404 Conveyance of Cattle to Jamaica. 



The Board are informed by Messrs. Elder, Dempster & Co. 



that they are anxious to increase the export of pedigree live 



stock from the United Kingdom to Jamaica, 



n ^?i nV f ya r nCe ? f with the object of improving the breed of 

 Cattle to Jamaica. J , 



horses, cattle and sheep there ; and that 



they are therefore willing to carry, freight free, by the Imperial 

 Direct West India Mail Service, all such animals as may be 

 offered during the next three months. Cattle boxes, food, and 

 attendance must be arranged for by the shippers. 



The Board have received information through the Foreign 

 Office that, from May 2nd to May ioth next year, a general 

 exhibition, illustrating hvgienic milk supply, 



D l7H?m h buli° n wi " be held at Hamburg, the aim being to 

 exhibit to the consumer the production and 

 supply of milk from an agricultural, technical, scientific, and 

 hygienic point of view. During the exhibition a course of 

 lectures will be delivered, which, it is hoped, will offer many 

 points of interest to scientists. 



The Board have received a copy of a publication issued by 

 the Transvaal Department of Agriculture, entitled Handbook 

 for Settlers, containing advice for the use 

 Land Settlement Q f persons taking up land for agricultural 



111 the 1 - , ^ , m i • r 



Transvaal purposes in that Colony. Detailed infor- 

 mation is supplied concerning farming, 

 stock breeding, horticulture, and other matters of interest to 

 agriculturists. 



