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have received a good deal of attention and are still under 
investigation. These creatures appear to be increasingly 
troublesome in nursery gardens, from which it is extremely 
difficult to eradicate them. 
19 . The official returns of the Board of Agriculture show 
that there has been no sensible decline in the prevalence of 
anthrax during the past six months, but the outbreaks of 
glanders have not been quite so numerous as in the preceding 
half-year, and gratifying progress has been made in the 
extermination of swine fever. There has also been a marked 
decline in the reported outbreaks of sheep scab. The number 
of specimens forwarded to the Research Laboratory at the Royal 
Veterinary College for examination during the past half-year 
was 395. 
20 . The Sixth Annual Examination for the National Diploma 
in Agriculture will, by the courtesy of the authorities, be held 
at The University, Leeds, in the week commencing the 8th 
instant. The examination for this Diploma is conducted by a 
joint Board, composed of representatives of the Highland and 
Agricultural Society of Scotland and of this Society. The 
number of candidates is 91, of whom 58 have entered in Part 
I. and 33 in Part II. The results of the Examination will be 
announced to the Members at the General Meeting. 
21 . 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 18-21 next, and at 
the Dairy School for Scotland, Kilmarnock (for Scottish 
candidates), from September 25-28. The entries for both these 
Examinations will close on Thursday, August 31, 1905. 
By Order of the Council, 
ERNEST CLARKE, 
Secretary. 
13 Hanover Square, London, W. 
May 3, 1905. 
