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on Srd June 1824. By the nse of the present imperial ton of 

 224 gallons, or of 2,240 pounds weight, any uncertainty as to 

 the capacity of a " tun " would, of course, be avoided. 



Board of Agriculture. — Annual Reports of Proceedings under 

 the Contagious Diseases^ {Animals) Acts, Markets and 

 Fairs {Weighing of Cattle) Acts, &c., for the Year 1894. 

 [C— 7685.] Price Is. 4d 



The first part of this volume consists of a report by Mr. A. C. 

 Cope, the Chief Veterinary Officer of the Board, upon the 

 various contagious diseases which affected animals in Great 

 Britain in 1894. It is stated that after struggling for years in 

 a combat against the various contagious diseases which at one 

 time caused incalculable losses to agriculturists and stock- 

 owners, it is some satisfaction to be able to report that at no 

 previous period have the live stock of this country been so free 

 from these specific afiections as at present. Several pages of 

 the report of the Chief Veterinary Officer are devoted to an 

 account of the investigations made at the Board's Laboratory 

 into the pathology of swine fever, and coloured illustrations are 

 given of the morbid appearances observed in the intestines of 

 pigs affected with this disease. 



In the second section of the volume Major J. T. Tennant, the 

 Principal of the Animals Division, reports on matter dealt with 

 by the executive staff of the division. During 1894 the duties 

 performed were, as in former years, of a varied character, in- 

 cluding the enforcement of the regulations enacted for the 

 protection of animals from unnecessary injury or suffering when 

 in transit either by sea or by land, the execution of certain 

 administrative duties imposed on the Board in connection with 

 contagious and infectious diseases of animals, and the adminis- 

 tration of the Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Acts. 

 Diagrams are attached to the report showing the number of 

 outbreaks of sw^ine fever and rabies reported in Great Britain 

 in 1894. 



The remainder of the publication is devoted to an account of 

 the diseases of animals in foreign countries and to a series of 

 statistical tables showing the outbreaks of contagious diseases 

 of animals in Great Britain, and the trade in animals of the 

 United Kingdom and of foreign countries. 



