OH reference to a recent telegram from Wellington stating that Near Zealand is now free from aeab, and in all probability the whole of tlie colony would have a clean certificate in a few weeks, the Minister of Lands says that, although " practically ” the colony is clean, yat •* technically "it is not. Thar* must bo a panod of probation from tha last dip ping of the flock infected. Tba last clean certificate was granted in Canterbury some three months ago. At present there are only three docks in tha colony not holding clean certificates—one small farm lot in Aucklaud. and two flocka in Nelson district. Tha Minister of Lands thinks that the North Island will be declared “ technically '' dean in about a month, and tha South Island in two niontba. It has been resolved, however, not to commit the error made on a previous occasion, of declaring tha colony clean, even after the granting of the last certificate. It is in tended to allow a considerable period of probation to first ela|ia«.
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