gold 

 medals); leather (1 gold medal); wattle bark and extract (4 gold 

 medals); cotton (1 gold and 2 silver medals); ostrich specimens and 

 chicks (1 gold medal); manufaclured ostrich feathers (1 gold medal); 

 sugar (2 gold medals) ; bush tea (1 gold medal) ; lea (1 bronze medal) ; 

 canned fish (5 gold medals); minerals (1 gold medal to the Depart- 

 ment of Mines); coal (2 gold medals); chemicals CI bronze medal); 

 timbers (1 gold medal to the Foi'est Department); gold exhibit (1 

 gold medal to the Transvaal Chamber of Mines) ; tobacco (6 gold and 

 5 silver medals) ; bacon and hams (3 gold medals) ; eggs (3 silver 

 medals) ; butter (4 gold and 1 silver medals) ; cheese (2 gold, 3 silver, 

 and 1 bronze medals) ; four companies received a gold medal 

 each for the excellence of their private stands, and a similar award 

 was given to the firm candying out the staging effects, the Publicity 

 Department for an outstanding exhibit of South African pictures, 

 and the Trade Commissioner for the general excellence of the exhibi- 

 tion, the success of which was due in no small degree to his supervi- 

 sion and the efforts of his staff. The awards for wines have not yet 

 been advised. 



Ir may be explainetl that these awards were given only in a 

 remote sense on a competitive basis, and should be regarded rather in 

 the light of awards of merit for the general high quality or degree of 

 interest of tlie particular exhibits, 



