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NOTES FROM THE "GAZETTE." 



Attention is drawn to the following matters of interest which appeared 

 in the Union Government Gazette: — 



(Abbreviations: " Proc." — Proclanaation ; "G.N." — Government Notice.) 



Gazette. 

 No. Date. Items. 



1062 11/6/20 The regulations restricting the movements of cattle within the 

 Indwe Sub-Division of Wodehouse district on account of East 

 Coast fever, have been amended. (G.N. No. 929.) 

 1062 11/6/20 The appointment of certain gentlemen as officers of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture for the purpose of imposing provisional 

 quarantines on farms in the Pretoria District on which the 

 presence of East Coast fever is suspected, is notified in G.N. 

 No. 986. 

 1062 11/6/20 The Minister of Agriculture has approved of the withdrawal of 

 the restrictions on public sales of cattle in the Mount Fletcher 

 district. (G.N. No. 1000.) 

 1062 11/6/20 Compulsory dipping of cattle in the five-day dip in certain 

 1064 18/6/20 portions, of the districts of Umvoti, Lions River, Umzimkulu, 



1068 25/6/20 Ixopo, Ladysmith, Krantzkop, Estcourt, Port Shepstone, 



1071 2/7/20 Pietermaritzburg, Impendhle, New Hanover, Richmond, and 



Durban ; in the three-day dip in portions of Zoutpansberg, 

 Pretoria, Barberton, and Piet Retief; and in the seven-day 

 dip in portions of Lydenburg, is required in terms of G.N. 

 Nos. 1001, 1048, 1083, 1132. 

 1062 11/6/20 Crown lands in the Division of Kenhardt will be offered for sale 

 by public auction on Saturday, 21st August, 1920, at 11 a.m., 

 in front of the Magistrate's Office, Kenhardt. (G.N. No. 988.) 

 1064 18/6/20 The cutting and removal of rushes used by natives for the 

 making of mats is prohibited in certain native locations ii? 

 the district of Mqanduli, Tembuland. The period of such 

 prohibition and other conditions are stipulated in G.N. No. 

 100. 

 1064 18/6/20 Both the " Thethlelele " and "Chevy Chase" Plantations, in 

 the Mount Fletcher district, are to be declared demarcated 

 forests by the Minister in tei-ms of Act No. 16 of 1913. 

 (G.N. Nos. 1022 and 1023.) 

 1064 18/6/20 The districts of Riversdale, Ladismith, Swellendam, and portion 

 of Bredasdorp, have been declared protected areas for pur- 

 poses of the scab regulations framed under the Stock Diseases 

 Act, No. 14 of 1911. The movement of sheep and goats within, 

 into, and out of such areas are governed by the above-men- 

 tioned regulations. (G.N. No. 1036.) 

 1064 18/6/20 Under the Stock Diseases Act, No. 14 of 1911, the Minister has 

 restricted the movements of cattle in respect of the Pretoria 

 Municipal Area and Town Lands. (G.N. No. 1049.) 

 1064 18/6/20 For the purposes of the Stock Diseases Act, the Minister has 

 declared the farms Jachtpad, Witumveloos, and Rusthof 

 (Sub-division A of Onverwacht No. 63) to be in the Vryheid 

 District. 

 1064 18/6/20 The Forest Department publishes the Prospectus of the School 

 for Foresters and Forest Apprentices, giving full particulars 

 as to purpose of the courses, the subjects they embrace, con- 

 ditions of admission, etc. (G.N. No. 470.) 



A notification to intending students desirous of entering 

 the courses referred to above is published in G.N. No. 471. 

 1068 25/6/20 The tarift' for forest produce, as fixed by G.N. No. 1809 of 1914, 

 issued by the Forest Department, has been amended to 

 2s. 6d. per wagon load of "grass" for thatch; and for 

 " reed " for thatch to 10s. per 1000 bundles of not more than 

 10 inches in circumference. (G.N. No. 1067.) 



