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made as regards the Metropolitan Market. The Council have 

 since recommended : — 



1. " That in the opinion of the Council it is highly desirable 

 that the provisions of the Cattle Diseases Prevention Act, autho- 

 rising the compulsory slaughter of animals suffering from the 

 Rinderpest, and the awarding of compensation to their owners, 

 should be extended for a period of at least six months." 



2. " That the attention of the Government be called to the 

 complaints that are made that the Orders in Council are in some 

 districts very inefficiently carried out." 



To which the following reply was received : — 



" Copy of an Order in Council, dated 9th instant, continuing 

 until the 30th proximo the provisions of the Act, 29th Vic, 

 cap. 2, which relates to the slaughter of diseased animals : — 



" At the Court at Windsor, the 9th day of May, 1866 ; present, 

 the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. 



"Whereas by an Act passed in the present session of Parlia- 

 ment, intituled ' An Act to amend the law relating to contagious 

 or infectious diseases in cattle and other animals,' it is, amongst 

 other things, enacted, that it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by 

 Order in Council, from time to time to continue, or to renew, if 

 expired, all or any of the provisions, in the first part of that Act 

 contained, for such time as shall be specified in such Order. 



" And whereas it is provided in the eleventh section of the 

 said Act, which section is in the first part thereof, that Part I. of 

 the said Act shall continue in force until the fifteenth day of 

 April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, and no longer, 

 unless continued or renewed by Order of Her Majesty in 

 Council. 



" And whereas it is provided in the twelfth, thirteenth, four- 

 teenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth sections of the first part of the 

 said Act as follows : — 



Slaughter of Diseased Animals. 



" ' 12. Every Local Authority shall cause all animals affected 

 with the Cattle Plague within its district to be slaughtered, and 

 shall, by way of compensation for every animal so slaughtered, 

 pay to the owner thereof such sum not exceeding twenty pounds, 

 and not exceeding: one half of the value of the animal imme- 



