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Mouth Disease in cows and calves at Road End Farm, Udimore, near 

 Winchelsea, Sussex, and on the 18th disease was found on The Ham- 

 mond's Farm, five sheep being affected, and also among some sheep at 

 Float Farm, both being in the vicinity of the first-named outbreak. The 

 existence of the disease was confirmed in each case, and the Board 

 ordered the slaughter of the whole of the stock of these three farms, viz., 

 86 cattle, 2,300 sheep and lambs, and four swine; while as a matter of 

 precaution 160 sheep which had been exposed to infection were also 

 slaughtered. A large number of sheep outside the infected places were 

 examined, but no evidence of disease was found. 



The Board have made an Order, which came into operation on the 

 10th inst., modifying the restrictions in connection with these out- 

 breaks. Restrictions will, from the date of the operation of the new 

 Order, be in force only within a zone of approximately six miles of 

 Udimore. No part of Kent is included in the Order. 



MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



Importation of Potatoes into the Commonwealth of Australia. — By 



a Proclamation dated March 17th, 191 1, under the Quarantine Act, 1908, 

 the importation of potatoes from any country 

 Importation into the Commonwealth is prohibited unless :— 



Regulations. I# They are accompanied by an official 



certificate, dated and signed by a responsible officer of a Government 

 Department of the country of origin, identifying the potatoes, specifying 

 the quantity, and certifying — 



(a) That at the date of the issue of the certificate they were free 

 from the disease caused by Phytophthora infestans (known as Irish 

 Blight), and from the disease Chrysophlyctis endobiotica (known as 

 potato canker, black scab, warty disease, and cauliflower disease in 

 potatoes) ; 



(b) That they were grown in the country named ; 



(c) That they were grown at least twenty miles from any place 

 known, after due investigation, to be or to have been within five years 

 infected with either of the said diseases ; 



(d) That they were packed in the country of origin in clean, new 

 packages. 



2. The bags, crates, or other packages containing the potatoes are 

 marked on the outside with the name of the country of origin and 

 with other distinguishing mark or marks. 



Sections 3 and 4 deal with the conditions to be fulfilled by the 

 consignee on arrival of the potatoes in Australia, and provide for their 

 being planted and cultivated in quarantine. 



The above restrictions are relaxed in respect of potatoes imported 

 for food. 



Importation of Live Stock into South Africa.— The Diseases of Stock 

 Act, 191 1, of the Union of South Africa, repeals various laws of the 

 several States of the Union and substitutes certain provisions, of which 

 the following is a summary as regards the importation of animals 

 into the Union from oversea countries. 



Before any animals can be imported a written permit must be 



