lcS2 Journal op the Department of Agriculture. 



Thk First Publication 



will soon be issued as Memoir (No. 1) by Professor Schonlaiid 

 on " The Phanerogamic Flora of the Divisions of Uiten- 

 hag-e and Port Elizabeth," being an account of the flowering plants 

 of these Divisions, and forming a companion to the lists, published 

 by the South African Philosophical Society and the Royal Society of 

 South Africa, of the plants of the Cape Peninsula (by Bolus and 

 Wolley Dod) and of Natal (by J. Medley Wood). 



An appreciative note on the establishment of the Botanic Survey 

 appears in the Bulletin of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (No. 10, 

 1919), in which the writer refers to " the enlightenment of outlook 

 in matters connected with the learning of scientific knowledge on 

 practical affairs which experience has taught us to expect on the part 

 of the Government of the Union of South Africa." 



Kafftr Corn— Production in the Union. 



The following statement shows the total quantity of Kaffir corn 

 grown in the four Provinces of the l^nion (note : 1 muid = 200 lb.) : — 



Province 



Cape of Good Hope 



Natal 



Transvaal 



Orange Fiee State ... 



Total— Union ... 



A comparison of the Census returns of 1911 and 1918 shows that, 

 while the production of Kaffir corn made an appreciable forward move- 

 ment in the Cape and Transvaal Provinces, there is a considerable 

 falling off in the production of the crop in Natal, and in the Orange 

 Free State also there is a small reduction. 



The above figures show that the total kaffir corn crop in 1918 was 

 produced as follows : — - 



In Cape of Good Hope 26 per cent. 



Natal 19 ,, 



Transvaal 46 ,, ,. 



Oranoe Free State 9 ,, 



100 



* Preliminary estimate. Adverse weather conditions have reduced the prospects. See 

 the Crop Report, page 218. 



