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tion that any subsequent case of abortion was due to infection 

 should not be maintained. 



The Committee believe that these measures would be 

 justified from an economic point of view. The annual loss 

 of which epizootic abortion is now the cause must be 

 enormous, and it appears to be certain that if the disease is 

 allowed to run an uncontrolled course, as at present, it will 

 become a still more serious plague. 



In conclusion, the Committee recommend that, as a pre- 

 liminary measure, epizootic abortion in cattle should be dealt 

 with under an Order of the Board of Agriculture and 

 Fisheries requiring — ■ 



(1) Compulsory notification of suspected cases of the 

 disease ; 



(2) Veterinary inquiry to establish the existence of disease 

 on any particular premises; and 



(3) Temporary isolation and restrictions on the movement 

 of any cow that has recently aborted. 



In the event of effect being given to the above recom- 

 mendations, such measures as may be thought necessary 

 should be taken to avert the possible introduction of infec- 

 tion in cows imported into Great Britain from Ireland, the 

 Channel Islands, or the Isle of Man. 



A return [H.C. 166, price i-|dL] recently made to the House 

 of Commons by the Registrar of Friendly Societies contains 



a memorandum, some extracts from 



Small Holdings and , . , . u .« . 



. . TA 6 . which are given below, as to the vane- 

 Agncultural . p \ ° t 



Credit Societies. ties °* [anc * Dan ^ s and societies regis- 

 tered to deal with small holdings and 

 with loans for agricultural purposes : — 



Credit Societies. — Agricultural Credit Societies, in which 

 the members' liability is unlimited, are registered under the 

 Friendly Societies Act, 1896, and the Special Authority 

 granted by the Treasury, 16th May, 1876, or the substituted 

 Special Authority of 23rd April, 1903. They are so con- 

 stituted as to have the power of borrowing from non-members 

 conferred by the Societies' Borrowing Powers Act, 1898 (Sir 

 Horace Plunkett's Act). Thirty such societies exist in Eng- 

 land and two in Wales. Nineteen are of recent formation, 



