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by an area in Holderness being exempted, in spite of an 

 outbreak of scab occurring in Hull market just before the 

 Order was issued. On 3rd April the Council protested against 

 this exemption of Holderness, and reiterated their opinion 

 that the Order should be extended to the whole of the United 

 Kingdom. 



A deputation to the President of the Board, on 2nd May, 

 again urged compulsory dipping throughout the country. 



The principal object of this deputation, however, was to 

 urge the Board to obtain an increased grant from the Treasury 

 to enable them to augment the amount of compensation 

 from one-fourth the value (the amount then given) to one- 

 half, for animals found when slaughtered to be suffering 

 from Glanders. It was pointed out that Glanders was then 

 almost confined to London and a few other large towns, but 

 that the substitution of motors for horse-drawn vehicles 

 would cause a dispersion of horses all over the country, with 

 the consequent probability of spreading the disease. It was 

 further pointed out that several deaths of human beings were 

 caused every year by Glanders, and that it would be easier 

 and cheaper to stamp out the disease while it was confined 

 to restricted areas. The President of the Board made urgent 

 representations to the Treasury and asked for a grant of 

 25,000, but the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Asquith) 

 declined to make any grant. 



Only five Bills contained clauses dealing with the milk 

 supply, but no attempt was made to depart from the Model 

 Clauses, and they were therefore not opposed. 



19O7. 



The Home-office added Glanders to the list of industrial 

 diseases under the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1906. In 

 consequence of this, the Board of Agriculture was requested 

 to meet a deputation from the Council in order to again urge 

 upon the Treasury the need of allowing a grant towards com- 

 pensation for glandered horses, but the President replied 

 that it would be useless for him to receive the deputation as 

 Mr. Asquith had arrived at the conclusion that he would not 



