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In addition, the following animals have been included in 

 the above quarantines, some of which have been affected : — 



Swine, 815 



Sheep, 122 



Goats, 4 



Horse, 1 



Number of animals quarantined other than neat 



cattle, 942 



One hundred and forty-four swine and 42 sheep are included in the 

 above valuation, the special appraisal not being given. 



Summary. 

 Number neat cattle quarantined, .... 3,554 

 Number other animals quarantined, .... 942 



Total, 4,496 



Total number cattle released from quarantine as not 

 afiected, 730 



Note. — The two right-hand columns in the above table are subject to 

 some slight changes, as complete returns have not been made. Where 

 the appraised value is not given and (he price paid appears in the extreme 

 right-hand column, the cattle were bought outright. 



In addition to the expense to the United States govern- 

 ment of killing and paying for the diseased animals is the 

 expense to the government of a large number of inspectors 

 detailed on this special work, also the extra cost to the State 

 of Massachusetts for the employment of agents of the Cattle 

 Bureau of the State Board of Agriculture, and the disinfec- 

 tion of buildings, to say nothing of the commercial loss to 

 the port of Boston. Another item of expense to the State 

 will be the quarantine expenses. Section 21, cliapter 90 

 of the Revised LaAvs, provides as follows : — 



Section 21. If animals have been quarantined, collected or 

 isolated upon the premises of the owner or of the person in pos- 

 session of them at the time such quarantine is imposed, the 

 expense thereof shall be paid by such owner or person ; but if 

 specific animals have been quarantined or isolated under the pro- 

 visions of section five or section nineteen for more than ten days 

 upon such premises, as suspected of being affected with a conta- 



