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per head; and for the exposed animals $15,577.41, an average of $21.16 

 per head. 



The total expenses in New York for the suppression of pleuro-pneu- 

 monia were, to December 31, 1887, $30,632.49. Of this sum $21,894.66 

 was paid as compensation for slaughtered cattle. The miscellaneous 

 expenses were $156.95; the salaries, $6,036.85; the traveling expenses 

 were $2,544.03. The amount paid for cattle was to all other expenses 

 as 1 to 0.39. 



In New York the work has been under substantially the same con- 

 ditions as in Maryland, with many large herds infected and these 

 easily found, and until recently without any attempt to supervise all 

 movement of cattle within the infected counties. The relation of 

 the different items of expenditure was also very much the same in 

 the two cases. 



At the time the report for 1887 was written, a force was being 

 organized to inspect, tag, and register all the cattle and maintain 

 quarantine restrictions in the old infected district of New York, 

 that is, in the counties of Westchester, New York, Richmond, Kings, 

 and Queens. The task was one of great magnitude and has been 

 beset with many unexpected difficulties. In the first 'test case that 

 came before the courts the governor's proclamation was decided to 

 be invalid, because he had not designated the infected district, but 

 had left it to the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry to designate 

 and advertise such districts as might be discovered. The court held 

 that the governor could not delegate this authority. 



It was also discovered by the officers of this Bureau that the State 

 law under which the governor's proclamation was issued gave insuf- 

 ficient authority for the necessary regulations, since it did not apply 

 to exposed herds. These facts were laid before the legislature, and, 

 although the session was drawing to a close and it was difficult to 

 obtain action on new subjects, this matter was deemed of such im- 

 portance that it received favorable consideration, and an amend- 

 ment was passed which removed the defects in the statutes. Fol- 

 lowing this, a new proclamation was issued by the governor, and 

 from that time the regulations have been strictly enforced. In some 

 districts it has been necessary to cause many arrests to be made be- 

 fore the people would respect the law, but since they have become 

 convinced that a determined effort is being made to eradicate the 

 disease there has been less occasion for harsh measures. 



The progress made in extirpating pleuro-pneumonia from this 

 long-infected district has been very marked. Two of the counties, 

 Westchester and Richmond, have been entirely freed from the con- 

 tagion. So long a period has elapsed since aiiycases were discovered 

 in these counties that Governor Hill, on the recommendation of the 

 Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, has recently issued an order 

 removing quarantine restrictions. 



The complete success of the work over the large territory embraced 

 in these two counties within so short a time is very gratifying, and 

 demonstrates the correctness of the plan adopted. 



In the city and county of New York the progress has also been 

 very satisfactory. There are here but a very few herds in which the 

 disease is known to exist, and these are being rapidly disposed of. 

 By far the heaviest work in this county has been done, although it 

 will be necessary, on account of the proportions of the trade and of 

 its being a central market, to keep up a supervision until all parts 

 of the State are free from the contagion. 



