'2d2 Report on the Contagious and 



Yds. Ft. £ s. 



Cement the jambs of cacli fireplace (except scul- 

 leries), and put to each a cement shelf, fixed upon 

 a floor tile or stone core ; kitchens, 10s. each ; 

 bedrooms .. .. .. 5s. each 2 



Grout-out and lime-whiten the walls of sculleries, 



sheds, coal-places and privies 10 



The floors on the ground-floor throughout, except 

 the two sheds, to be in Portland cement. 



80 sup'. Cement floors, at Is 4 



The hearths throughout to be in concrete and 



cement 10 



The top edge of plinth, the window-sills, chamfers 

 to door and window, external openings, to be exe- 

 cuted in cement lumpsum 2 10 



SMITH AND PAIA^TEE. 



Spout the eaves throughout with 4-inch cast-iron 

 eaves-si^outing, and 2-inch down pi]ie, with all 

 necessary brackets, stop-ends, nozzles, and shoes, 

 complete 5 



Paint the whole of the wood and other w ork usually 

 painted three times good oil colour ; the iron 

 work to be jiainted once before and twice after 

 fixing ' 6 10 



Total £284 9 



VII. — Report on tlie Contagious and Infectious Diseases of 

 Animals, referred to in the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, 

 1869, especially tvith respect to their degree of prevalence in 

 1872. By Professor G. T. Eeown, Chief Inspector of the 

 Veterinary Department. (Concluded from vol. ix. part 2, No. 

 xviii. p. 502.) 

 [Keprinted from the Report of the Veterinary Department for the Year 1872.] 



Pleuko-Pneumonia. 



This malady, which is so well known to stock-owners, apjjcars to Lave been 

 recognized in this kingdom in the latter part of the year 1840. Previously to 

 that time, however, it was known in various parts of the Continent. In the 

 middle of the eighteenth century pleuro-pneumonia prevailed in Germany and 

 Switzerland, and the aifection is probably identical with the " ]ieri-pneuiuoijia 

 maligna" which existed on the Continent in the latter part of 1000. 



In the year 1840 pleuro-pneumonia ajipeared in the south of Ireland, in the 

 town of Cork, into which place it was introduced, according to report, by 

 Dutch cows which were imported by a friend of the English consul I'rom one 



