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A licence to shoot one bull elephant (tusks over 30 lb. each) 

 costs ;£io. 



A licence to shoot two bull elephants (tusks over 30 lb. 

 each) costs £30. 



APPENDIX E. 



Veterinary Notes. 



By R. J. STORDY, Chief Veterinary Officer. 



EAST AFRICA, like many new countries, has its fair share 

 of stock diseases. Many of these diseases have been in 

 existence for so long a time that their virulence has become 

 attenuated, with the result that a large percentage of the 

 animals born in the country are possessed of an immunity 

 or resistance to them. The immunity exhibited by the 

 native stock of East Africa is one of the Protectorate's 

 greatest assets, and goes far to ensure the success of the stock 

 raising industry for which large areas of the Protectorate are 

 eminently suited. 



To combat disease of stock, an up-to-date Veterinary 

 Department has been formed by the Government, and during 

 the past two years a pathological laboratory has been 

 established for investigating the diseases of the country and 

 for the manufacture of protective sera for the various diseases 

 which affect stock in East Africa. 



The chief veterinary officer has his headquarters at Nairobi, 

 and veterinary officers are stationed at various centres 

 throughout the Protectorate. 



The veterinary officer at the ports of Mombasa and 

 Kilindini examines all stock entering the Protectorate by 

 sea, and a fly-proof stable is at the disposal of importers of 

 stock at Kilindini in which to house their animals prior to 

 their being entrained for up country. The railway authorities 

 provide fly-proof vehicles for the conveyance of stock through 

 the tsetse-fly belt which extends from the coast to Simba 



