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letter from the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland notifying an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease at Naas, County Kildare. I have, &c, L. HABCOURT. Governor His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, K.C.M.G., M.V.0., &c.

Enclosure. Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland (Veterinary Branch), Sir,— 50 and 51 Upper Mount Street, Dublin, Ist February, 1914. The Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland desire to acquaint you, for the information of the Secretary of State, that at a late hour on the 30th ultimo an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease was confirmed as having occurred in Ireland on premises situate at Naas, County Kildare. Perhaps the Secretary of State will kindly arrange to have information as to this matter conveyed forthwith to the Governments of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa, in case there should be in force in these countries importation regulations which the outbreak in question may affect. I have to add that the Department, immediately following the confirmation of the disease, issued an Order which has the effect of preventing the movement of cattle, sheep, goats, and other ruminating animals and swine either into, out of, or within a district of approximately fifteen miles radius of the infected premises. All the animals on the latter premises have moreover been slaughtered, and other necessary measures designed to prevent the spread of the disease are being adopted. I am, &c, The Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office, London. T. N. Gill, Secretary.

No. 121. New Zealand, No. 57. My Lord, — Downing Street, 4th February, 1914. With reference to my despatch, No. 430, of the 31st October last, relative to the United States Plant Quarantine Act, I have the honour to request Your Excellency to inform your Ministers that His Majesty's Ambassador at Washington reports that he is informed that in order that shipments of nursery stock may be admitted into the United States without question by the Customs officials, the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States would be glad to be furnished with samples of the original and copy certificates, bearing the seals, that will be issued in connection with such shipments. I have, &c, L. HARCOURT. Governor His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, K.C.M.G., M.V.0., <fee. 5 No. 122. New Zealand, No. 66. My Lord,— Downing Street, 7th February, 1914. With reference to my despatch of the 6th December, 1912, I have the honour to request Your Excellency to inform your Ministers that His Majesty has been pleased to appoint Sir Jan Willem Stuckeris Langerman, member of the House of Assembly in the Union of South Africa, as a member of the Commission to inquire into the natural resources, trade, and legislation of certain portions of His Majesty's dominions, in place of the late Sir R. Solomon. Sir J. W. S. Langerman was recommended for this appointment by the Union Government, and will act as their representative on the Commission. I have, &c, L. HARCOURT. Governor His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, K.C.M.G., M.V.0., &c.

No. 122. New Zealand, No. 66. My Lord, — Downing Street, 7th February, 1914. With reference to my despatch of the 6th December, 1912, I have the honour to request Your Excellency to inform your Ministers that His Majesty has been pleased to appoint Sir Jan Willem Stuckeris Langerman, member of the House of Assembly in the Union of South Africa, as a member of the Commission to inquire into the natural resources, trade, and legislation of certain portions of His Majesty's dominions, in place of the late Sir R. Solomon. Sir J. W. S. Langerman was recommended for this appointment by the Union Government, and will act as their representative on the Commission. I have, &c, L. HARCOURT. Governor His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, K.C.M.G., M.V.0., &c.