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New Zealand Sheep. 



scopic observations made by the sanitary officials of Milan 

 indicate that the lungs are the only organs affected, and it 

 is now pronounced to be pleuro-pneumonia of an infectious 

 type. The malady attacks poultry of all kinds, including 

 pigeons, and in almost all cases death results in a very 

 short time. 



The total number of sheep in New Zealand in April, i 



was returned by the Department of Agri- 



B n e Ntw°Ze^and. culture at '9.673.735, or about 14,000 less 

 than in 1897. Of these 2,856,699 are of the 

 Merino breeed, 56,900 being stud animals and flock rams. 

 Of the remainder, 16,392,711 are crossbred and other long- 

 wool wethers, ewes and lambs, exclusive of stud animals and 

 flock rams. The strains chiefly represented amongst the 

 breeding stock are the Lincoln, which numbers 198,324 stud 

 rams, ewes and lambs, and flock rams : the Romney, number- 

 ing 91,559; Border Leicester, 52,592; English Leicester, 41,915 ; 

 Shropshire, 19,880; Southdown, 3,473; and other breeds, 

 16,572. 



The Board of Agriculture have received information 



^ . through the Foreign Office that an exhi- 



Bairy 0 m & 



Machinery bition of dairy products, machinery, ap- 

 Exhibition at . , ,. .,, i - , '■- ... 



St. Petersburg-, paratus and appliances will be held by 



the Imperial Free Economic Society at 



St. Petersburg for one month from September 13th, 1899. 



It will be of an international character so far as concerns 



dairy apparatus and machinery ; apparatus for the practical 



and scientific analysis of milk, butter, and other products ; and 



vehicles and appliances for the transportation and storage 



of dairy produce. British exhibits will be admitted into Russia 



free of duty, so long as they be re-exported after the close of 



the exhibition ; but exhibits sold or otherwise left behind in 



the country will be subject to duty. 



