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TBB AOBI G U LTV RAL JOURNAL. 



Rinderpest Notices , 



THE following Proclamation, dated 15th 

 November, 1901, has been issued : — 

 Whereas the disease of Rinderpest has 

 broken out in the areas hereinafter 

 defined : 



Now, therefore, in virtue of the powers 

 vested in me by the Law No. 13 of 1866, 

 and the Animal Diseases Act of 1894, I, 

 the Governor ill Council, do hereby pro- 

 claim and make known that the areas 

 respectively defined in the Schedule to 

 this Proclamation shall be deemed to be 

 infected areas within the meaning of the 

 said Law and Act. 



And I do hereby forbid the removal 

 from, or introduction into, either of the 

 said areas, or from either of the said areas 

 into the other, of any horned cattle, sheep, 

 or goats, whether the same are or are not 

 affected with any disease. 



The penalty for any contravention of 

 this Proclamation shall be a fine hot ex- 

 ceeding £50 sterling, with the alternative 

 of imprisonment, 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 Natal 

 Oovernment Gazette. 



SCHEDULE. 



1. The farms " Schoonspruit," " Zuur- 

 plaat," " Krantskop," " Bonny Braes," 

 "Mount Plessis" " Doornhoek," "Lis- 

 bon," " Kroom EUenboog," and that por- 



tion of Sub-division A of the farm " Zand 

 Spruit " lying south of the maiii road 

 from Ladysmith to Van Reenen's, all situ- 

 ate in the County of Klip River. 



2. The whole of that portion of the 

 Colony north of the Tugela River, but 

 exclusive of the Province of Zululand 

 and of the area No. 1 hereinbefore 

 described. 



NOTICE. 



Under Government Notice No. r)06 of 

 1901, I hereby grant permission to all 

 owners having Stock in that portion of 

 the Upper Tugela Division, North of the 

 Tugela River, and in that portion of Klip 

 River Division bounded on the South by 

 the Tagela River, on the East and North 

 by the Sunday's River, and on the West 

 and North by the Drakensberg Mountains, 

 to inoculate their cattle with Bile. A 

 Bile Station will be established as soon 

 as possible in the vicinity of Ladysmith. 

 Owners should send to this Bile Station 

 seven per cent, of their cattle, such seven 

 per cent, to be adult cattle and in low 

 condition if possible. Bile will then be 

 issued to them free of charge 



Owners not sending in seven per cent, 

 of their cattle will be charged for such 

 bile as the Department can supply. 

 There is only a limited supply of bile at 

 present. 



S. B. WOOLLATT, 

 Principal Veterinary Surgeon. 



P.V.S. Office, Pietermaritzburg, 

 16th November, 1901. 



Pound Notices. 



I^HE stock impounded as hereunder will 

 be sold, unless previously released, 

 on the 18th December next : — 



Mooi River. — On the farm Waterhoek, 

 black ox, about 3 years old, branded S on 

 right side, no ear marks visible. 



Lower Umfolozi. — Chestnut mare, 

 height about V.V?> hands, white blaze, 



long tail and mane, off hind leg swollen, 

 age about 6 years. 



Est court.— On the farm Remainder, 

 bay niare, branded G 2 on near leg, off 

 hind foot white. 



Ladysmith.— Twenty-four kafir goats, 

 five of which are kapaters, the remainder 

 she goats. Nineteen of the goats are 



