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Enclosure 3 in No. 28.
DISEASES OF ANIMALS ORDINANCE, 1906.
PROCLAMATION.
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Whereas cases of African coast fever have occurred in and about the township of Nairobi, now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the Diseases of Animals Ordinance, 1906, I hereby declare the township area to be an infected area, and in addition to the township area I hereby declare an additional area up to a three miles radius from Government Offices to be an infected area. Such additional area shall be and is bounded as follows:-
On the North. From a point to the east of Government Farm where the Kitta- suru Stream joins the Masari Stream, and extending west along the Kittasuru Stream to the point where the Nairobi-Fort Hall road crosses the stream; thence along the road to the point on the top of the hill, where the forest reserve area is defined; thence along the forest boundary for one mile.
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West. From the latter point in a direct line across Lord Delamere's land to the point on the Fort Smith road where the said road crosses the railway line; thence across the Nairobi Stream west of Mr. Grogan's present residence; thence in a direct line to the creek behind Mr. Grogan's land.
South-Along the last mentioned creek until the creek turns in a north-easterly direction, at which point the line to run direct to the first bridge on the Nairobi- Ngongo road (near Mr. Fletcher's house); thence behind the military lines on to the plains direct to the so-called Ngongo watercourse.
East.-Along the Ngongo watercourse to the railway bridge over the same stream; thence in a direct line east of the township sanitary lines; thence in a direct line to the Nairobi Stream opposite the plague quarantine camp; thence along the eastern boundary of Egerton Estate until such boundary reaches the Masari Stream opposite Government Farm; thence along the Masari Stream round Government Farm to the point where the latter stream joins the Kittasuru.
The lines indicated will be marked out by signposts by the Veterinary Department.
No cattle will be allowed to enter or leave the infected area without permission of the Chief Veterinary Officer in writing.
All cattle inside the area will be branded, and any such branded cattle found outside the area will be slaughtered, wherever found, without compensation. Cattle entering the infected area with the permission of the Chief Veterinary Officer will be branded.
Arrangements will be made as soon as possible to facilitate transport arrange- ments, and these will be notified as soon as possible.
Nairobi, March 28, 1906.
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SIR,
(No. 239.)
No. 29.
J. HAYES Sadler,
His Majesty's Commissioner.
EAST AFRICA PROTECTORATE.
THE EARL OF ELGIN to COMMISSIONER SADLER.
Downing Street, May 8, 1906.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 97, of the 6th of March, 1906, transmitting a draft Game Ordinance to replace the Game Regulations at present in force in the East Africa Protectorate.
2. In my telegram of the 6th of Aprilt I approved of the enactment of the draft Ordinance, but I have to request that when the Ordinance is transmitted for allowance it may be accompanied by the customary comparative tables which should have been forwarded with the draft Ordinance, one showing the source of each section of the consolidating Ordinance, the other showing what has become of each section of the several repealed enactments.
* No. 218 in [Cd. 3189].
↑ No. 24.
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3. Such tables are useful as permanent records, and in future, when a con- solidating Ordinance is submitted, either in draft for approval or, when enacted, for allowance, it should invariably be accompanied by similar comparative
I have, &c.,
-statements.
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SIR,
(No. 262.)
No. 30.
EAST AFRICA PROTECTORATE.
THE EARL OF ELGIN to COMMISSIONER SADLER.
ELGIN.
Downing Street, May 22, 1906. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 147, of the 28th of March, 1906,* relating to the measures which you consider should be adopted in order to check the spread of African coast fever.
2. In reply to your telegram, No. 47,† which preceded that despatch, I tele- graphed to you, on the 6th of April last, my approval of your proposal to expend the sum of £2,000 in connection with the introduction of these measures, and I have to request that this expenditure may be met out of savings to be effected during the current financial year.
3. The preventive measures outlined by Mr. Stordy in his letter accompanying your despatch have been referred to the Chief Veterinary Officer of the Board of Agriculture, who considers that the proposals for the prevention of the disease in question accord with our present knowledge and experience, and he offers the fol- lowing comments on two of the measures suggested.
4. (1) Cleansing infected areas by pasturing unsusceptible animals, such as sheep or goats. It should be borne in mind that this is a palliative and not a cure, inasmuch as it is impossible to ascertain whether the last infected tick had become innocuous after feeding on the sheep. The risk of infection cannot therefore be wholly removed, and although sheep or goats may have been grazed on the infected area, it is, nevertheless, essential that the extreme quarantine period should be imposed. This period is calculated on the life history of this species of tick, and extends to fifteen months after the last death from east coast fever.
(2) Eight-strand barbed wire fence. On the assumption that no unpoliced fence will prevent an individual desirous of so doing from taking cattle through it, Mr. Stockman is of opinion that a fence of five instead of eight strands will keep out cattle alone. Such a fence should cost not more than £40 per mile, as against some £50 per mile in the case of an eight strand fence, and although the point is a minor one, it deserves consideration in view of the saving which might thereby be .effected.
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5. Mr. Stockman finally observes that in the Transvaal Colony farmers whose land had become infected were compelled by law to fence the infected area. this purpose they were allowed to borrow the requisite sum at 3 per cent. interest (the current rate being 8 per cent.), repayable within ten years, and payment of the first instalment was deferred until two years had elapsed after the outbreak of the disease on their farms.
I have, &c.,
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(No. 167.)
No. 31.
ELGIN.
EAST AFRICA PROTECTORATE. COMMISSIONER SADLER to THE EARL OF ELGIN, (Received 30 May, 1906.)
Commissioner's Office, Nairobi, 17 April, 1906.
[Printed as No. 223 in [Cd. 3189], November, 1906.]
• No. 28.
† No. 17.
Į No. 23.