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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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C.O. 885

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posts in the Crown Colonies and Protectorates, I am directed by the Civil Service Commissioners to state, for the information of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, that they would be glad to assist him in making arrangements on the lines suggested in the letter under reply.

Examinations of candidates for veterinary inspectorships under the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries have heretofore been held at irregular intervals, when candidates have been presented to this Department for examination; but the Com- missioners, in the interests of the system proposed by Lord Crewe, have now arranged with the Board to hold examinations in future twice in each year, in March and September. Examinations will be held next year, if required, on 22nd March and on 27th September.

It is presumed that candidates nominated by your Department for examination would be examined only in Subject 1 of the scheme for Board of Agriculture Inspectors, copy of which is enclosed, and not in the Diseases of Animals Acts or the Orders of the Board of Agriculture made thereunder.

The only difficulty which appears to present itself is in connection with the The present examinations of candidates nominated expenses of the examination. by the Board of Agriculture are costly, the average expense for special examiners, superintendence, &c., amounting to about £4 10s. for each candidate examined, or, for the last two examinations, over £5, which is covered by the fee of £6 paid by the candidates. The Commissioners fear that to exact so large a fee from gentlemen nominated by the Colonial Office for examination, without assurance of subsequent appointment, might jeopardise the success of the system which Lord Crewe proposes; but on the other hand they hardly think that they would be justified in imposing upon this Office the cost of holding examinations for Colonial appointments which lie altogether outside the Orders in Council regulating the functions of the Civil Service Commissioners.

In these circumstances, I am to suggest for Lord Crewe's consideration that an arrangement, somewhat similar to that which obtains in the case of examinations for the police forces of Ceylon, Hong Kong, the Straits Settlements, &c., might be made providing that the expense of examining Colonial Office candidates for veterinary posts, determined in proportion to the number of such candidates attend- In that case a merely ing an examination, should be defrayed by your Department. nominal fee, or none at all, might, with Treasury approval, be charged to the candi- dates.

The Commissioners would be glad to be informed whether Lord Crewe would be prepared to accept an arrangement on the lines indicated above.

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(2) Bacteriology.

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. General biology of the pathogenic protozoa. The coccidioses, trypano-

somiases, piroplasmoses, of the domesticated animals. (4) Epizootiology.

(3) Protozoology.

The etiology, symptomatology, and differential diagnosis, of the con- tagious diseases of animals.

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, 1908.

I have, &c.,

J. L. LE B. HAMMOND.

Enclosure in No. 7.

1. Pathology and bacteriology.

BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES.

VETERINARY INSPECTORS.

Subjects of Examination.

2. *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.

Can- In Subject 1 there will be a practical as well as a written Examinaion. didates must qualify in both the practical and written parts of the Examination. Candidates must pass to the satisfaction of the Civil Service Commissioners in both these subjects.

Syllabus of the Examination in Pathology and Bacteriology.

A. 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 Acts, &c.." printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, and to be purchased from Wyman & Sons, Ltd., Fetter Lane, London, E.C. 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 gratle on application to the Secretary, Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 4, Whitehall Place, London, 8.W.

No. 8.

UGANDA

THE ACTING GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received January 1, 1910.)

(No. 327.) MY LORD,

Government House, Uganda, 7 December, 1909. WITH reference to Sir Henry Bell's despatch, No. 87a, dated 22nd April last, and your Lordship's telegram, dated 4th August last,* dealing with the position and limits of the Game Reserve in Toro, I have the honour to enclose herewith a copy of a Proclamation which I have made carrying into effect the proposals which were sanctioned by your Lordship, and also a copy of a mapt which shows the position of the Game Reserve in Toro as it now exists.

I have, &c.,

ALEXANDER BOYLE,

Acting Governor.

Enclosure in No. 8.

PROCLAMATION

UNDER THE Uganda Game ORDINANCE, 1906.

I hereby declare, with the approval of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, that the areas contained in the Schedule hereto shall be known as and shall be the Toro Game Reserve, and that the area described in the second part of the sixth schedule to the said Ordinance as the Toro Game Reserve shall be altered accordingly.

ALEXANDER BOYLE,

Acting Governor. Entebbe,

12th August, 1909.

* No. 20 in [Cd. 5136], June, 1910; and 19616: not printed.

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