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Colony recenth' issued by the British Government authorities 

 is of interest. It is as follows : 



1. " Disinfection of hides, hoofs, horm, skins and feathers, i. Hides, 

 skins, hoofs, horns and feathers will only be allowed south of Orange 

 River and will only be accepted for conveyance by rail after being 

 thoroughly disinfected in the manner hereafter described at railway 

 stations and the authorized crossing places in terms of Regulation 5 

 issued under Proclamation No. 3S7 of i8g6, or at each of them as shall 

 hereafter be notified. 



2. No hides, skins, horns or hoofs shall be passed by the Supervis- 

 ing Officer unless accompanied by a declaration signed by the consignor 

 (or his agent) that they are from animals that have not died from rinder- 

 pest. Any hides, skins, horns or hoofs not accompanied by such 

 declaration, shall be immediaiely destroj'ed by the Supervising Officer 

 at the consignor's expense. 



3. Disinfection shall be supervised by the officer appointed by the 

 Government for the purpose, but shall be performed bj' the owners or 

 consignors or their agents. 



4. Dried hides, horns or hoofs shall be immersed in a liquid disin- 

 fectant for at least 30 minutes. 



5. Green hides and skins shall be immersed in a liquid disinfectant 

 for a period of at least 15 miuutes. 



6. The disinfectant used may be either a two per cent solution of 

 carbolic acid or a five per cent solution of Jaye's Disinfectant, Odani's 

 Disinfectant or Izal. 



7. Feathers shall be hung up for three hours in a chamber charged 

 with sulphurous acid produced by burning an excess of sulphur in a 

 closed chamber. 



S. Hides, skins, horns, hoofs and the packages containing feathers 

 when disinfected, shall be marked for the guidance of the railway 

 officials, and shall be accompanied by a certificate that disinfection has 

 been efficiently performed, signed by the supervising officer without 

 which the railway' officials shall refuse to receive the articles. 



9. When disinfection is completed, the articles disinfected shall be 

 loaded direct into a previously disinfected railway truck. 



10. Drying, salting orany other subsequent treatment of the hides 

 or skins shall be done by the owners or their agents at their own risk." 



"Disinfection of travelers or passengers, i. Travelers and pas- 

 sengers shall be disinfected at railwaj' stations and at authorized cross- 

 ing places, in terms of Regulations 7 and 8 issued under Proclamation 

 No. 5S7 of 1896, by the police or other persons dulj- authorized by the 

 Secretary of Agriculture in the manner hereafter described. 



2. Natives shall strip and enter a bath containing 2 per cent solu- 

 tion of carbolic acid ; they shall then be provided with a blanket or 



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