234 Report on Steppe Murrain or Rinderpest. 



facilities of which you stand in need, and have now the pleasure of fonvardinc; 

 to you the enclosed letter of introduction for Count Clam Martinitz, President 

 of the Government of Cracow, who has already received instructions bj' tele- 

 graph to afford you every possible assistance in the prosecution of the inquiries 

 with which you have been entrusted by the Agriciiltural Societies of England, 

 Scotland, and Ireland, under the sanction of her Majesty's Government. 



" I am, &c., 



" G. H. Seymoub. 

 " J. B. Simonds, Esq." 



On calling at the official residence of Count Clam Martinitz, 

 we were immediately admitted to an audience, when, on pre- 

 senting our letters of recommendation, his Excellency expressed 

 his entire concurrence in the object of our mission, and his 

 readiness to afford us every facility in his power in its accom- 

 plishment. He explained that, in his division of Galicia, the 

 malady was fast declining, but that in the circle of Neu Sandec, 

 and also of Jaslo, a few cases would probably be met with. He 

 likewise expressed an opinion that we might have to go as far as 

 Lemberg to satisfactorily study the disease, as in that division of 

 the county it prevailed to a much greater extent. In the event 

 of this being found necessary, he kindly promised to furnish us 

 with all necessary letters of introduction to the Governor of the 

 Lemberg division of Galicia, as well as to the local authorities 

 of the places we should visit in his own governmental division, 

 and also copies of the official documents relating to the progress 

 of the disease, and the instructions issued by the commissioners 

 of the sanitary laws. 



In the evening of the same day we had the honour to receive 

 the following letter, with its several enclosures, two of which we 

 here insert — namely, the statistical return of the progress of the 

 disease, and the notice which regulates the proceedings of the 

 sanitary Commission : — 



" Sib, " SOth April, 1857. 



" 1 have the honour, according to my promise, to send you a letter for the 

 Kreishauptmanu of Jaslo, and another for Count Gotachowski at Lemberg. I 

 think it proper to join one more addressed lo the Kreishauptman of Tarnow 

 (the place where you are to leave the railroad), in case you should need any 

 assistance relating to your further journey. I send you also the papers we 

 have spoken of. 



" I am, &c., 

 "J. B. Simonds, Esq." " Clam Mabtinitz." 



[Tbanslation. Enclosure No. 1.] 



" Circular Notice of the Imperial Royal Government of Galicia respecting the 

 Slaughtering of Cattle to prevent the spreading of tlie Einckrpest. 



" To prevent the spreading of tliis disease by the means which are at the 

 command of the Minister of the Interior, it has been deemed expedient to issue 

 the following orders : — 



