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distance from the boundaries of the defined part of the port, upon 
the "promenade" adjoining the Albert Dock, and are imme- 
diately taken to some well constructed and carefully kept sheds 
near the landing-place, where they remain until after inspection 
by the Government veterinary inspector. The Dock Company 
charge the consignees a small fee per head for receiving the 
cattle and taking charge of them during the period of quaran- 
tine. After inspection they can, if healthy, be sent into the coun- 
try ; and they are consequently sold either in the depot or at the 
market in Edward's Place (see B, Fig. 1). It is to be wished 
that the arrangements relating to cattle from scheduled countries 
could be put on as satisfactory a footing as those just described. 
Such cattle are landed within the defined part of the port, gene- 
rally either in the Humber Dock, or in the portion of the 
Humber Dock Basin within the limits of the defined part (see 
dotted line in Fig. 1). They are then driven to the depot in 
Bath Place (A, Fig. 1), where they are inspected, and sold for 
slaughter within the limits of the defined part. An inspection 
of the plan will show that the ordinary cattle-market in Edward's 
Fig. 1. — Plan of the " defined part " of the Port of Hull and the 
adjacent streets. 
A. Pepot and Quarantine Station for Foroign Cattle from Scbeduled countries, 
B. Market for Knglish and Unschciiuled Foreign Cattle. 
The dotted line shows the limits of the " defined part " of the port. 
Place (B, Fig. 1) is dangerously near the landing-places and the 
cattle-depot within the defined part of the port ; and, in fact, to 
