Bsi Cattle Must Stay In
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The Protectorate
From Our Own Correspondent
Honiara, Nov. 1
C BATTLE cannot now be exported from J the British Solomon Islands unless the exporter satifies the authorities that the cattle intended for export have been advertised for sale locally and that no offer of a price comparable to that obtainable overseas has been received from local buyers.
Protectorate herds suffered severely during the war, and the cost of importing cattle at present is almost prohibitive except for nondescript beasts from the New Hebrides, where, the Suva Depart ment of Agriculture states, cattle tick is present, rendering importation of New Hebrides cattle into the BSIP undesirable.
Shipment from Australia and New Zealand presents problems, as few ships are prepared or equipped to carry cattle to the Solomons. Regular shipping from Australia to the Protectorate has only limited refrigerator cargo space, and fresh meat remains an intermittent luxury in the Protectorate.
The recent export conditions have been imposed following the projected outward shipment of a small consignment of cattle by W. R. Carpenter & Co., recently from their Gatere Plantation on Ysabel, where a small herd has been running wild since the war years.