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beef or veal, and the remainder, 306 head, were tested by 

 agents of the Cattle Bureau. There were also 4 herds brought 

 into the State without permit for exhibition purposes, which 

 were duly reported to this Bureau. 



The following figures show the disposition of animals that 

 were brought into the State on permits, to points outside of 

 the quarantine stations at Brighton, Watertown and Somer- 

 ville, for which warrants were issued after their having failed 

 to pass a satisfactory tuberculin test : — 



Condemned on first test, 5 



Condemned on second test, 86 



Condemned on third test, 1 



Total, 92 



Of the above, 4 warrants, with report of killing, have not 

 yet been returned ; 5 animals were found on post-mortem 

 examination to be free from disease, and either have been or 

 will be paid for by the State; and 83 were found on post- 

 mortem examination to be affected with tuberculosis. 



There were 1,115 permits issued during the year. Of these, 

 3 were still in force and not reported upon at the close of the 

 year, and 151 were reported as not used. 



Thirteen permits were issued allowing cattle to be brought 

 into the State for exhibition at agricultural fairs, to remain 

 for a brief time only ; 9 were issued for returning cattle from 

 exhibition in other States; 13 were issued for pasturing herds 

 in the State during the season ; 6 allowing cattle to be un- 

 loaded in transit or driven through the State ; and 3 allowing 

 cattle to cross the line daily to or from pasture. 



Sixty-two permits were issued to bring animals to the quar- 

 antine stations at Brighton, "Watertown or Somerville, or to 

 bring in sheep and swine, during the time that restrictions 

 were in force on account of the existence of foot-and-mouth 

 disease in other States, which otherwise would not have been 

 required. 



For several years, at the request of the United States De- 

 partment of Commerce and Labor, a report of the receipts of 



