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day by day ; on the other side of the dry creek (Denison's Station) 

 no sheep died. The plants were again noticed and a report t# 

 Government made. The bodies were buried and not burned. 

 On the Liverpool Plains some stations were deserted for a season 

 and after four years sheep returned and were healthy. Mr. 

 Moore quite agreed with M. Loir with respect to burning. 



Professor Anderson Stuart — Australian graziers are greatly 

 indebted to M. Loir for bringing the matter before the Australian 

 public. M. Challin's paper may be in Sydney but not trans- 

 lated. If M. Loir's paper is published in extenso it should be 

 spread over the length and breadth of Australia. Mr. Moore's 

 supposition of the duration of life of microbes was correct. Koch 

 proved that Anthrax bacillus could survive three weeks in moist 

 soil and the spores longer, but not into many years. M. Loir has 

 thrown out excellent suggestions regarding bacteriologists finding 

 bacteria in meat exported. There are always persons who would 

 delight to find microbes, and English Agricultural papers would 

 use the fact with advantage and ring the death-knell of Australian 

 meat in England for some time to come. 



The Hon. H. N. MacLaurin, m.d. — Listened with pleasure and 

 rose to speak to the remark made by Prof. Stuart re risk of 

 microbes being found in exported meat. The existing law renders 

 it a criminal offence to sell for food animals dying from Anthrax 

 or Enlarged Spleen, whilst persons selling meat affected with 

 bacillus of Tubercle are open to a fine of .£10, and only very foolish 

 and very wicked persons would do so. 



Prof. Anderson Stuart — Was aware of such a law, but there 

 are persons who would not think it very wicked to freeze up a 

 carcase dying from disease. In proof of which he related a Scotch 

 experience of animals dying from Charbon, and yet the hide was 

 sold and the flesh cooked for food. 



Dr. Milford — Had known of several cases of persons in Sydney 

 being stung in the face by flies thereby producing Anthrax «r 

 malignant pustule. 



