66 _ Ji B, CLELAND; 
mond River, 4 human eases, 3 fatal, occurred between Feb- 
ruary 3rd and May 28th; 4 plague rats were found on Feb- 
ruary 14th, and in all 28 rats, 3 mice and 1 cat. At South 
Woodburn plague rats alone were found between Mareh 18th 
and April 19th. 
At Lismore there were 8 cases and 3 deaths between May 
Ist and May 30th, though there were possibly an additional 
ease in March and 2in April. Eleven rats and 8 mice were 
found infected between May 12th and June 13th. 
Plague also appeared at Newcastle, which had hitherto 
remained comparatively free, having had only two eases, 
both in 1902, one indigenous and one from Sydney. Be- 
tween March 25th and July 3rd there were 14 human eases, 
3 fatal. Between March 28th and July 6th, 171 E£. nor- 
vegicus, 13 E. rattus and 22 M. musculus—a total of 206— 
were found infected. 
1906.—In Sydney, 20 human eases, 8 being fatal, occur- 
red between March 12th and December 22nd. One of these 
was a case of primary plague pneumonia. Between Janu- 
ary 25th and December 29th 46 E. norvegicus, 89 E. rattus 
and 39 M. musculus were found with plague. 
1907.—There were 47 cases, 16 fatal, in Sydney, between 
January 7th and December 29th. Two were due to prim- 
ary plague pneumonia. Between January 10th and Sep- 
tember 21st, 57 E. norvegicus, 143 E. rattus and 19 M. mus- 
culus were found infected. At Kempsey, in the North 
Coast district, 4 cases, all fatal, occurred between January 
23rd and February 6th. Two or three of these, including 
the matron of the hospital, had primary plague pneumonia. 
Twelve plague infected rats were found here. 
1908.—An infected rat was found in the metropolis on 
January 2nd. In Sydney during the first six months of 
the year, there were 7 cases, with 3 deaths, and 160 infected 
