PARLIAMENTARY PUBLICATIONS. 



Board of Agriculture,— Anmial Report of Proceedings under the 

 Diseases of Aiiiinals Acts, the Markets and Fairs (Weighing 

 of Cattle) Acts, etc, for the year 1896. [C. — 8389.] Price lod. 



This volume contains the reports of the Chief Veterinary 

 Officer and the Principal of Animals Division of the Board of 

 Agriculture, together with a series of statistical tables 

 showing the number of outbreaks of contagious diseases of 

 animals in Great Britain and the trade in animals of the 

 United Kingdom and of foreign countries. 



In the report of the Chief Veterinary Officer a history is 

 given of the progress of Swine Fever in Great Britain, and 

 the etiology, pathology, and morbid anatomy of the disease 

 are discussed. The report contains two coloured plates 

 illustrating the appearance of swine-fever lesions in the 

 tongue and epiglottis. 



The report of the Principal of the Animals Division 

 relates to the duties undertaken by the executive staff. An 

 account is given of the various Acts which have been passed 

 with the object of preventing the introduction of disease by 

 the importation of live animals, and the effect of the Foreign 

 Animals Order of 1896 is commented upon. The remainder of 

 the report deals with the work done by the Board in connection 

 with the regulations for the protection of animals in transit 

 by sea and land ; the administration of the Acts relating to 

 contagious diseases of animals in Great Britain ; and the 

 execution of the provisions of the Markets and Fairs (Weigh- 

 ing of Cattle) Acts. In connection with the latter Acts, the 

 Principal observes that there has been perhaps a little more 



