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Bowen-Jones, Bart.) served, was appointed by the Lord Presi- 

 dent, and this Committee, which issued its Report in 1888, 

 unhesitatingly endorsed the policy recommended by the 

 Chamber ; it further recommended the payment of compen- 

 sation out of national funds, instead of out of local rates. 



1889. 



At the February meeting the Council pressed for the 

 adoption of the recommendations of the Departmental Com- 

 mittee. It also urged the payment of compensation out of 

 the National Exchequer, and condemned the hesitation shown 

 in some parts of the country as to the policy of stamping out 

 Pleuro -Pneumonia . 



In March a strong deputation waited on the Lord President 

 of the Council and urged him to take prompt and effective 

 steps for stamping out Pleuro -Pneumonia. Repeated ques- 

 tions in Parliament failed to draw any promise of immediate 

 action, and the question was left unsettled to be dealt with 

 by the Board of Agriculture (created this year), to whom the 

 former functions of the Privy Council had been transferred. 



An Order in Council, dated 1st March, acceded to the 

 repeated applications of the Government of the Netherlands, 

 and allowed the free importation without slaughter or quaran- 

 tine of animals from Holland after 1st June. It was reported, 

 however, to the Council on 26th March that Foot and Mouth 

 Disease had been landed in this country at four different ports 

 by German sheep. The Privy Council thereupon prohibited 

 further importation from Germany, but declined to meet the 

 Chamber's wishes to withdraw the Order allowing the 

 admission of Dutch cattle. After further pressure, however, 

 the Government postponed the operation of the Dutch Order 

 until 1st September. 



In November the Council called the attention of the new 

 Board of Agriculture to the necessity for vigilant precautions 

 against the admission of disease from Holland. At the same 

 time they welcomed the effective reply which the first President 

 of the Board of Agriculture (Mr. Chaplin) had made to the 

 complaints of traders who on the ground of the incon- 



