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THE AORICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



amongst which " it is almost impossible 

 to find a clean herd or flock," so long we 

 shall be unable to hope for any better- 

 ment of our condition in this respect. 



You will see that fourteen animals have 

 been prohibited from entering the Colony 

 by reason of their beirg affected with the 

 disease tuberculosis, and the fact should 

 not be lost sight of amongst intending 

 importers that the disease exists exten- 

 sively amongst Madagascar cattle. 



Work in the Laboratory during the 

 month of June has not been great ; about 

 600 doses of quarter-evil vaccine, 10 doses 

 mallein, 10 doses of anti-streptococcus 

 serum, and 4 doses of anti-venenne have 

 been issued in addition to the ordinary 

 work of the Laboratory, such as examina- 

 tions of post-mortem specimens, inocula- 

 tions of immune animals, etc., etc. 

 Besides the extra work entailed by the 

 recent outbreak of Rinderpest, the amount 

 of official work has been great, leaving 

 but small time for research work, etc. 



I have the honour to be. 

 Sir, 



Your obedient Servant, 



H. Watkins-Pitchford, 

 C.V. Surgeon. 



MARITZBURG.— D.V.S. WOOLLATT^ 



The greater part of the month I was in 

 the Umvoti Location on binderpest duty 

 (from 11th to i!5th) ; the rest of the time 

 I have been occupied with office work and 

 the duties of D.V.S., Maritzburg. 



During the month 259 oxen have been 

 admitted to the clean quarantine depot at 

 Pieters, and 490 oxen discharged and 

 allowed to come south of the Tugela River. 



The Government Grazing Area for dis- 

 charged transport oxen at Elands Laagte 

 was given up on the 10th, and a new area 

 formed on the Crown lands at Umhlamyl 

 During the month 1501 oxen have been 

 running ou this new area ; two cases of 

 lungsickness appeared on the area during 

 the month. Both of the affected animals, 

 however, died of the disease, and on July 

 Ist the area was free from lungsickness. 

 Eight deaths from other causes happened 

 in June, live from poverty, and three from 

 accidents (falling down mountains, etc.) 



NEWCASTLE.— D.V.S. HUTCHINSON. 



Lungsickness. — Fourteen licenses have 

 been issued during the month in the 

 Newcastle Division, but against this 40 

 quarantines have been raised. Twenty- 

 five fresh outbreaks have been reported in 

 l^adysmith Division, and seven quaran- 

 tines raised. Also ten outbreaks in 

 Dundee Division and two in Upper 

 Tugela, with two licenses raised. There 

 are seventy head of cattle affected with 

 the disease in the Lennoxton Camp, 

 and about a similar number in the Camp 

 on Decker's farm. Thirty-two infected 

 oxen remain behind at Matowan's Kop, 

 Elands Laagte, and there are 1,561 dis- 

 charged transport oxen in the Camp at 

 M hi u mayo. 



-S't-aft.— Thirteen flocks have been placed 

 under license in the Newcastle Division, 

 and eighteen quarantines raised for this 

 disease. Ladysmith, three issued and two 

 removed. Upper Tugela, two issued and 

 one removed. In Dundee twelve flocks 

 have been licensed. 



48,288 sheep have entered the Colony 

 during the month, via Charlestown, over 

 14,000 of which were dipped at the Cold- 

 stream Dipping Station. 



The majority of the flocks and herds 

 placed under license are recent arrivals in 

 the Colony. 



A large amount of stock still continues 

 to enter the Colony from the O.R. Colony 

 and Transvaal, amongst which lungsick- 

 ness and scab are rampant, it being almost 

 impossible to find a clean herd or flock. 



GREy TOWN,— D.V.S. CORDY. 



i^cah.—'Th.YQQ outbreaks have occurred 

 during the month. 



Lungsickness. — No fresh outbreaks. 

 The cattle of Mr. E. Boast, of York, have 

 been placed under a second license from 

 June Itth, one animal having died on that 

 date. No others are showing symptoms 

 of the disease at present. 



Rinderpest. — An outbreak of this dis- 

 ease occurred during the month at the 

 kraal of Native Mbogodo, in Sobuza's 

 Location, Umvoti Valley, among a troop 

 of twenty-one head of cattle, three of 

 which had been lobola'd to Native 

 Ngwadhla at a neighbouring kraal, and 

 there died. 



