^04 PRECIS OF REPORTS CONCERNING TSETSE- FLY ANt) 



My opinion, basc'd on a long residence in this country and a general 

 acquaintance with eveiy part of it, is thnt there are certain limits of country 

 which may be called "Tsetse-Fly Districts." What are the precise 

 conditions which are necessary for the existence of the fly is impossible at 

 present to say ; but I think that beyond the limits of these Districts they do 

 not go. Some years they may be found in various localities within these 

 Districts, whereas in other years they maybe found in other portions. Their 

 presence also varies according to the season of the year. 



(Signed) ALFRED SHARFE, 



Governor. 



Cattle Disease in the Nyasaland Protectorate. 



The following Motion was passed at the May Session, 1909, of the 

 Legislative Council : — 



" That this Council requests His Excellency to call for reports from the 

 Residents of each District as to the condition of cattle disease, existence of 

 tsetse-fly and reported spread of the fly to new districts ; and that the said 

 reports, together with such other information as may be available, be collated 

 and submitted at the next Session of the Council." 



His Excellency the Governor issued directions that Residents of Districts 

 should be instructed to prepare and submit Reports on the subject, such 

 Reports to embrace the following heads : — 



(a) Cattle diseases amongst European and Native stock in each District ; 

 and (h) the existence and distribution of tsetse-fly in relation thereto ; and 

 (1) cattle statistics for the past five years, v^ith mortality, &c. ; (2) actual 

 tsetse-fly area ; (3) increase in tsetse-fly area — if any ; (4) a Sketch Map 

 to illustrate (2) and (3). 



Residents were instructed that the Reports should be comprehensive and 

 deal clearly and succinctly with the whole question of cattle mortality, more 

 especially in relation to the existing tsetse-fly areas and the extension or 

 diminution of such areas during the past five years. 



Carefully compiled reports were accordingly rendered by the Resideaits in 

 charge of Districts, of which the following is a Precis. European stock- 

 owners were communicated with and their views are embodied in the 

 reports 



