Parliamentary Publications. 



lend support to the view that swine erysipelas is at all 

 common in the acute contagious form in this country, or that 

 the frequently encountered cases with chronic heart lesions 

 .represent animals that have survived an acute attack during: 

 an outbreak of the disease. 



Experiments were made with the object of transmitting 

 swine erysipelas by inoculating or feeding healthy pigs either 

 with blood or cardiac vegetations containing the bacilli or 

 with artificial cultures, but in no instance were the attempts 

 successful. 



These materials were, therefore, much less virulent for 

 British pigs than the writings of French and German authors 

 had led the Committee to expect, and this is the more 

 remarkable in view of the fact that, as proved by its effect 

 on small animals (mice and pigeons), the bacillus associated 

 with swine erysipelas in this country did not appear to be 

 appreciably weaker or less virulent than the organism which 

 is the cause of the fatal German ScJmeine-rotJilauf or the 

 P'rench rouget dii pore. 



Board of Trade.—Third Annual Report on Changes in Wages 

 and Hours of Labour in the United Kingdom, 1895. 

 [C. — 8374.] Price \s. 2d. 



The changes in the wages of agricultural labour during 

 1895 reported to the Board of Trade have been collected in 

 the same way as in the preceding year, namely, by address- 

 ing applications to the chairmen of rural district councils. 

 The particulars refer only to ordinary agricultural labourers,, 

 and not to men exclusively engaged with the charge of 

 animals, such as shepherds, cattlemen, carters, and horse-- 

 men ; the wages are also exclusive of piece-work earnings, , 

 extra payments during harvest, etc. It should be noticed 

 that the rates apply only to summer wages, except in the few 

 instances (in the Northern counties) where labourers are 

 hired for a year certain. 



It is stated that the total number of persons affected by a . 

 change of summer wages in 1895 was 72,400, of whom 7,600 

 received an increase, and 64,800 had to submit to a decrease 



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