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Agricultural Students' Association, [aug. 



on application as above : The Mussel Scale (No. 107) ; Con- 

 tagious Abortion in Cattle (No. 108) ; Carriage of Milk by Rail 

 in Locked Cans (No. no); Co-operative Egg and Poultry 

 Societies (No. in); Weeds and their Suppression (No. 112) ; 

 Dry Rot (No. 113) ; Feeding of Poultry (No. 1 14). 



The New Zealand Government have recently passed two Acts 



which are now in operation in the Colony. The Products 



Exports Act (No. 35 of 1903) provides 



New Zealand t ^ at grain, hops, hemp, fruit-pulp, apples, 

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pears and poultry exported from New 



Zealand must bear a prescribed stamp or mark, or a certificate 

 in writing as to quality and condition, signed by a duly 

 authorised official. The exportation of any product may be 

 exempted from the provisions of the Act by Order in Council^ 

 Another Act (No. 67 of 1903) prohibits the importation of 

 diseased plants, and provides for the eradication of diseases 

 affecting orchards and fruit trees, and the prevention of their 

 dissemination in the Colony. 



The Agricultural Students' Association of the Durham 

 College of Science, which was established in 1901, now numbers 

 91 members. The objects of the associa- 

 An Agricultural tion (as stated in the rules) are to unite 

 Associ^ion together the students past and present of 

 the agricultural department of the college, 

 and to promote the study and development of agriculture. Two 

 prizes are offered for competition annually (a) for the best 

 essay having a direct bearing on agriculture or some branch 

 thereof, e.g., crops, stock, land, buildings, machinery, statistics, 

 economics, systems of farming, biographies of famous agri- 

 culturists ; and (b) for the best agricultural experiment carried 

 out and reported on by a member or members. The association 

 also distributes to members copies of publications dealing with 



