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French Ambassador wrote letters warmly supporting 

 the objects of the meeting. The following are the 

 resolutions which were passed : 



(1) That this meeting records its conviction that 

 the efficacy of the anti-rabic treatment discovered by 

 M. Pasteur is fully demonstrated. 



(2) That this meeting desires to express the in- 

 debtedness of the people of Great Britain and Ireland 

 to M. Pasteur and the staff of the Institut Pasteur for 

 the generous aid afforded by them to over 200 of our 

 fellow-countrymen suffering from the bite of rabid 

 dogs. 



(3) That this meeting requests the Lord Mayor 

 to start a fund for the double purpose of making a 

 suitable donation to the Institut Pasteur, and of pro- 

 viding for the expenses of British subjects bitten by 

 rabid animals, who are unable to pay the cost of a 

 journey to Paris. 



(4) That this meeting, whilst recognising the 

 value of M. Pasteur's treatment, and taking steps to 

 provide for the treatment of persons who may here- 

 after be bitten by rabid animals in this country, is of 

 opinion that rabies might be stamped out in these 

 islands, and invites the Government to introduce with- 

 out delay a bill for the simultaneous muzzling of all 

 dogs throughout the British islands, and for the estab- 

 lishment of quarantine for a reasonable period of all 

 dogs imported. 



The fund which was there and then started has 

 enabled the Lord Mayor to assist many poor British 

 subjects to visit Paris for the purpose of undergoing 



