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what it is ordered to do, and, conversely, it is not the 

 function of laymen to enquire into or write on questions of 

 pathology and animal diseases. 



Legislative Measures and the Act on which they are 



Based. 



Epizootic diseases are controlled by the Board of Agri- 

 culture, under special powers granted by Act of Parliament 

 in the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894. 



The Diseases of Animals Act, 1894, embodied all that it 

 was desirable to retain of the Contagious Diseases (Animals) 

 Acts, 1878 to 1893. It is the machinery by which the 

 entire administration of the diseases of animals in this 

 country is conducted, and has only twice been added to 

 since its introduction ; once in 1896, when the law admit- 

 ting the landing of foreign animals alive was repealed, and 

 for the second time in 1903, in improving the legislative 

 measures for dealing with scabies in sheep. 



These three Acts are spoken of as the Diseases of 

 Animals Acts, 1894 to 1903, and the country which is bene- 

 fiting by the regulations there laid down, and which in 

 their ignorance they have opposed and fought against in 

 the past, little knows how much they are indebted to the 

 veterinary profession which is hidden within the folds of 

 the designation ' Board of Agriculture and Fisheries.'* 



Under the powers conveyed by the Diseases of Animals 

 Acts of 1894-1903, Orders are issued bearing on the follow- 

 ing diseases, which at present are all that are included 

 under the working of the above Act, viz. : 



Cattle Plague, 

 Pleuro-pneumonia, 

 Foot and Mouth Disease, 

 Sheep-pox, 



* The names of Brown, Cope, and Duguid will, it is hoped, never be 

 forgotten in connection with this work. It is permissible to speak with 

 some freedom on this point, as Mr. Duguid is unfortunately dead, and 

 the other gentlemen mentioned are not now in office. 



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