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spring  no  insect  attack  of  general  interest  has  been  reported, 
though  comjjlaints  have  been  received  from  various  quarters 
of  such  familiar  pests  as  wireworm  and  millepede. 
15.  Since  the  beginning  of  the  year,  some  slight  progress 
appears  to  have  been  made  in  the  direction  of  exterminating 
swine-fever,  but  the  returns  with  regard  to  anthrax  and 
glanders  indicate  that  these  diseases  are  now  more  prevalent 
than  they  have  been  for  many  years.  No  case  of  rabies  has 
been  detected  during  the  last  half  year,  and  as  nearly  eighteen 
months  have  elapsed  since  the  last  reported  case  it  may  with 
much  confidence  be  assumed  that  the  disease  has  actually  been 
stamped  out. 
16.  The  Fifth  Annual  Examination  for  the  National 
Diploma  in  Agriculture  was,  by  the  courtesy  of  the  authorities 
of  the  Yorkshire  College  at  Leeds,  held  in  the  College  in  the 
week  commencing  the  9th  instant.  The  examination  for  this 
Diploma  is  conducted  by  a joint  Board,  composed  of  I'epre- 
sentatives  of  the  Highland  and  Agricultural  Society  of  Scotland 
and  of  this  Society.  The  number  of  candidates  was  75,  of 
whom  47  entered  in  Part  I.  and  28  in  Part  II.  The  results  of 
the  Examination  will  be  announced  to  the  Members  at  the 
General  Meeting. 
17.  The  Annual  Examinations  in  the  autumn  for  the 
National  Diploma  in  the  Science  and  Practice  of  Dairying 
will  be  held,  as  before,  at  the  Reading  College  and  British 
Dairy  Institute  (for  English  candidates),  from  September  19 
to  22  next,  and  at  the  Scottish  Dairy  Institute,  Kilmarnock 
(for  Scottish  candidates),  from  Seijtember  26  to  29.  The 
entries  for  both  these  Examinations  will  close  on  Wednesday, 
August  31,  1904. 
By  Order  of  the  Council, 
ERNEST  CLARKE, 
Secretary. 
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