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TEE AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



Fruit Trade of Natal, 



iHE Natal Fruit Farmers' Union pub- 

 lish the following statistics : — 



Approximate value of yearly exports of 

 fruit from Natal : — By steamers to coast 

 ports : 14,000 cases, declared value £(S,400, 

 freight paid £4,000. By rail inland : 



54,070 oases, declared value £32,000, rai 

 (about) £5,400. Total value of cases 

 £40,500 ; paid carriage £9,400. Shipped 

 per annum, 2,800 cubic tons ; railed, 5,407 

 tons M'eight. Fruit delivered to markets 

 other than by rail is not taken into ac- 

 count in this statement. 



Pound Noticesm 



THE stock impounded as hereunder 

 will be sold, unless previously re- 

 leased, on the 16th October next : — 



Ho wick. — Two white goats ; blue goat ; 

 black goat ; black ram. All slit tips of ears. 

 On the farm Newstead, and reported by 

 Mr. Willoughby Methley. — Bay filly, 

 black points, long mane and tail, probably 

 three years old this Spring, no marks or 

 brands visible. 



Estcourt. — Black heifer, white marks 

 on breast, age, two years. On the farm 

 Strydpoort, of C. M. Pretorious, red ox, 

 branded horseshoe right leg, round horns, 

 left horn bent down, white under throat, 

 also white patch under breast, tail half 

 white, right ear swallow tail, left, point 

 cut off. 



Colenso. — Very dark-brown pony, about 



13 hands, both hind and off fore feet 

 white, shod all round, probably six year 

 old, no brand ; white boar pig. This 

 animal followed a troop of horses, the 

 property of the Military Authorities, from 

 Ladysmith. 



Umsinga.— Grey pony, 14 hands, age 

 seven yeai s, hogged mane, shod all round, 

 indistinct brand near hind quarter ; kafir 

 (she) goat, black ; kafir (she) goat, grey ; 

 b;iy stallion, age seven yeai'S, height 13.3, 

 marks, etc., nil, jjrobable value £5. 



Nqutu. — Black goat, impouneed by 

 Baleni on ]2lh June for trespass ; black 

 mare, impounded by Ndita on 21st July 

 fo r tr(f-] asp. This mare has no marks, is 



14 har ds high, and has a long tail. 



Boston — Bay pony, near hind foot 

 white, indistinct white mark half way 

 down jaw. 



Caudella. — Chestnut mare, a little white 

 star on forehead, about 13hds. 2in., about 

 four years old, shod all round, in good 

 condition. 



Richmond.— Two large black oxen, both 

 have white hind feet and white tips on 

 the tails, and branded on the left hips 

 very indistinctly, looks like INOorJWD. 



Moguntia — Black bull calf, white under 

 belly, no brands. 



The difficulties the early Viiginian colonists 

 ihad with their live stock is curiously illus- 

 trated by the fact that in the colony of Massa- 

 chusetts Bay a red call was cheaper than a 

 black one, experience having shown that the 

 former wa.s more likely to be attacked by 

 wolves, owing, it was thought, to the wolves 

 mistaking it for a deer. 



The New Zealand Agricultural Department 

 proposes to receive, grade, kill, pluck, prepare, 

 supply cases, pack, and freeze poulti-y at the 

 following uniform rates: — Fowls and duck- 

 lings, 4d. each; geese and turkeys, 8d. each. 

 The department reserves to itself the right to 

 reject any bird over the age stated, or in poor 

 condition, or otherwise unsuitable, and ai) 

 birds rejected must be at once removed from 

 the depot by the owner or his agent. Should 

 any of the birds sent be rejected, the officials 

 will endeavour to fill up tihe crate with suit- 

 able birds, and charge actual cost, or dispose 

 of the odd birdts at market price. The depart- 

 ment will pay railage or steamer freight to the 

 depot on all birds accepted for export. Tfie 

 freight, railage, or other charges on rejected 

 birds will, however, be charged to the owner. 



