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ment as junior veterinary officers in fairly healthy Colonies at a smaller salary than £350 or £400 a year.

12. In the preceding paragraphs I have outlined a scheme which, if adopted by the Colonies and Protectorates interested in this question, will no doubt lead to a great improvement in their Veterinary Departments. This would be an important advance towards the solution of the veterinary problems in those possessions, but it is also necessary to consider what steps should be taken to organise veterinary research work in the same countries.

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13. In South Africa adequate provision has been made for research work as regards both equipment and personnel, and many of the results attained there will be of great value to other Colonies where similar animal diseases are rife.

14. In the West African Colonies and Protectorates there are no Veterinary Departments at present, but veterinary surveys are now being made in some of them by experts under the direction of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, who possess in Mr. Stewart Stockman, their Chief Veterinary Officer, an expert who, by reason of his service in the Civil Veterinary Department of India and as Chief Veterinary Officer in the Transvaal, is eminently fitted to advise in matters of this

kind.

15. In British East Africa a veterinary bacteriologist has been appointed to the Veterinary Department of the Protectorate, and has just completed a course of instruction in the Transvaal Veterinary laboratories under Dr. Theiler. He will now proceed to make a veterinary survey of the Protectorate and also (ît is hoped) of the adjoining Uganda Protectorate.

16. When the reports of these different experts have been received, it will no doubt be found that some animal diseases are common to the British Possessions both in East and West Africa, and, as it will be to the interest of all that they should be further investigated with a view to discovering cures or devising preven- tive measures, it will be possible to share the expense and so facilitate the investi- gations. I may add that probably arrangements could be made by which some, at any rate, of these investigations would be carried out by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, under the immediate supervision of Mr. Stockman.

17. With regard to the other Colonies which are interested in the veterinary question, I shall be glad to consult the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries as to the best course to be taken for the discovery of the cause and cure of the local animal diseases, if I am furnished, as far as possible, with details as to the nature of the diseases, the qualifications of the officers at present available for their investigation, and similar information.

I have, &c.,

The Officer Administering the Government of

Enclosure in No. 93.

BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES.

VETERINARY INSPECTORS.

Subjects of Examination.

1. Pathology and Bacteriology.

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ELGIN.

*The Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894 to 1903, and any Act amending the same and the Orders of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries thereunder.

In Subject 1 there will be a practical as well as a written examination. Candidates must pass to the satisfaction of the Civil Service Commissioners in both these subjects.

A.

SYLLABUS OF THE EXAMINATION 'IN PATHOLOGY AND BACTERIOLOGY.

Written Examination.

(1) General Pathology.

Inflammation. The Degenerations and Infiltrations. Neoplasms.

• The Orders referred to are contained in the latest Edition of the "Handbook of the Diseases of Animals Acta, &c.," printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, and to be purchased from WYMAN & SONS, LTD., Fetter Lane, London, EC. The latest Edition is at present that of 1906, but it may be from time to time supplemented by later Orders, copies of which can be obtained gratis on application to the Secretary, Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 4, Whitehall Place, London, S.W.

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(2) Bacteriology.

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Bacteriological Methods. Principles of Immunity and Vaccination. Disinfection. The bacteria pathogenic for the domesticated animals, including the morbid anatomy and histology of the lesions which they produce, and the methods whereby certain diseases are communicated from animals to human beings. (3) Protozoology.

The Coccidioses, General biology of the pathogenic protozoa.

Trypanosomiases, Piroplasmoses, of the domesticated animals. The etiology, symptomatology, and differential diagnosis, of the

contagious diseases of animals.

(4) Epizootiology.

B. Practical Examination.

Candidates will be tested with regard to their practical knowledge of bacteriological methods, and specially with regard to their ability to apply these in the diagnosis of the principal contagious diseases of the domesticated animals.

Limits of Age.-25 and 35, with an extension up to 45 in the case of Assistant Veterinary Inspectors under the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries who may have served continuously from a time when they were under 35, and with the provision that members of the Military and Naval Services (whether commissioned or non- commissioned) may deduct from their actual age any time during which they may have served towards pension.

An official nomination by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries is required for this situation.

Civil Service Commission,

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London, W.

July, 1906.

No. 94.

COLONIAL OFFICE to BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES. [Answered by No. 103.]

SIR,

Downing Street, 7 March, 1907.

I AM directed by the Earl of Elgin to transmit to you, for the information of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, with reference to your letter of the 28th of January,* three copies of the circulart which has been sent to the Crown Colonies and Protectorates with a view to placing veterinary matters in those countries on a better basis.

2. As a further step in the same direction Lord Elgin desires to appoint a small Committee in this country to advise him in veterinary matters, and it appears to him that a small Committee composed of two members of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, representing the administrative and scientific sides respectively, and a member of this Office, would be the most suitable for his purpose. 3. His Lordship would accordingly be greatly obliged if the Board of Agri- culture and Fisheries could place at his disposal the services of two of their officials who possess the required qualifications.

I am, &c.,

C. P. LUCAS.

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