107 

 141. 



3. 250 head. 



9. Soiuul aud healthy. 



10. To tlio best of my knowledge there is no disease in the district. 



11. I think so. 



142. 



I. 1st July, 1866, and on the second occasion, November, 1867. 



3. 500 head. 



4. In good condition. 



5. The first time five months ; on the second, two months. 



6. 5 per cent. 



7. March, 1868. 



8. Nearly 5 per cent. 



9. In good health. 



10. I have great faitli in inoculation ; when applied to my cattle it checked the disease 

 immediatel}-. 



11. Yes, an Act ought to be passed for that purpose. 



143. 



3. About one hundred and fifty (150). 



5. Odd cases have been in the herd since April, 1867. 



6. Not more than 5 per cent, since April, 1867. 



7. There lins been no case since January last. 



8. About six. 



9. Quite healthy. 



10. The cattle have been generally healthy since I purchased them, and there have been 

 only a few isolated cases at intervals, the only cattle affected being unmoculated 



ones. ■ n A 4- 



11. Yes ; or rather that owners should be compelled to inoculate whether infected or not. 



I also consider that no cattle should be allowed to travel without notice being given 

 to the holders of the country through which they pass, and that no diseased cattle 

 should be allowed to travel. 



144. 



1. February, 1864. 



3. 3,000. 



4. Healtliy. 



5. Eight or nine months. 



6. (Puzzler.) Not less than three-fourths. 



8. 15 per cent, of the herd. 



9. Healthy. 



10. I have never seen a case of the disease in the herd since (say) twelve months after its 

 first appearance, nor have I noticed disease amongst travelling cattle since then, but 

 have often seen odd cases of the disease in some adjoining herd, say about one beast 

 in 3,000 diseased at one time. In one of the herds adjoining me, a very large 

 one, out of which about 5,000 were inoculated, I had a good opportimity ot seeing 

 the effect of the inoculation as practised there. The herd was infected before they 

 began inoculating, and of those inoculated most of them died, while the cattle that 

 were not inoculated appeared to have the disease in a milder form, and far more of 

 them got over it. 



II. I consider such an Act would be useless, injurious, and arbitrary. 



145. 



1. August, 1863. 



3. 250. 



4. In good condition, and otherwise healthy. 



5. No other disease existed except pleuro-pncumonia. 



6. Twenty. 



7. Still exists to the extent of 2 per cent. 



8. Fifteen. , 



9. In good condition and healthy, with the exception of 2 per cent, suffering from pleuro- 

 pneumonia. 



10. From inquiries I have made I find that there has been a larger per-centage of deaths 

 in inoculated herds of cattle than in uninoculated herds. 



11. I do not consider that an Act should be passed obliging owners to inoculate whose 

 cattle are infected, as it would cause a great amount of trouble without any benefit 

 being derived. 



