234 EXTRACTS FROM DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR [D6e. 1894. 



REPORTS. 



consumption of the German population was 3,869,693 tons. This 

 means an increase of 33 per cent, in the consumption. Further- 

 more, the average quantity of rye consumed in the 13 harvest 

 years 1879-80 until 1891-92 was 6,271,841 tons, while that of 

 the year 1892-93 was 6,965,000 tons, which gives an increase of 

 11 per cent, in the consumption. It is maintained that these 

 figures would not be materially changed, if the transition year 



1891- 92 were left out of consideration. 



Assuming that the German population increased by about 10 

 per cent, during the period under consideration (i.e., the year 



1892- 93 as compared with the ave):'ages of the years 1879-80 to 

 1891-92), the consumption of rye has kept pace very nearly with 

 this increase in the population, whereas the increase in the 

 consumption of wheat is quite three times as great. From these 

 data the conclusion is drawn (though with all the reservation 

 necessary in such calculations) that as far as can be gathered 

 from existing facts, the German population has increased its 

 consumption of wheat, while that of rye has remained the same, 

 so that, in general, the people now eat more bread and that, too, 

 of a better qualitj^ 



[Foreign Office Reports, Miscellaneous Series, No, 340.] 



Agriculture in Zululand. 



Sir W. F. Hely-Hutchinson, the Governor of Zululand, in a 

 Report to the Colonial Office, says that a good harvest was 

 obtained in all parts of the territory during the year 1893, the 

 season having been an exceptionally good one, and the total 

 yield above the average. The natural pasturage of Zululand 

 is excellent for cattle, and, in many localities, for sheep and 

 horses. 



The natives suffered considerable losses of stock from a disease 

 known as " Nakana," which generally made its appearance in 

 the districts unhealthy for man. An exhaustive inquiry was 

 instituted as to the cause of this peculiar disease, and from the 

 result of the investigation made it would appear that Nakana" 

 prevails only in the localities occupied by the larger species of 

 game, and is associated with the presence of game by the natives. 



Measures have consequently been taken with the object of 

 confining the larger species of game to the most unhealthy and 

 uninhabited parts of the country, where they will not come into 

 contact with cattle and other stock. 



The mortality amongst cattle from lung sickness was heavy 

 in the Intonjaneni district, whilst the other districts were 

 comparatively free from this disease. Owing probably to the 

 heavy rainfall, horse siclvness was unusually severe, especially in, 

 the Inkandhla district. " ■ 



