Catal PHOSPHATES IN CHRISTMAS ISLAND. 

For cattle imported by way of Canada, certificates of 
tuberculin tests made by the Canadian Superintendent of 
Quarantine during the period of detention will be accepted. 
Intending exporters who desire to have their cattle tested in 
Great Britain should address Dr. T. A. Geddes, United 
States Consul-General’s Office, 12, St. Helen’s Place, 
Bishopsgate Street, E.C. 

The following information, contained in the last annual 
report made to the Foreign Office by His 
italian Reguia- Majesty's Consul at Naples, may be found 
tions for : 
the Importation useful by exporters of plants from this 
of Plants. country as well as by many British resi- 
dents inItaly. Plants intended for export 
to Italy must be accompanied by a certificate from the local 
mayor or civil authority, stating that the soil from whence ~ 
they came was not used for the cultivation or storing of 
vines, and “that there is no disease in the district.” This 
declaration must be wzséd by the Italian Consul. The next 
step is to inform the Minister of Agriculture at Rome, when, 
how, and where it is proposed to send the plants, so that 
orders may be given to the Customs authorities to admit 
them at the desired station or port of entry. The arrival of 
the plants should as nearly as possible coincide with that 
of the official permit. Plants cannot be exported to Italy by 
parcel post 
| Poretgn Office Report, Annual Series, No. 2,550. Lrice 13d. ] 

tz An interesting feature in the development of Christmas 
Island is the vast extent of the phosphate 
anes deposits already discovered, and the 
Christmas Island, ©xXtension which the existence of these 
deposits may make to the trade of Singa- 
pore. The business of working the deposits and exporting 
