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that he hoped they would greatly aid the Govern- 

 ment by the discussions which would take place and 

 the conclusions at which they would arrive. 



I may state, "by the way, that an opinion rather 

 generally expressed by some, and stoutly maintained 

 by others, was that the peculiar disposition of some 

 of the Austrian subjects, and the feeling existing in 

 Hungary against State measures, rendered the law, to 

 a great extent, inoperative. I can, from personal 

 experience, state that although stringent and most 

 efficient means are used for the suppression of cattle 

 plagues, and with the best results in Austria proper, 

 there is great difficulty in carrying out the law in 

 districts where Austrian rule is at a discount. Indeed 

 this is clearly indicated by the manner in which the 

 Rinderpest penetrates into Austria, where the laws 

 are similar to those in the kingdom of Prussia, which 

 is, and has long been, completely protected from 

 invasions of the disorder. 



At the meeting of the first International Congress, 

 held in Hamburg in 1865, Dr. Roll stated that owing 

 to the length of time to which the quarantine for 

 Russian cattle extended on the Austrian frontier, 

 herds of cattle were often smuggled through, and 

 companies had been formed for the purpose of in- 

 surance against seizure by the authorities. The un- 

 lawful traffic was therefore carried on with comparative 

 safety to the dealers, who cared not what misfortune 

 they brought on a country if only their personal ends 

 could be served. This question was the first to occupy 

 the attention of the Congress last week ; when a reso- 

 lution was proposed to shorten the period of quarantine 



