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divisions of Albany, Stockenstroom, King Wil- 
liam's Town and Cathcart. A second club was 
being formed in Albany and also in Cathcart divi- 
sion. No subsidised packs of hounds were re- 
ported. It was resolved that Messrs. Hoole 
(chairman), Clarke* and Fletcher be the commit- 
tee's delegates to the annual congress in Cape 
Town on October 8th. 
CIRCLE No. 13. 
Mr. C. R. Ornold presided at the first meet- 
ing of Circle Committee No. 13, held at Sterks- 
troom on July 27th. Initial business resulted in 
the appointment of Mr. G. A. Martin as secre- 
tary and a decision to make Sterkstroom the com- 
mittee's headquarters. It was decided that the 
laying down of poison be prohibited within No. 
13 Circle excepting upon written consent from the 
committee, and that a general hunt should take 
place on the first Thursday in each month. It 
was further agreed that each club should have 
the right to nominate its officers by a majority 
of votes, and every member should obey the cap- 
tain of the club. The meeting also decided that 
application be made to each Divisional Council in 
the circle for an advance of £10, the amounts to 
be handed to the secretary of the circle committee 
for disbursement. Messrs. L. J. Steytler, H. R. 
de Wet, and C. P. Marais, were selected as dele- 
gates to the forthcoming congress. 
CIRCLE No. 14. 
A meeting of Circle Committee No. 14 was 
held at Aliwal North on August 14th, Mr. J. H. 
Botha presiding. Reports from circle members 
with reference to organisation were submitted, in 
the course of which it was stated that Barkly 
East Division had been thoroughly organised, 
with 254 members and 543 dogs. Divisional com- 
mittee reports were read, and showed, inter alia : 
Barkly East.- — During the period from 1st 
July, 1917, to the 22nd June, 1918, rewards were 
paid by the Divisional Council for the destruction 
of sixty-three jackals at 10/-, one lynx at 15/-, 
and one baboon at 2/-. 
Oliwal North. — During the year ending June 
30th the Divisional Council had paid £96 2s. for 
the destruction of vermin, which included 189 
jackals, 2 red cats, and 1 baboon. 
Dordrecht. — During the year the Council 
had paid £115 7s. 6d. for destruction of vermin, 
as follows : — 73 jackals at 22/6 each, 7 jackals 
at 20/- each, 24 jackals at 12/6 each, 6 red cats 
at 22/6 each, and 36 wild cats at 2/6 each. 
Petitions from several farmers' associations 
were submitted, requesting that poison be laid for 
the extermination of jackals. 
It was resolved that every Divisional Coun- 
cil within the circle be asked to reconsider the 
question of increasing the rewards for jackals to 
20/- each. 
It was agreed that the Administrator be re- 
quested to reconsider the proclamation of wild cat, 
otter, and witkrais bird as vermin within the area 
of Circle No. 14. 
Messrs Botha and Bradley were selected as 
delegates to the annual congress in Cape Town on 
October 8th. Subjects for the congress agenda 
were selected. 
The quarterly meeting of the Circle Com- 
mittee No. 10 for the Extermination of Vermin 
was held yesterday forenoon at the Divisional 
Council Chamber. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were 
read and confirmed. 
The Secretary reported receipt of contribu- 
tions of £20 each from the following Divisional 
Councils : — Steylerville, Port Elizabeth, Uiten- 
hage and Alexandria. 
The following returns were received of ver- 
min destroyed for which rewards had been paid 
for the quarter ending 31st March. 
Alexandria. — 43 jackals, 10 red cats, 2 
baboons. 
Steytlerville. — 165 jackals, 7 lynx, 74 
baboons. 
Uitenhage. — For 6 months ending 31st Mar., 
1 tiger, 326 jackals, 43 lynx, 118 baboons. 
The Alexandria Council also furnished a re- 
turn for the last 12 months showing that 169 
jackals and 8 baboons had been destroyed. 
EXTERMINATION OF VERMIN. 
An interesting return has been issued for the 
information of the Vermin Extermination Cone- 
gress at Cape Town on October 8th, 1918, show- 
ing the numbers of vermin destroyed and the 
payments made for the same during the year 
ended 30th June, 1918. As is now well known, 
the Cape Province is divided into 17 Circles for 
the purpose of vermin extermination, and it is 
decidedly hopeful to find that all these, according 
to their energy and the prevalence of vermin have 
been busy during the period under review. To 
persons who have not watched the progress of 
events in this direction it may come as a surprise 
to learn that for the twelve months 21,637 jackals, 
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