TEE AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



73:5 



Stock Inspector. 



W. Gray 



E. Varty 

 B. Kliisensr 



A. S. Parkinson ... 



District, 



Upper Tugela. S. 

 of Tugela River 

 & Estcourt, N. of 

 Bushman's River 



Umvoti, Western 

 Portion 



Lower Umzimkulu 



New Hanover 



Disease. 



Lungs'ckness 



Scab 

 Lungsickness 



Scab 

 Lungsickness 



Owner. 



F. E, Zunckel ... 

 Natives 



Wm. Zunckel and 



Umliezana 

 J. M Van Rooyen 



— Thompson 

 W. Clothier 



(J. Mabai 



C. Kaupar 



J. Malichi 



H. Mason 



Umshola & Makenke 



R. Smith 



C. Niebuhr 



Farm. 



Rivulet. 

 Hongerspoort. 

 Wilhelmus Hohe 



Pompoennek. 



Marburg. 

 Ultima Thu'e. 

 Marburg, 



Oakhurst. 



Swaimana's Location 

 Effingham. 

 Borrelfontein, 



The whole of that portion of Na'.ai north of the Tugela River has been proclaimed an infectel 

 area on account of Rinderpest. 



The whole of that portion of Natal north of the Tugela River and the Province of Zululand are 

 intected areas under the Lungsickness Act. Individual cases under license within these areas are not 

 published Iniormaticn as to any case under license may always be obtained at the Office of the P.V. 

 burgeon, Pietermaritzburg. 



Rinderpest exists on farms Kirkintulloch, Hill Crest, Riet Kuil. Zwaartkloof, Doornkraal, and 

 Reproach in Ladysmith Division ; in the Normandien District and Ingogo and Charhstown Town 

 Ijands ; in the Newcastle Division ; on the farm Jammerdail in the Kranskop Division ; and at 

 native kraals in the Nkandhla District, Zululand; also on farms Goedekloof and Babesay, in the 

 Dundee Division. 



Principal Veterinary Surgeon's Office, 15th January, 1902. 



M. J. HIME, for P. V. Surgeon. 



How to Pack Flowers for Post, 



So many of our friends on the Downs, 

 says the "N.S.W. Agricultural 

 Gazette," send boxes of beautiful flowers 

 to Brisbane during the season when the 

 most beautiful and exquisitely scented 

 European flowers are in bloom, that we 

 should wish them to study the art of 

 packing them for the journey so that they 

 may arrive in good condition. Many a 

 box have we seen full of violets crushed 

 and partly destroyed by the final water- 

 ing considered essential before closing the 

 parcel. If blooms are packed into a box 

 carelessly, with a cabbage leaf beneath 

 and above them, and then doused M'ith 

 water ■ with the idea of keeping them 

 fresh, by the time they arrive at their 

 destination, after the rough handling they 

 usually receive in the guard's van, the 

 greater part are destroyed, and the re- 

 mainder look like the Last Rose of 

 Summer — faded and gone. Flower-pack- 

 ing is an art well understood by florists. 

 Look at the exquisite blooms in some 



of the Brisbane florists' windows. Many 

 of them have stood a journey from 

 Sydney and even from Melbourne, yet 

 they look as fresh and delicate as if 

 still growing on the plant. 



The best travelling box is one made of 

 tin, but strong cardboard boxes will do 

 on emergency. Line the box with white 

 paper. Cut the flowers early in the morn- 

 ing — never in the afternoon. Lay them 

 in the box one by one, filling up the 

 whole space ; if they do not fit into the 

 corners, stuff the latter with soft tissue 

 paper. Do not sprinkle any water on 

 them, but cover with a few fern leaves, 

 and over these place a sheet of damp 

 cotton wool. The flowers will travel 

 safely, provided the train and postal 

 officials are careful. If they are not so, it 

 will probably be your own fault. To 

 avoid accidents, label the box in clear, 

 large letters, "Cut Flowers." The re- 

 cipient of flowers thus packed will find 

 no damaged ones in the parcel, 



