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Report on Grouse Disease. 



5ii 



Twelve scholarships will be awarded in October next if so many 

 suitable candidates present themselves. 



The scholarships will be of the annual value of ^150, and will be 

 tenable for three years, provided that satisfactory reports are made at 

 the end of each year as to the conduct and capacity of the holder by the 

 authority under whose supervision the scholar is placed by the Board. 



Scholars must be prepared to work under such supervision as the 

 Board may prescribe, and at an institution selected by the Board afford- 

 ing facilities for research in one of the following subjects : — 



1. Plant Physiology. 



2. Plant Pathology. 



3. Genetics. 



4. Plant Nutrition and Soil Problems, 



5. Animal Nutrition. 



6. Animal Pathology. 



7. Bacteriology, with special reference to Agriculture. 



8. Zoology do. do. 



9. Economics do. do. 



A scholar will not be permitted to engage in other work, except 

 under such conditions as the Board may direct. 



The amount of the scholarship will be paid in quarterly instalments, 

 and the scholarship will commence as soon after the award as arrange- 

 ments can be made for placing the successful candidate at an institution. 



A scholar will be entitled to such vacations as may be accorded him 

 by the authority under whose supervision he is placed, but the aggregate 

 absence in any one year is not to exceed two months. 



The scholar will be required, as a general rule, to spend some part 

 of the three years at an approved Continental laboratory or university. 



An applicant for a scholarship must be (a) a graduate of a university, 

 or (b) the holder of a diploma of a university or college of university 

 rank. He must be nominated, on the form provided, by a professor 

 or lecturer of a university or college of university rank. Nominations 

 must be received not later than September 23rd next. 



The Report (Cd. 5871; price i%d.) of the Departmental Committee 

 appointed by the President of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries 



He ort of th * n t0 * nc * u * re * n * :o ^ e na ^ ure an< ^ caus e 



« of grouse disease has been recently issued as 



Committee on r> r 



; a Parliamentary paper. 



Grouse Disease. Xhe work of the Committee was carried 



on with the aid of a number of scientists, who were asked to assist 

 in the investigation, and of a body of local correspondents in different 

 parts of the country. 



In 1905 and 1906 the stock of grouse was remarkably healthy, and 

 an excellent opportunity was given of studying the bird under normal 

 conditions. An outbreak of considerable mortality among grouse in 



1907 enabled data to be collected of the disease, especially as regards 

 the lingering or pining form of the disease, which has since been traced 

 to the ravages of the threadworm Trichostrongylus per gracilis. In 



1908 the research stage of the investigation was reached, and the follow- 



