Notes from the "■' Gazette." 773. 



(Abbreviation-- : ••' Proc."- Proclamation ; "G.N." — Government Notice.) 



Gazette. 



No. Date. Itkms. 



iog4 17 Q 20 Owing to absence on leave of Sir .Arnold Theiler, K.C.M.G.. 

 Director of Veterinary Education and Research, the Assistant 

 Director, Dr. P. J. du Toit. has been ajipointed .-\cting 

 Director at Onderstepoort as from r^th September, !Q20. 

 (G.N. No. 1664.) 



iog4 17 g/20 Compulsory dipping of sheep and goats, in terms of the Stock 

 ioq6 I 10 '20 Diseases Act and the Scab Regulations, has been ordered (i) 



in the Districts of Fraserburg, Hopetown, Maraisburg, 

 Molteno, Tarka, Queenstown, Cradock, Pearston, l^tenhage, 

 Steytlerville, and Jansenville, within the period ist October 

 to 3Tst December, 1920 (G.N. No. i6q4) ; (2) for the Dis- 

 tricts of Ngqeleni and Libode (Transkei) within the respec- 

 tive periods ist October-joth November and [5th November- 

 31st December, 1020 (G.N. No. i6q6); (3) for the Districts 

 of Tsolo, Qumbu, Mount Frere, Mount AylifT, Mount 

 Fletcher, Matatiele, and Umzimkulu within the period ist 

 October-3ist December, ig20. (G.N. No. i8og.) 



1004 '7 20 The Minister of Agriculture has ordered that three months 

 after 15th September, ig20, no permits for the movement of 

 cattle within the District of Pretoria will be issued other 

 than for cattle kept within the boundaries of a municipality 

 and subject to certain conditions, unless the owner has a 

 cattle dipping tank of his own at which his cattle are 

 being regularly dipped at specified intervals, or at other 

 tanks und^r conditions further outlined in G. N. No. 1697. 



iog4 17 () 20 The disposal of Crown Lands by public auction is notified to 

 take place at 10 a.m. on 27th November in front of the 

 Court-house at Montagu; 10 a.m., nth December, in front of 

 the Court-house at Robertson; 10.30 a.m., 8th December, out- 

 side the Civil Commissioner s Office, Old Supreme Court 

 Buildings, Capetown; 2 p.m., i8th December, at Van Wijks- 

 vlei ; and 10 a.m., 18th December, in front of the Magis- 

 trate's Office at \^ictoria West. For further particulars see 

 G.N. No. 1711. 



logs -4 Q 20 All stock brands registered under the Orange River Colony 

 Registration Ordinance, igi3, in the Free .State for the 

 quarter ended 30th June, 1020, are published in G.N. No. 

 1717. 



Brands for horses, cattle, ostriches, sheep, and goats, 

 registered under the Brands Registration Acts, Nos. 12 of 

 i8go and 4 of i8g7 (Cape of Good Hope), for the quarter 

 ended 30th June, ig2o, appear in G.N. No. 1724. 



rugs 24 g 20 Crown land, in the Division of .Albany, will be offered for 

 sale hy public auction in front of the Magistrate's Offices, 

 Grahamstown, at 10 a.m., on 5th January, ig2i. (G.N. 

 No. 1763.) 



iog6 I 10/20 .\ Commission has been appointed to investigate and report 

 on the following : — Measures to prevent losses owing to 

 iog8 [5 10 20 drought; change of farming methods; improvements in 



farming conditic ns ; indigency among the farming com- 

 munity in consequence of losses, and the production of 

 feeding by the cultivation of various grasses. The members 

 of the Commission are : — 



H. S. Du Toit (Government .Agronomist — Chairman). 

 S. M. Gadd (Cape). 

 G. A. Kolbe (Orange Free State). 



A. Stead, B.Sc, F.CS. (Grootfontein School of .Agricul- 

 ture). 

 R. \. B. Mussman, Secretarv. 

 (G.N. Nos. 1S05, 1871.) 



