402 Journal of the Department of Agriculture. 



NOTES FROM THE "GAZETTE." 



Attention is drawn to the following matters of interest wiiich appeared in the Union 

 (iorernment Oazette. 



Gazette. (Abbreviations; - Proc.'' — Proclamation; "G.N." — Government Notice.) 



No. Date. Items. 



1051 14/5/20 Under the Diseases of Stock Act (No. 14, 1911) the compulsory dipping of 



1054 21/5/20 cattle in the three, five, and sixty day dip has been ordered by the 



Minister of Agriculture for portions of the Zoutpansberg, Paulpieters- 

 burg, Heidelberg, New Hanover, Rarberton, Prrtoria, Piet Pietief, 

 Ngotshe, Umzimkulu, Umvoti, and Lions River Districts. (G.N. Nos. 

 822, 881, 930, and 9H2). 

 Dipping of cattle for East Coast Fever in the five-day dip has been made 

 compulsory for certain farms in the Pretoria District. (G.N. No. 400.) 

 The proposed demarcation of the Paf ane Plantation. Tabankulu District, 

 is notified in terms of the Forests Act (No. 16 of 1913). (G.N. No. 837.) 

 The Poortfontein Irrigation District, in the Divisions of Swellendam and 

 Ladismith, has been declared as such, with the definition of the boun- 

 daries, by Proclamation No. 85, and the Lower Kaap Irrigation District 

 in the Barberton District, with the definition of its boundaries, by Proc. 

 No. 86. 



1051 21/6/20 In terms of Sub-section (1) of Section five of the Fencing Act (No. 17 of 

 1912), the Governor-General has declared that as from 20th May, 

 1920, contributions to the cost of fencing are obligatory in the surveyed 

 portion of the District of Port St. Johns specially acquired for European 

 occupation. (Proc No. 87). 



1054 21/5/20 On the request of the Divisional Council of Mafeking, the Governor-General 

 has declared that Seciion thirty-six of the Stock and Produce Theft 

 Repression Consolidation Act of 1893, shall come into operation for the 

 -Division of Mafeking as from 21st May, 1920. (Proc. No. 89.) 



105 4 21/6/20 A limited number of Government Scholarships, and the conditions under 

 which these will be awarded, arj notified in G.N. No. 893. 



1051 21/5/20 The Stock Regulations, as far as the reporting of Stock Diseases is concerned, 



1060 4/6/20 have been amended by G.N. No. 846 ; and the persons to whom and 



the periods within which the reports have to be made (as provided for 

 in G.N. No. 1703 of 1919) are determined by G.N. No. 963. 



1057 28/5/20 Demarcations of the Forest Reserves of Zomeikomst Plantation in the 

 Pietersburg District, and of Harland and HeathercIifEe in the Uitenhage 

 Division, have been notified in G.N. Nos. 910 and 911. 



]0()(> 4/6/20 Harkerville Forest Reserve, Knj-ssa Division, with its demarcation has been 

 proclaimed by G.N. No. 946. 



1057. 28/5/20 On account of the resignation of Mr. E. R. Montgomery, the Minister of 

 Agriculture has approved of the appointment in his stead of Sir Arnold 

 Theiler, K.C.M.G., as a member of the Advisory Committee of tlie 

 Botanical Survey of the Union. 



1057 28/5/20 Certain portions of the Indwe Sub- Division of the Wodehouse District, are 

 proclaimed as an East Coast Fever Area under the Stock Diseases Act 

 (No. 14 of 1911) and stock movements therein are restricted. (G.N. 

 No. 92i*.) 



1057 28/5/20 Up to the 9th July applications will be received by the Department of 

 Lands, Pretoria, for the disposal on conditional purchase lease of certain 

 farms in the Heilbron District (G.N. No. 917), and by the Secretary 

 for Lands, c/o the Survey<n--General, Pietermaritzburg, in respect of 

 certain farms in the KUp Kiver and Dundee Divisions. (G.N. No. 919.) 



1O60 4/6/20 Semi-protection under the Scab Regulations has been extended to certain 

 areas adjoining the Steynsburg Division as defined in the Schedule to 

 G.N. No. 951. 



1(160 4/6/20 The Educational Standard for Apprentices entering the Government Farm, 

 Groot Constantia, will be Standard VI. as from Ist June, 1920, Instead 

 of Standard iV. (G.N. No. 426.) 



