AGRICULTURAL — GENERAL 333 



PORTUGUESE 



In Lisbon a central department of agricultural services at the 

 Colonial Ministry has charge of all services in the Portuguese 

 colonies. At present this department includes veterinary services, 

 but plans are going forward for the organization of a separate 

 department in Lisbon for animal husbandry. 



In Angola and Mozambique there are departments for agricul- 

 ture and animal husbandry under independent management. 

 The following notei applies only to the veterinary organization, 

 since information on agriculture unfortunately is not available. 



In Mozambique a central laboratory for veterinary pathology, 

 to include also the preparation of serum and vaccine, has recently 

 been established at Lourengo Marques, and a central zootechnical 

 farm, some eighty miles distant, is being enlarged to extend work 

 in animal husbandry. Subsidiary stock farms exist in regions 

 where cattle are most concentrated. European veterinary officers 

 are also at work in the different provinces and apply measures 

 of sanitary inspection, vaccination, dipping, and regional quaran- 

 tine. 



In Angola a central laboratory is under construction and part 

 of it is already in working order. Situated in the highlands, it is 

 intended for pathological research in addition to the production 

 of serum and vaccine. In the Ganda district there is a zootech- 

 nical station specially intended for the production of meat. In 

 the Humpata district, the high plain in the south, there is another 

 station for the production of wool, milk, and working beasts. The 

 Cuanhama district has a large establishment which, together with 

 a native breeding centre, examines the question of the improve- 

 ment of beef-producing cattle and of horses, and likewise of mutton- 

 producing sheep. In Quilengues, the central coastal region, there 

 is also a station for the production of beef and mutton. Scattered 

 throughout the rest of the colony are smaller breeding farms 

 affiliated to the principal stations, and centres along the coast exist 

 for the purpose of making an intensive survey of all animal pro- 

 ducts exported from the territory. 



^ From information supplied by Dr. d'Eca, Chief of the Veterinary Services, 

 Mozambique. 



