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the existing restrictions on the traffic in live stock, and with this 

 view have instructed a deputation to wait on the Lords of the 

 Privy Council to draw their attention to the following points : — 

 1st. The importation of Foreign Cattle. 

 2nd. The re-opening of Fairs and Markets ; and 

 3rd. The necessity of extending the time during which 

 the powers granted to the Privy Council under the 

 Acts of the last Session may be exercised. 

 With respect to the 1st point the Council believe that the 

 existing restrictions are probably sufficient for the present, but 

 that unless they are made permanent, it will not be considered 

 worth while to erect lairs for the purpose of carrying out 

 regulations which may be only of a temporary nature, and that 

 consequently such as relate to quarantine will become inopera- 

 tive. The constant presence of the disease in various parts of 

 the Continent of Europe, makes it extremely probable that, 

 except under very stringent regulations, the disease will fre- 

 quently be re-imported, and they believe that it will eventually 

 be found that nothing short of permanent regulations for killing 

 animals intended for slaughter at the ports at which they are 

 landed, will prevent its introduction, and that with respect to 

 Store Cattle, the Regulations should be of such a permanent 

 character as will lead to the provision of suitable buildings for 

 carrying out an efficient system of quarantine. 



With respect to the 2nd and 3rd points adverted to by the 

 Council, they think considerable danger will be incurred by re- 

 opening Fairs and Markets at the present time, except under 

 the restriction of immediate slaughter, and they wish to call the 

 attention of the Government to the importance of obtaining, if 

 necessary, additional parliamentary powers, so that the trade 

 in Cattle may be placed upon such a footing as may insure the 

 greatest amount of security to owners of Cattle, and that at the 

 same time, the dealers and importers may know under what 

 restrictions the trade is to be carried on, and be encouraged to 

 provide such appliances as may enable them to conduct their 

 business with the least possible inconvenience to themselves, and 

 the smallest risk to, and interference with public interests. 



By Order of the Council, 



H. Hall Daee, 



Secretary. 



