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on animals of the laboratory before purchase by a veterinary officer of the Civil Veterinary Department of the Government of India.

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I am,

&c.,

A. W. ANSTRUTHER,

Assistant Secretary.

No. 192.

THE SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE WILD FAUNA OF THE EMPIRE to COLONIAL OFFICE.

(Received November 5, 1907.)

2, Temple Gardens, E.C., November 3, 1907. [Published as No. 36 in ['Cd. 4472], January, 1909.]

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No. 195.

GAMBIA.

THE EARL OF ELGIN to ACTING GOVERNOR GRIFFITH.

(No. 178.)

SIR,

[Answered by No. 222.]

Downing Street, November 15, 1907. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Sir G. Denton's despatch. No. 132, of the 10th of July,* transmitting a report on the mortality of cattle in the Protectorate by Captain W. B. Stanley, and to inform you that I approve the forin of return which is submitted by that officer.

2. I have, however, to observe that it would be well if specific diseases other than anthrax were named in the return.

3. I should be glad to learn whether, in your opinion, it would be advisable to adopt Captain Stanley's suggestion that failure to report deaths of cattle, &c., from epidemic outbreaks should be made a punishable offence.

I have, &c.,

ELGIN.

38308

SIR,

No. 193.

UGANDA.

COLONIAL OFFICE to INDIA OFFICE.

[Copy to Governor, November 7, 1907. No 300. L.F.]

[Answered by No. 194.]

Downing Street, November 6, 1907.

I AM directed by the Earl of Elgin to transmit to you, to be laid before Mr. Secretary Morley, the accompanying copy of correspondence* on the subject of the proposed importation of Mysore bulls into the Uganda Protectorate.

2. Lord Elgin would be glad if Mr. Morley would approach the Government of India with a view to their assisting the Governor of Uganda in getting the Mysore bulls which he requires, and causing the bulls to be submitted to the tests indicated in the letter from the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries of the 30th of October.t

3. I am to suggest that the Government of India should be asked to commu- nicate on the subject direct with Mr. Bell, who has now returned to Uganda.

I am, &c.,

R. L. ANTROBUS.

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(No. 433.) SIR,

No. 196.

SIERRA LEONE.

THE EARL OF ELGIN to GOVERNOR PROBYN. [Answered by No. 212.]

Downing Street, November 20, 1907. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 384, of the 18th of September,† regarding the improvement of the breed of cattle, and to inform you that I approve of your making provision in the estimates for the grant of the bonus recommended by Major Warren to the officer in charge of the proposed breeding station.

2. With regard, however, to the sixth paragraph of Major Warren's Minute, I am advised that, should there be no local objection, it would be better to castrate the bulls than to kill them, since after the former operation they will still be avail- able for agricultural purposes.

3. I should be glad to be informed whether the natives practise castration of cattle, and, if so, to be furnished with a report on the methods which they employ.

I have, &c.,

ELGIN.

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No. 197.

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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SIR,

No. 194.

UGANDA.

INDIA OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received November 9, 1907.)

[Copy to Governor, November 14, 1907. No. 311. L.F.]

India Office, Whitehall, London, S.W., November 8, 1907.

I AM directed to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Antrobus's letter of the 6th November, 38308/1907, and, in reply, to state that a copy of it will be forwarded to the Government of India with a view to the direct supply of Mysore bulls to the Governor of Uganda.

I have, &c.,

T. W. HOLDERNESS,

Secretary,

Revenue and Statistics Department.

NORTHERN NIGERIA.

Downing Street, November 20, 1907.

THE EARL OF ELGIN to HIGH COMMISSIONER SIR E. P. C. GIROUARD. (No. 643.) SIR,

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 462, of the 12th of September, transmitting a copy of a report by Mr. J. Brand, F.R.C.V.S., on the treatment adopted by him in cases of trypanosomiasis in animals.

2. I am advised that the treatment described by Mr. Brand has been for some time engaging the attention of eminent men of science, both in this country and elsewhere, and that it is premature to announce the discovery of any absolute cure for this disease, especially as it has been found that the treatment described, while giving temporary relief, cannot be shown to afford a perfect cure until the animal has been for some considerable time under observation without exhibiting any symptoms of the disease.

I have, &c.,

ELGIN.

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