III.— FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE :— 



1. — Name, History, and Chaeacteeistics 



2. — Nature 



3. — Symptoms 



4. — Treatment 



5. — Experience of England 



6. — Experience op the Continent 



IV.— SMALL-POX IN SHEEP :— 



1. — Name, History, and Characteristics 



2. — Nature 



3. — Symptoms , 



4. — Treatment 



5. — Experience of England 



6. — Experience of the Continent 



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v.— ACTION SUGGESTED:— 



1. — Pletjro-Pneumonia : — 



(1.) Compulsory inoculation of infected cattle 



(2.) Notice of outbreaks by owners ... 



(3.) Licensed inoculators 



(4.) Inoculated cattle to be branded with a certain brand . . , 



(5.) Inoculated cattle to be permitted to travel six weeks 

 after inoculation ... 



(6.) Infected uninoculated cattle not to be allowed to travel 

 until three months after last case of disease ... 



(7.) Infected fat cattle to travel to destination by approved 

 route 



(8.) All drovers of stock to give notice when going through 

 open runs ... 



(9.) Penalty on drovers abandoning knocked-up stock or 

 leaving carcasses ... 



2. — Cattle Plague, Foot and Mouth Disease, and Sheep 



Pox:— 



Existing prohibition to be maintained against every Country 

 outside the Australian and New Zealand Colonics, ex- 

 cept Great Britain, and not to be withdrawn against 

 it until declared free from these diseases 



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VI.— JOINT ACTION BY ALL THE COLONIES :— 



Intercolonial Conference of Chief Inspectors and Veterinary 

 Surgeons to be held in Sydney to consider prevalence of 

 infectious diseases and offer suggestions for their eradica- 

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