AND MINING RECORD. 



Vol. IV. FKIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1901. No. 11. 



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CONTENTS. 



District Reports 



Veterinary. 



Rinderpest Bulletin 

 Departmental Report for May 



Agriculture. 



Australian Tree Seeds ... 



Horses. 



Breeding of Saddle and Harness 

 Horses. By Frederick Hutchin- 

 son, V.S. ... 



PAaE. 

 322 



321 



338 



324 



329 



Miscellaneous. 



One-line Railway 



Botanic Gardens, Durban ; half- 

 yearly Report 



Instructions for taking samples for 

 A-oalysis By Alex. Pardy, 

 F.C.S. ... 



To Australia and Back. Hon. T. 

 K. Murray, C.M.G., M.L.A. ... 



Tasmanian Blue Gum Timber — 

 Official Correspondence 



Systematic Afforestation. By G. H. 

 Davies 



Correspondence. 

 Green Manuring 



Market Reports 



page. 

 321 



322 



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 352 



Rinderpest, 



No further extension of this disease 

 has occurred in Umvoti County. Re- 

 ports continue to be received from various 

 quarters, announcing cases of suspicious 

 nature, but upon investigation these 

 prove to be without foundation, and in- 

 deed would have attracted little or no 

 notice had not the owners become ap- 

 prehensive, by reason of the recurrence 

 of the malady in our midst. 



The reports received from- the Orange 

 Eiver Colony are reassuring, and the dis- 

 ease is reported as being still confined 

 within the original quarantine area. The 

 losses amongst these recently inoculated 

 cattle (now numbering nearly ten thous- 

 and) have been less than five per cent., 



(By H. Watkins-Pitootoed, P.R.C.V.S.) 



confirming, thereby, the estimate which 

 was formed some five years ago as to the 

 safety and utility of the serum method 

 of treatment. 



One Line Railway^ 



PEARSONS' MAGAZINE" for Febru- 

 ary, 1899, contains an interesting 

 article on mono or single line railways. 

 The writer claims that these railways are 

 more economical, much safer, more 

 easily built, and less costly to maintain 

 than the ordinary light railway with 

 double track in all countries where 

 natural difficulties have to be sur- 



