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rabies were detected out of 138 cases submitted for investiga- 

 tion during the year. The results attained in Ireland under 

 the Muzzling Order are reported to be encouraging, and 

 ^ there is good reason to believe that a strict enforcement of 

 the regulations for a further period of no very prolonged 

 duration will lead to the eradication of rabies, and render 

 muzzling unnecessary in the future. The official returns 

 indicate that 4,859 cases of sheep scab were reported in 1897, 

 as against 4,889 in 1896, 4,899 in 1895, 6,597 in 1894, and 

 10,358 in 1893. Ireland appears to be practically free from 

 glanders,only one outbreak having been confirmed during the 

 year. 



: Land Tax. — A Return of Livings and Charitable Institutions 

 Exonerated fro7n Laiid Tax under Acts of Parliament 

 between 1806 and 1822. \H.C. 108.] Price is. 



I This publication contains a list (i) of the livings and other 

 ecclesiastical benefices, and (2) of the charitable institutions 

 in England and Wales in respect of which certificates of 

 j exoneration from Land Tax were granted by the Com- 

 missioners appointed under the Great Seal, in execution of 

 the Acts 46 Geo. III., cap. 133; 49 Geo. III., cap. 67 ; 50 

 Geo. III., cap. 58 ; 53 Geo. III., cap. 123'; and 57 Geo. III., 

 cap. 100. 



