Horses for Indian Army. 



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priation for the immediate needs of 1899, amount to 

 ^272,657. Provision is also made in the Budget for the 

 State studs, ^17 1,981 being allowed for this service. 



The above amounts have been converted into English 

 money at the rate of one rouble = 2-13 shillings. 



Importation of Animals into Belgium. 



With reference to the note on " Importation of Horses " 

 into Belgium which appeared in the Journal of the Board of 

 Agriculture for June last (Vol. IV., p. 95), subsequent decrees 

 have modified the fees charged for the inspection of im- 

 ported horses and other animals, and the tariff, as fixed by 

 an Order of 23rd November, 1897, is now as follows : — 



Horses : 3s. 2d. per head, if they have to undergo the 

 mallein test ; 2s. for others. 



Cattle : is. 7d. per head, if they have to undergo the tuber- 

 culin test; 1 od. per head for cattle over four months, and 5d. per 

 calf under four months, if not subjected to the tuberculin test. 



Sheep, goats, and pigs : 5d. per head for lots of one to five ; 

 £d, per head above five. 



The Indian Government has announced that an importation 

 of about 1,850 horses suitable for army 



Indian Army. 



Horses for the 



purposes will be required during the year 



1898-9. The animals are divided into 

 two classes, viz., (1) Australian, Tasmanian, and Cape horses, 

 and (2) Arabs and Persians. The purchases will be made in 

 Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay, by the army remount depart- 

 ment whose depots will be open for the reception of horses from 

 the 1st of November, 1898, to the end of the purchasing 

 season. Horses and mares of all breeds will be received, 

 but they must be within the prescribed age, four to six years, 

 and, in case of Australian horses, 15 hands 1 inch to 16 hands 

 high. Greys will not be purchased for horse and field 

 artillery. The average price for an Australian or Cape 



