250 Horse-breeding.— County Committees, [june, 



Russia (month of January). 



Anthrax, Cattle-plague, Glanders and Farcy, Pleuropneumonia, 

 Rabies, Sheep-pox, Swine Erysipelas, Swine-fever, Foot and Mouth 

 Disease (30,147 cases in 524 "communes"). 



Servia (eight days ending May 13th). 



Rabies, Swine-fever, Foot and Mouth Disease (221 cases in 23 

 " communes "). 



Spain (month of March). 



Anthrax, Blackleg, Dourine, Glanders and Farcy, Rabies, Sheep- 

 pox, Sheep-scab, Swine Erysipelas, Tuberculosis. 



Sweden (month of April). 



Anthrax, Blackleg, Swine Erysipelas, Swine-fever. 



Switzerland (week ending May 21st). 



Anthrax, Blackleg, Rabies, Swine Erysipelas, Foot and Mouth 

 Disease (46 cases entailing 404 animals, of which 5 cases were 

 declared during the week). 



The President of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries is appoint- 

 ing Committees in each county for the purpose of assisting the Board 

 • in all matters pertaining to the encouragement 

 . and improvement of the horse-breeding in- 



County Committees dustry The members of these committees 

 for the Encourage- are nominated by the Chairmen and Con- 

 ment of the veners of the County Councils, and are gentle- 



Horse-breeding men having an intimate acquaintance with 

 Industry. t he industry of horse-breeding, and with their 



assistance and co-operation the Board hope to 

 ascertain in the fullest manner all necessary details as to the character 

 and extent of the industry in the localities which they represent. 



The names and addresses of the gentlemen forming the Committees 

 in the following counties were given in the Journal for April (p. 58) : — 

 Cumberland, Gloucester, Hereford, Isle of Wight, Northampton, Rut- 

 land, Salop, E. Sussex, W. Sussex, Staffs, Westmorland, Worcester, 

 Yorks (E. R.), Brecknock, Carmarthen, Denbigh, Monmouth, Radnor, 

 Argyll, Bute, Dumbarton, and Renfrew ; and those in the following 

 counties were given in the Journal for May (p. 151) : — Bedford, Berks, 

 Bucks, Cambridge, Chester, Cornwall, Derby, Devon, Dorset, Durham, 

 Essex, Hants, Hertford, Huntingdon, Isle of Ely, Kent, Lancaster, 

 Leicester, Holland (Lines.), Kesteven (Lines.), Lindsey (Lines.), Middle- 

 sex, Norfolk, Northumberland, Nottingham, Oxford, Somerset, East 

 and West Suffolk, Warwick, Wilts, Yorks (W. R.), Yorks (N. R.), 

 Anglesey, Carnarvon, Flint, Merioneth, Montgomery, Pembroke, Aber- 

 deen, Ayr, Banff, Berwicks., Caithness, Clackmannan, Dumfries, Fife, 

 Forfar, Inverness, Lanark, Kincardine, Kirkcudbright, Midlothian and 

 Linlithgow, Nairn, Roxburgh and Selkirk, Shetland, Stirling, and 

 Sutherland. Committees have also been appointed for the following 

 counties : — 



The Soke of Peterborough. ► 



The Marquess of Exeter, Burghley Estate Office, Stamford. 

 W. G. Maxwell, Longthorpe, Peterborough. 

 G. C. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, Milton, Peterborough. 

 Secretary, Thomas H. Walker, Queen Street, Peterborough. 



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