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Journal of the Department op Agriculture. 



NOTES FROM THE "GAZETTE." 



Attention is drawn to the following matters of interest which appeared in tlio r?iinn 

 GorPDiment Guzrffe. 



(iAZETTi;. (Abbreviations: Proc."'- Proclamation ; "G.N." -Government Noi ice.") 



No. Date. Items. 



1041 lt)/4/20 Owing to the absence of scab therein the Minister of Agi-icuUure has, under 

 1045 2:^/4/20 the Diseases of Stock Act (No. 14 (jf 1911), declared protected the 



Districts of : — 



(i) Ladylirand, Senekal, Winburg, Ficksburg, Thaba 'Nchu. Smithfield, 

 Edenbnrg, Wepener, and portions of Hoopstad, Kroonstad, Bloeni- 

 fontein, Boshof. Zastron, the Sub- District of Venterstad and |)Ortion8 

 and farms in Albert and Carnarvon. (G.N. Nos. 647, 707.) 



(ii) Owing to the partial prevalence of scab the Minister of Agriculture 



has approved of serai-protection being extended to a new .ist of 43 



districts or portions of districts in the Cape. Orange Free State, and 



the Transvaal. (G.N. Nos. 648, 649.) 



1047 30/4/20 The compulsory dipping of sheep between 10th May and 30th June has been 



ordered for the Prieska District under the Scab Regulations. (G.N. No. 



745.) 

 1041 16/4/20 Compulsory Dipping of Cattle in the three and five day dips has been 

 1045 23/4/20 ordered by the Minister for the Districts of Nqutu, Barberton, Ladysmith, 



1047 30/4/20 Game Reserve (Barberton), and portions of Vryheid, Estcourt, Ixopo, 



10.50 7/5/20 Utrecht. Umvoti, and Camperdown Districts. (G'.N. Nos. G50, 706, 760, 



and 792.) 

 1041 16/4/'^,0 Unallotted farms in certain Natal districts are notified for disposal by the 



Secretary for Lands; applications to be made to the Surveyor-General, 



Pietermaritzburg, up to the 28th May. (G.N. No. 660.) 

 1045 23/4/20 Lot No. 8630, Vlakte Rand, in the Montagu Division, is notified for disposal 



by public auction, at 3.30 p.m., Wednesday. 23rd June, at the residence 



of Mr. Joubert, of Warmwaterdrift. (G.N. No. 680.) 

 1045 23/4/20 The Great Fish River Irrigation District, with the definitions of it'! 



boundaries, lias been proclaimed by Proclamation No. 63. 

 1045 23/4/20 Restrictions for the prevention and spread of Citrus Canker have been 



proclaimed under the Agricultural Pests Act (No. 11 of 1914), and the 



removal of citrus fruit and trees has been restricted in certain areas in 



the Districts of Rustenburg, Waterberg. and Pntoria. f Proclamation 



No. 67.) 

 1045 23/4/20 The appointment of W. J. J. Scheepers (r/w Mr. J. E. de Villiers) as an 



Itinerant Water ('uurt Judge, with Headquarters at Capetown, is notified 



in G.N. No. 681. 

 1045 2.3/4/20 The appointment of members of the Land B'urd of the South- West Africa 



Protectorate under the Crown Land Disposal Ordinance (1903), as 



amended by Protectorate of South- West Africa Crown Lands Disposal 



Proclamation (No. 13 of 1920). is notified in G.N. No. 698. 

 1047 30/4/2(1 The conditions of lease, applying to unalienated Crown Lands in Natal and 



Zululand unsuitable for European settlement pur()Oses, are amended in 



certain respects (^maintenance, fencing, cost of dipping tanks, etc.). 



(Proclamation No. 70.) 

 1047 30/4/20 From the 22nd April certain railway tariffs, including those on live stock, 



have been increased, the special surcharge of 25 per cent, in the case of 



stock being increased to 33^ per cent. 

 30/4/20 An allotment early in July of 1500 tons of guano to bona fide farmers and 



gardeners within the Union is notified. Further particulars as to 



conditions and manner of application appear in G.N. No. 288. 

 7/.5/20 The demarcation of The Kathu Forest Reserve, Block I, in the Division of 



Kuruman, is notified. (G.N. No. 794.) 



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