588 Journal op the Department of Agriculture. 



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



Gazette. 



No. Date. Items. 



1079 30/7/20 Under the regulations for the administration of the Transkeian 

 Territories General Council (Proc. No. 143, 1915), the 

 Governor-General has imposed levies on stock (and a poll 

 rate) in certain Transkeian districts. The amounts payable 

 and dates when they fall due are published in G.N. No. 1305. 



1079 30/7/20 The Minister of Agriculture has declared the Frankenwald 

 Estates (portions of Bergvallei No. 1 and Klipfontein No. 

 88) to be in the Germiston District for purposes of paragraph 

 sixteen of the Diseases of Stock Act (No. 14 of 1911). 

 (G.N. No. 1308.) 



1079 30/7/20 The Minister of Agriculture has approved of certain gentlemen 

 in the Pretoria District as officers of the Department of 

 Agriculture for the purpose of empowering them to administer 

 regulations under the Stock Diseases Act. (G.N. No. 1319.) 



1079 30/7/20 Applications for Crown lands, to be disposed of on conditional 

 purchase lease, in the Waterberg District, will be received by 

 the Department of Lands, Pretoria, up to the 10th Sep- 

 tember. (G.N. No. 1307.) 



1079 30/7/20 Crown lands in the Divisions of Paarl, Kenhardt, and Tarka, 

 and the districts of Willowvale and Umzimkulu, will be 

 offered for sale by public auction on various dates in October 

 and at certain places mentioned in G.N. Nos. 1347 and 1348. 



1081 6/8/20 The redemarcation of the Xorana Plantation, Mqanduli district, 

 is notified in G.N. No. 1372. 



1081 6/8/20 For purposes of the administration of the Revised Scab Regula- 

 tions (G.N. No. 1703, 1919), the Minister has ordered that 

 the native areas referred to therein shall be as defined in 

 the Schedule to Act No. 27 of 1913. (G.N. No. 1362.) 



1081 6/8/20 Crown lands available in terms of Proc. No. 102 of 1911 are 

 notified as being for disposal in the Divisions of Weenen, 

 Impendhle, and Estcourt. Applications will be received by 

 the Secretary for Lands, Pietermaritzburg, up to the 6th 

 September, 1920. (G.N. No. 1361.) 



1081 6/8/20 Up to the 17th September applications will be received by the 

 Department of Lands, Pretoria, for Crown lands in the 

 Kenhardt Division that are to be disposed of on conditional 

 purchase lease. (G.N, No. 1398.) 



1081 6/8/20 Crown lands in the Heilbron District will be disposed of under 

 similar conditions as referred to above. (G.N. No. 1399.) 



Cotton Gins. 



The two cottou gius situated at Durban and at Eustenburg aro 

 being reopened for the purpose of ginning small parcels of specially 

 selected seed cotton for farmers. The gin at Rustenburg is now open, 

 and any farmer wishing to take advantage of this otter may send 

 parcels to the Manager of the Experiment Station, llustenburg. The 

 Durban gin will be opened for similar work next season. Faruiers 

 sending parcels of cotton must prepay freight and give instructions 

 as to where the seed and lint are to be forwarded after being ginned. 

 A charge will be made to cover the cost of ginning and of returning 

 the products to the farmer. It must be clearly understood that the 

 Government will in no case do commercial ginning. 



