The major portion of the work carried out during the year was in the nature of advice to farmers and graziers on matters pertaining to animal husbandry. Whenever practicable the services of a veterinarian were made available for the investigation of stock mortality or disease and for devising...

The approximate numbers of livestock in Fiji are: -Cattle 80 000 horses and mules, 10, 000; sheep, 1, 000; goats, 6, 000; and pigs 4, 000. Annual birth-rate of cattle is estimated at 10, 000; the number killed for meat or exported, 4, 500; number of deaths from old age, disease, and Fijian...