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India may be given. The flowers on this 

 shrub arc produced on the young wood 

 of the same season's growth, and in the 

 winter pruning all the wood of the last 



season's growth may be cut back to the 

 okl stems. The prunin<r of evergreen 

 shrubs consists chiefly in thinning and 

 cutting out all the old wood. 



Rinaerpest Proclamation. 



THE following Proclamation l)y Ilis 

 Excellency the Governor (Sir Heary 

 E. McUallum), dated 18th June, 11)01, 

 was published in the Govern m/'nt Gazette 

 on the liSlh inst. : — 



Whereas the disease of Rinderpest h is 

 broken out in the areahereinufter defitied : 

 Now, therefore, in virtue of the powei-s 

 vested in me by the ]>aw No. 13 of ISiRi, 

 and the Animals Diseases Act of 1894, 1, 

 the Governor in Council, do hereby pro- 

 claim and make known that the place 

 defined in the Schedule to this Proclinia- 

 tion shall be deemed to be an iutVct<;d 

 area within the meaning of the said Law 

 and Act. 



And, I do hereby forbid the removal 

 from or bringing into the said area of 

 any horned cattle, sheep, or goats, 

 whether the same are or are not affected 

 with any disease; but such prohibition 

 shall not apply to horned cattle, sheep, or 

 goats carried through the said area by the 

 Natal Government Hallways, provided 

 that such animals are not entrainetl 

 within the said area. 



The penalty for any contravention of 

 the Law No. 13 of 186(5, or of the said 



Animals Diseases Act of 1894, or of this 

 proclamation, or of any other procla- 

 mation, which may hereafter be issued 

 under the authority of the said Law 

 or Act, shall be a fine not exceeding 

 £50 sterling, with the alternative of im- 

 prisonment, with or without hard labour, 

 until the payment of such fine ; such 

 imprisonment not to exceed the term of 

 three months. 



This proclamation shall take effect from 

 the date of promulgation in the Nat'd 

 Government Gazttte. 



Schedule. 



Boundaries of infected area : — 



On tln! west by the Greytown Road ; 

 On the north by the Hermaiisburg 

 Road ; 



On the east by a line five miles east of 

 Umvoti River and of its tributary 

 (unnamed), running north to cross 

 the Hermansburg Road ; and 



On the south by the Inkanzi and Rooi 

 Spruits connecting the Greytown 

 Road south of Sevenoaks with t!ie 

 Umvoti River. 



CorrespondencOm 



To the Editor Agricultural Journal. 

 EXPORT OF ORANGES AND NAARTJES. 



SIR, — It may prove of use if I give you 

 an instance of the above fruit being 

 successfully sent to England fvum my 

 brother's place, " The Kloof," on the 

 Town Hill. 



On or about 13th July last a quantity of 

 oranges and naartjes were picked and 

 packed in two oLl pai-aHin cases, the sides 

 and tops of which, however, were not 

 left solid, but had been taken off, and part 

 put on again in the shape of bars, the 

 ends and bottoms remaining untouched, 

 and a division being put in the middle. 

 Each orange and naartje was wrapped in 



a piece of newspaper, and the fi uit was 

 ripe when picked, being yellow but quite 

 firm, and of course it was picked by 

 hand to avoid bruising. The newspaper 

 constituted the only packing. 



The boxes were sent to the Sa.am at 

 Durban, and I presume placed in the 

 " cool chamber," or whatever the cold 

 storage of the steamer be called. They 

 duly arrived at Southampton, and were 

 despatched at once, and the one for me 

 arrived at Lowestoft, where 1 was then 

 staying, on the 13th August. Ihe con- 

 dition of the fruit was absolutely perfect 



