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5. The proceedings for the appraisal of the value of animals condemned to be 

 killed shall be had under the provisions of section 8 of the regulations. 



6. The Chief of the Bureau aforesaid, acting as veterinarian for the District, shall 

 make to the Commissioners monthly reports of all matters relating to the subject of 

 this order, within the District of Columbia, and, in addition thereto, special reports 

 and recommendations as often as shall be needful, for the information of the Com- 

 missioners, to enable them to carry into effect the provisions of the law. 



Official copy furnished the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, United States 

 Department of Agriculture. 

 By order of the Commissioners : 



W. TlNDALL, 



Secretary. 



Immediately after the issuance of this order a force of inspectors 

 was placed in the field, and during the year 1887 went over the whole 

 District, examining carefully all the cattle that were found. Their 

 reports show the inspection of 798 herds, containing 3, 268 animals, 

 in none of which was pleuro-pneumonia found. As a careful in- 

 quiry has also been made in the counties of Maryland which adjoin 

 the District without discovering the plague, it may be safely con- 

 cluded that this section is now free from it. 



THE WORK AS A WHOLE. 



To increase the facility of comparison, the following table is given, 

 which shows the work and expenditures for the year 1887: 



Table showing the work of the Bureau of Animal Industry for the suppression of 



pleuro-pneumonia.* 



*The slaughter of affected cattle and expenses in Maryland ai-e from July 1,1886. The salaries, 

 traveling, and miscellaneous expenses in Illinois are from September 1, 1886. All other items are from 

 January 1, 1887, and all are brought up to December 31, 1887. 



Including all the districts in which pleuro-pneumonia has existed, 

 there were inspected from January 1 to November 30, 1888, a total 

 of 35,604 herds of cattle, containing 305,280 animals. Of this num- 

 ber 106,415 were re-examined by the non-professional assistants in 

 addition to the veterinary inspections, and 183,257 were tagged with 

 numbers and registered upon the books of the Bureau. 



There were 631 new herds found affected with pleuro-pneumonia dur- 

 ing the year, and these herds contained 8,643 animals, 1,446 of which 

 were pronounced diseased when the inspections were made. There 

 were purchased for slaughter during the same time 2,649 affected 



