CATTLE DISEASE IN THE NYASALAND PROTECTORATE. 205 



I. Stock. 



District. 



1. Lower Shire 



'2. Riio 



3. West Shire 



4. JBlautyre 



5. Mian je 



6. Zomba 



7. Upper Shire 



8. South Nyasa 



9. Central Angoniland 



10. Marimba 



11. West Nyasa 



12. Mombeia 



13. North Nvasa 



European Stock. 



Native Stock. 



1904/5. 



p 

 812 



? 

 650 



5,577* 



1909/10. 1904/5. 



163 

 100 

 156 



4,805 

 627 



1,161 



803 



99 



1,923 



262 



67 



205 



486 



10,857 



112 



149 



12 



54 

 518 



97 



628 



462 



80 



8,000 



11,208 



21,320 



1909/10. 



113 



204 



163 



17 



a few 



942 



507 



1,012 



1,015 



2,399 



23,000 



15,462 



44,834 



II. Increase or Decrease of Tsetse- Fly Area. 



1. Lower Shire. 



No tsetse-fly yet observed in any portion o£ the district, either near the 

 River or in the Hills. 



2. Ruo. 



The existence of tsetse in this district is open to argument f. Whereas 



* The figures for 1904/5 are approximate ; details for each District not now available 

 from Statistics ; only the total was shown in the Blue Book and the returns destroyed ; the 

 increased figures for 1909/10 should not therefore be necessarily put down to natural 

 increase entirely, but rather to a more accurate knowledge of the numbers of European and 

 Native Stock. 



t [Dr. J. B. Davey has recorded (Bull. Ent. Res. pt. 2, p. 143) that he found G.fusca 

 numerous at Masinjiri's and Kaporo on all of several visits. This clearly indicates the risk 

 of relying upon negative evidence with regard to this species from observers who have no 

 special knowledge of its peculiar habits. — Ed.] 



