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men of intelligence who shall be trained in the duties pertaining to the 

 eradication of African coast fever, and particularly to the methods for 

 securing the efficiency of dipping tanks, with special instructions to 

 scrutinise carefully all cattle within the areas, and ensure that they are 

 properly dipped. Such officials should be sworn in as poUcemen and 

 be subject to the police regulations. Incentives in the way of promo- 

 tion should also be held out to them as a reward for vigilance and zeal 

 in the excution of their duties, (e) Making compulsory the building 

 of dipping tanks in areas liable to African coast fever (not only on private 

 farms, but also on crown lands and native locations), and in that 

 connection giving the greatest encouragement possible in the erection 

 of such tanl<:s by means of advances through the Land Bank under 

 the existing law, and also by assisting farmers to secure materials for 

 building the tanks at the cheapest rates, (f ) Having all dipping tanks 

 inspected and tested regularly at least once a month, and givmg greater 

 facilities for the testing of the liquid in such tanks, (g) Taking 

 immediate steps in order that isometers, which are now almost 

 unprocurable, be placed within the reach of every cattle farmer at 

 cost price, (h) Providing every district veterinary officer with a 

 microscope in order that he may quickly investigate and report upon 

 the blood-smears sent to him. (i) Instituting a regular system of 

 analysis of dipping materials of!ered for sale, the vendor to be under 

 special licence and his wares to be subj ect to analysis by the Department 

 at all times for strength and solubility, and that in regard thereto 

 the Adulteration Act be strictly enforced, (j) Settmg on foot an 

 extensive African coast fever propaganda, (k) Instituting a complete 

 and effective check upon the movement of cattle in and around 

 infected and suspected areas by insisting (i) that permits shall only 

 be issued by the Magistrate of the District, who may however, for the 

 convenience of the public, depute trustworthy and responsible officials 

 entrusted with the carrying out of the African coast fever regulations to 

 issue movement permits in his name, and that such officials be made 

 readily accessible by the public immediately when required ; (ii) that 

 it shall be wholly illegal to grant a permit for the movement of cattle 

 out of or through an infected or suspected area, and that all cattle 

 found under such illegal movement shall be instantly destroyed and 

 the offender prosecuted ; (iii) that a proper register of cattle movements 

 under permit shall be kept and a copy thereof sent monthly to the head 

 of the East Coast Fever Department, who shall closely scrutinise it. 

 (1) Importing fencing material and placing it at the disposal of farmers 

 at cost price, (m) Discontinuing the practice of killing off cattle -as 

 being ruinous and unnecessary. 



In conclusion, the Committee states that the one prevailing note 

 that was struck by every witness throughout the enquiry is the 

 absolute necessity of short- interval dipping and hand-dressing, and 

 acting upon the universal testimony of these witnesses the Committee 

 has no hesitation in recommending both to the farmer and the 

 Government a thorough and persistent policy of three, five or seven 

 days' dipping as the only means by which all tick-borne diseases, 

 and especially that known as east coast fever, can be eradicated. 

 Emphasis is also laid on the fact that the systematic use of hand- 

 dressing with an arsenical solution of adequate strength is as imperative 

 as dipping. 



