tgii.] Animal Diseases on the Continent. 351 



rains the growth of grass was started, and cattle and sheep are now on 

 the whole progressing favourably. 



Summarising the reports and representing an average crop by 100, 

 the appearance of the crops on July ist indicates yields for Great Britain 

 which may be represented by the following percentages : — Wheat, 101 ; 

 barley, 97; oats, 94; beans, 99; peas, 99; potatoes, 102; mangold, 99; 

 "seed?" hay, 94; meadow hay, 90; hops, 98. 



The following statement shows that, 

 according to the information in the possession 



^TilaseVon thi mal of the Board °" ^ ISt > certain dis- 



Continent. eases of animals existed in the countries 



specified : — 

 Austria (week ending June 14th). 



Blackleg, Swine Erysipelas, Foot and Mouth Disease (3,482 Hofe). 

 Belgium (fifteen days ending May 15th). 



Anthrax, Blackleg, Rabies. 

 Bulgaria (nine days ending June 14th). 



Blackleg, Glanders and Farcy, Rabies, Sheep-pox, Sheep-scab, 



Swine-fever. 

 Denmark (month of May). 



Anthrax, Foot-rot, Glanders and Farcy, Swine Erysipelas, Foot and 



Mouth Disease (one case). 

 France (Month of May). 



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

 scab, Swine Erysipelas, Swine-fever. 



Foot and Mouth Disease (462 "^tables" in 188 "communes"). 

 Germany (on June 15th). 



Glanders and Farcy, Swine-fever, Foot and Mouth Disease (16,504 



infected places in 3,271 parishes). 

 Holland (month of May). 



Anthrax, Foot-rot, Swine Erysipelas, Foot and Mouth Disease 



(4,602 outbreaks in 7 provinces). 

 Hungary (on May 3is£). 



Anthrax, Rabies, Sheep-pox, Swine Erysipelas, Swine-fever, Foot 



and Mouth Disease (2,732 " cours "). 

 Italy (week ending April 20th). 



Anthrax, Blackleg, Glanders and Farcy, Rabies, Sheep-scab, Swine 



Erysipelas, Swine-fever, Foot and Mouth Disease (576 cases entail- 

 ing 25,004 animals). 

 Montenegro (sixteen days ending April 15th). 



Foot and Mouth Disease (54 provinces infected entailing 484 



animals). 

 Norway (month of May). 



Anthrax, Blackleg, Swine-fever. 

 Roumania (ten days ending June 13th). 



Anthrax, Dourine, Glanders and Farcy, Pleuro-pneumonia, Rabies, 



Sheep-pox, Swine Erysipelas. 

 Russia (month of February). 



Anthrax, Cattle-plague, Glanders and Farcy, Pleuro-pneumonia, 



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



Disease (58,274 cases in 1,024 "communes"). 



