the Farming of the Duchies of Schlesioig and Holstein. 361 
The Danish Government has recently had this question under 
consideration, and has made a special enactment to the following 
effect : — 
" 1. Every animal intended for export to Great Britain must, 
at the shipper's expense, be examined by a veterinary surgeon 
authorised by the police. No animal will be allowed to be 
shipped if it shows symptoms of any infectious disease, or if 
suspicion exists of its being affected by such illness. A certifi- 
cate to this effect must be given by the veterinary surgeon. 
" 2. During the veterinary examination the different droves 
are to be kept separate, so that no possibility of infection from 
one drove to the other can arise. 
" 3. No animal intended for export to Great Britain by ship 
will be allowed to be shipped without authorisation of the 
police. If there are grounds for supposing the vessel to be 
infected, then this permission will not be granted until the 
vessel has been properly disinfected. 
" 4. Every animal, previous to shipment, shall be distinctly 
marked by means of oil-colour or burning on the horns. These 
marks are to be entered in the bill of health issued by the vete- 
rinary surgeon, together with a statement of sex. The shipment 
is to take place under the supervision of the veterinary police." 
It must be admitted that these regulations give ample au- 
thority to the veterinary inspectors and the police, as they may 
detain not only infected animals, but also suspected ones ; and 
even a vessel may be detained if there are grounds for supposing 
that it is infected. Such latitude is not allowed to the officers 
of the Veterinary Department in this country, as there must be 
absolute proof of infection before the regulations of the Act and 
Orders in Council can be enforced. That the Danish Govern- 
ment has put so much discretionary power in the hands of its 
officers, and that Danish farmers and dealers not only submit to 
the regulations, but approve of them, must be regarded as a clear 
proof of the importance which is attached by the most interested 
parties to the free importation of cattle from Denmark into Great 
Britain. The Danish cattle-trade is so intimately bound up with 
that of Schleswig-Holstein, that similar regulations are in force 
in the Duchies to those recently enacted in Denmark. On this 
side, the Privy Council have endorsed the clean bill of health 
which the kingdom and Duchies have hitherto enjoyed ; and the 
regulations under which the cattle-trade is carried on there have 
been supplemented here by an exemption from the application 
of the Fourth Schedule of the Act, which applies to the re- 
mainder of the German Empire, provided that the owners or 
charterers of the vessel in which the cattle are carried certify 
that they have been bred and fed exclusively in Denmark, 
