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attention shown recently to the subject of selling by live 

 weight, but that any feeling that may have been awakened 

 in its favour has not, so far, led to any considerable results. 

 So far as the Board are informed there is up to the present 

 only one auction mart where the sale of cattle is habitually 

 conducted by live weight, and in the large majority of cattle 

 markets throughout the country the practice of selling 

 animals by live weight is one, unfortunately, that is almost 

 unknown. 



Coloured diagrams are appended to the report showing 

 the number of outbreaks of swine fever and rabies reported 

 upon in 1896. 



Report of the Progress of the Ordnance Survey to the ^\st 

 March, 1897. [C— 8555.] Price is. ^d. 



This report deals with the progress made in the survey in 

 Great Britain and Ireland, and contains particulars of the 

 Ordnance Survey Maps already published. Since January 

 1st, 1897, the Ordnance Survey Department has taken over 

 the control of the sale of these maps, and agents have been 

 appointed for London, Edinburgh, Dublin, and all important 

 provincial towns. Arrangements have also been made with 

 the Post-Oflfice, under which the public can order the maps 

 at 492 head post-offices in England, 138 head oflfi.ces in 

 Scotland, and 116 head offices in Ireland, exclusive of the 

 towns for which agents have been appointed. Under these 

 arrangements any member of the public can fill up an order 

 for the maps he requires at the post-office, paying their cost, 

 with that of the necessary postage, etc., to the local post- 

 master, who remits the order and the amount to the 

 Ordnance Survey Office at Southampton or Dublin, from 

 which the maps are then issued direct to the purchaser. 



Booksellers and the trade generally are allowed to order 

 maps direct from Southampton, receiving 25 per cent, 

 discount; but they have to prepay the cost of the maps and 



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