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 APPENDIX B. 



1. 



1. From tlie year 1867 to present time. 



3. About 700. 



4. Those inoculated -were in good health, but previous to moculatiou the average deaths 



were 30 to every 100. 



5. About three months. 



15. I think it really necessary that such an Act should be passed. 



2. 



1. From three to four years ago. 



3. About 500. 



4. In good health when inoculated ; those that were diseased I did not inoculate. 



12. None died. 



13. Those inoculated remained safe, and did well. 



14. Virus taken at the first stage of infection is the best ; taken at an advanced stage is 



injurious. 



15. Cannot form an opinion. 



3. 



1. Between 1864 and 1868. 



3. In 1864, 1,000 ; between 1864 and 1868, 4^0. 



4. Diseased, 10 per cent. 



5. One month or five weeks. 



12. About 3 per cent, of those that came under my notice died from excessive swelling j 



sometimes chopping the tail off close to the butt will save them. 



13. Stopped the disease. 



14. I noticed that after all the cattle, except a few strangers, had been inoculated, all that 

 had been missed were diseased. I believe that one-half of those that take the disease 

 recover — I am certain that a great many of them do ; and for two years after the 

 disease first broke out, nearly every beast tliat I killed had been diseased ; they 

 appear just as healthy as those that have never had it. I never knew a beast that 

 had been properly inoculated die with that disease, but I have seen a great many die 

 that had the disease when inoculated. 



15. No. I consider that if any man does not believe that inoculation will stop the 



progress of the disease that he ought not to be compelled to inoculate, for he may 

 think that he will lose more cattle by doing so ; and owners that believe in it will always 

 inoculate when they can get virus ; and I believe there are herds that have been diseased. 



4. 



1. The whole herd, in March, 1864. 



3. 900 or more. 



4. To the best of my opinion, about 20 per cent, were showing symptoms. 



5. It first made its appearance in my herd in September, 1864. 



12. My stockman said at the time there were only two that died from excessive swelling, 

 and no attempt was made to cure them. 



13. It was a perfect success in my herd. 



14. As I have before stated, the whole herd was inoculated in March, 1864, but there 

 were some few left on the run ; they could not be found at that time, and were not seen 

 until August, 1864, and some of them were suffering from the disease ; I allowed them 

 to run a short time, to see if it would be fatal to any of them ; in less than a week three of 

 them were dead ; I then inoculated the rest (about tliirty), of which none after were 

 found dead ; and none of those that were done in March were in the slightest aflected, 



although running together. The disease made its appearance in the herd of 



twelve mouths before it broke out in mine. The runs are divided by a range of 



hills. When I found that cattle were afTectcd, I employed an extra stockman 



to keep the cattle from mixing ; but at length a yearling steer was foiuid amongst 

 mine, and it was affected, and it was with great difficulty that we got it to the yard ; 



T had it put into a small paddock by itself, for the purpose of sending to to 



satisfy him that his cattle were being allowed to come amongst my cattle. Up to that, 

 mine were free from disease ; in about fourteen days or less the cows at this place began 

 to show symptoms of disease, and afterwards began to die. 



15. I cannot conceive there can be anything of more importance to this country than an Act 

 to compel owners to inoculate their cattle wlien the disease makes its appearance ; as I 

 believe it is the onl}' safeguard to prevent its spi-eadiug. 



* The number in the middle of the pajjc denotes the number of tlie Return, — that on tlic left hand 

 margin, the number of the Question to which the Answer is given. 



