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Government agent may arrive at any time and 

 repeat his outrages. 



The labours of Dr. Theiler, of Pretoria, more 

 beneficent perhaps than those of any man in 

 the continent of Africa at the present day, seem 

 to be on the point of being crowned by the 

 successful treatment of East Coast fever by 

 inoculation. 



Stock-breeders in the Lourenzo Marques dis- 

 trict, within railway communication of the town 

 or in the suburbs, will find a limited market for 

 milk. At present the supply of fresh milk is so 

 small that the bulk of the milk-purchasing por- 

 tion of the population — natives not coming 

 within that designation — is compelled to use 

 tinned milk. 



As we have seen, breeders in the district are 

 devoting their attention at present to the Fries- 

 land and Shorthorn breeds as agents for improv- 

 ing the native strains. Both are proving good 

 grazers ; but the Friesland is more famed for its 

 milk-producing qualities than for beef, the Short- 

 horn excelling both in milk and beef. The 

 merits of the two breeds as milkers is well illus- 

 trated in the following comparison, taken from a 

 table in "The Agricultural Note-book" (McCon- 

 nell). It represents the average of milking trials 



