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had been given to the owners that they were fit to be 

 removed. The market authorities wished it to be 

 known that proceedings would be taken in every case 

 that was brought under their notice. Mr. Cooke ob- 

 served that the inspectors had power to seize and 

 slaughter, or cause to be slaughtered, and to be buried 

 in any convenient place, any animal labouring under 

 the disease. Had that been done ? Mr. Tegg said 

 that the animals were in some of the cases slaughtered, 

 and the others would be slaughtered in the course of 

 the day. The summonses were granted. 



Yesterday, the summonses issued at the instance 

 of Mr. Frederick Thomas Stanley, a member of the 

 Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, and one of 

 the inspectors appointed under the Order in Council, 

 came on for hearing before Mr. Burcham, magistrate 

 at the Southwark police court. The summons in the 

 first case was addressed to Thomas Meredith, of the 

 Flying Horse-yard, Blackman-street, for that the de- 

 fendant, without the licence of the said inspector, did 

 unlawfully remove from his premises some animals 

 labouring under the cattle disease. Mr. Sleigh, in- 

 structed by Mr. Gant, appeared to support the 

 summons ; and Mr. W. Edwin for the defendant. 

 Evidence was given that the defendant had been 

 warned that the cows were diseased, but that he had 

 removed them notwithstanding. The further hearing 

 of the case was adjourned, as were also the other sum- 

 monses of a like nature. 



In pursuance of powers vested in him by the Manx 

 Legislature, the governor of the Isle of Man has 

 issued a proclamation prohibiting the importation of 



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