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■THE AOniCV LTUBAL JOURNAL. 



Weekly RInderpemt Report, 



llTH FEBRUARY, 1902. 



Ladysmith Division. 



WACHT-EN-BEETJE Kop, Van Eee- 

 nen's. — Fresh outbreak among 

 native stock; one dead; cattle inoculated. 



KirkintuUoch. — The old outbreaks on 

 this farm have died out. One death oc- 

 curred amongst Liana's cattle. : 



Farms Brinley, Hill Grest,' Macpher- 

 son's, Kleinfontein. — The disease has died 

 out here. 



Buy's Farm.— One death; no fresh 

 cases. ' " . 



Kleinfontein (adjoining Buy's Farm). 

 — No deaths; no fresh cases. 



Doornkraal and Swaartkloof. — No 

 deaths; no fresh cases. 



Van Eeeneu's, Brakwal, and Keproach. 

 — The disease has died out here! 



Upper Tugela Division. 

 Earthcote. — One dead and two sick 

 amongst 22 oxen brought from Newcastle. 

 The two sick oxen left behind at New- 

 castle are stated by D.V.S. Hutchinson 

 to be suffering from the effects of inocula- 

 tion for lungsickness. The oxen have 

 been inoculated with bile and isolated. 

 127 head of mixed cattle on the farm have 

 also been inoculated. 



Netvcastle Division. 



Normandein Area. — Seven deaths dur- 

 ing last week, of which five have been 

 calves; six animals have salted. 



Ingogo.— Two fresh outbreaks. Cattle 

 of H. Lea and C. McLeod. 



Lennoxton Area. — Two fresh out- 

 breaks. Cattle of J. Smith and Msham- 

 anya. Two deaths; one sick. 



Hope Farm.— Several sick animals. E. 

 Walker and the P. W. Dept., Lennoxton, 

 have had heavy losses. 



Cbarlestown.^ — The disease is dying out 

 here. Most owners have inoculated. 



Dundee Division. 



Vellivrcda, Goedgeloof, and Babesay. — 

 No deaths; no fresh cases. 



Avicmore. — Fresh outbreak here; 45 

 head of cattle of J. B. Craighead; one 

 animal sick. Cattle inoculated with bile. 



Lincoln and Swiss Valley. — Fresh out- 

 break; 450 cattle of Mr. Glutz. Cattle 

 inoculated on the 24th January. Outbreak 

 due to inoculation with raw bile. One 

 animal sick. 



Krantzkop Division. 

 Jammerdaal. — No deaths; no fresh 

 cases. 



Frogmore. — Two deaths; no fresh cases. 



Elandsvlei.- — No deaths; no fresh cases. 



Elandskop. — Fresh outbreak; cattle of 

 Mrs. De Waal. One death on the 7th. 



The following farms, with the above, 

 have been quarantined: — Entombeni, Sut- 

 herland, Buffel's Hoek, Drifontein, 

 Scottsdale, Woodlands, Paul's Rest, and 

 Middlehoek. 



Zululand. 

 Nkandhla. — Four deaths; one fresh 

 outbreak reported. 



S. B. WOOLLATT, 

 Principal Veterinary Surgeon. 



Grey Box Gum, 



SOME time ago Mr. J. Masckn, of 

 Messrs. Merryweather & Sons, ex- 

 pressed in the Journal high appreciation 

 of a certain gum timber. Later Mr. 

 Mason was good enough to send speci- 

 mens of the flower, seed, etc., which were 

 forwarded by the Department to the 

 Secretary for Agriculture, Sydney, New 

 South Wales. The specimens were sub- 

 mitted to Mr. J. H. Maidan, the Govern- 

 ment Botanist, who identified the tree as 

 " Box Gum," or " Grey Box " ( Eucali/ji- 

 tus hemijMoia). For further particulars 

 of this timber see No. 19, Vol. IV. 



One result of the bounty on sugar ia that in 

 France sugar costs 6d. a lb., and therefore 

 people use as little of it as they can help. In 

 Britain the price is IJd. p(r lb. At present 

 France consumes about 25 lb. a head, Germany 

 30, Austria 8, and the United Kingdom 82. 



The Madras Government has sanctioned ex- 

 penditure of R15,tKX) next year on experimental 

 cultivation, of which R5,003 will be spent on 

 starting a "sugar-cane station" in Godavery. 



