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_ trance of diseased animals, to make post-mortem examinations on all 
2 animals which die or ave slaughtered from the infected district, to ~~ 
investigate all reported outbreaks of disease, and to disinfect all ~~ 
premises where the contagion hasexisted. Thissystemisundoubtedly 
expensive in the way of salaries, but it is the only way to eradicate 4 
«? the plague, and in the end it is far more economical than any attempt 
i to control the disease with an inadequate force. é 
NEW JERSEY. 
In New Jersey the work has been steadily progressing. The State 
is believed to be free from pleuro-pneumonia, with the exception of — 
Hudson County and possibly one or two other adjoining counties. — 
The country districts have been cleared of the contagion wherever 
m it has been discovered. The regulations are now being made and — | 
the force organized to establish quarantine and complete control of — 
the movement of cattle in Hudson County, and particularly in Jer- Mt 
sey City. So far as our information goes, this is the only countyin~ | 
which there remains any considerable amount of disease, , : 
x From January 1 to December 31, 1887, there were inspected in New 4% 
f Jersey 1,428 herds of cattle, containing 16,461 animals. Post-mortem — 
examinations were made on the carcasses of 248 animals, of which 
113 were found affected with pleuro-pneumonia. The total number ~ is 
us of animals slaughtered in New Jersey because affected with this dis-  ~ 
ease was 94, and the number slaughtered for exposure was 117, mak-——* 
* ing a total of 211. The owners received from the Department as ~~ 
compensation for the diseased animals $2,275, an average of $24.20 — 
per et ; and for the exposed animals $3,216, an average of $27.48 
er head. 
r The total expenses in New Jersey for the suppression of pleuro-— 
pneumonia have been, to December 31, 1887, $12,146.03. Of this i 
sum $5,491 was paid as compensation for slaughtered cattle. The c 
miscellaneous expenses were $199.33; the traveling expenses, $1,813.43, 
and the salaries, $4,642.27. The amount paid for cattle wasto all 
other expenses as 1 to 1.2, A % 
NEW YORK. 
During the year the two interior counties of Washington and Dela- 
_ ware were found to be infected with pleuro-pneumonia, and although 
the contagion had been introduced into a considerable number of — ~ 
herds it was promptly eradicated, Very much more of the disease 
' has been found in Westchester County than was anticipated, and 
more work has been done there than elsewhere in the State. Super- 4 
vision has been maintained, however, in New York and KingsCoun- 
ties, and a number of diseased herds were slaughtered in each. After 
the withdrawal of Prof. James Law from Chicago, or about Decem- — 
ber 1, he was placed in charge of the work of the Bureau of Animal 
Industry in the whole State. By orders of the governor of New. 9 
York it has been possible to maintain quarantines and to establish = 
all necessary regulations for the extirpation of the disease. These 
orders are as follows: a 
{Order.] 
STATE or NEw Yorxk, Hxecutive Chamber: Ox 
In pursuance of the authority vested in me as governor of the State of New ‘York 
by chapter 134 of the laws of 1878, entitled ‘‘An act in relation to infectious and — 
