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5 allowing cattle to be unloaded in transit through the State; 

 5 allowing cattle to cross the line daily from pasture or farms 

 in other States; and 2 allowing persons living near the line 

 to drive cattle across the corner of the State, keeping the 

 animals in the State for brief periods only. 



Five herds were brought into the State for exhibition pur- 

 poses unaccompanied by a permit, but were duly reported, 

 and the cattle later returned to the States from which they 

 came. 



For several years, at the request of the United States 

 Department of Commerce and Labor, a report of the receipts 

 of all live stock at the port of Boston has been sent to Wash- 

 ington each month. The report is made to show weekly re- 

 ceipts. The following table shows the tables, by months, for 

 the past year : — 



Receipts of Live Stock at Boston for Twelve Months ending Nov. SO, 1911. 



The third division of the work consists in testing herds 

 with tuberculin for owners who desire it. and is known as 

 voluntary request worTc. Comparatively little of this work 

 has been undertaken during the past year, but the following 

 figures show what has been done under this division: — 



