Heuro-jmeumonia Ad, 1890. 
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attacked, three diseased animals 
were killed, twenty-four died, and 
twenty-seven recovered. 
In Ireland only two outbreaks of 
anthrax were reported, and two ani- 
mals attacked. 
SwnsE Feveb. — Of this disease 
1,009 fresh outbreaks occurred in 
Great Britain in the period above- 
mentioned ; 5,182 swine were at- 
tacked, 2,189 diseased pigs were 
killed, 2,186 died, 537 recovered 
and 760 remained alive when the 
return was made up. In Ireland 
eighty-five outbreaks of swine fever 
were reported, and 256 animals 
were attacked. 
Rabies. — In England eighteen 
cases of this disease were reported 
in the counties of Bucks, Derby, 
Lancaster, London, Middlesex, Nor- 
folk, Northampton, Stafford, War- 
wick, and York (West Riding). In 
Ireland rabies is much more preva- 
lent, and more widely distributed 
than in England, there having been 
eighty-six cases reported in nineteen 
different counties in the seven 
weeks. 
In connection with the depart- 
ment of research in Comparative 
Pathology established under a grant 
from the Royal Agricultural Society, 
the necessary apparatus for the 
equipment of the laboratory at the 
Royal Veterinary College, i.e. micro- 
scopes, camera, &c, are ready for 
use, and Mr. Coghill has commenced 
his work. Mr. Bland Sutton has 
consented to give a course of lec- 
tures on Comparative Pathology, 
and Professor Crookshank will un- 
dertake the lectures and demon- 
strations on Bacteriology during 
the session which will commence 
next October. 
With reference to the letter from 
the Board of Agriculture on the sub- 
ject of pleuro-pneumonia, which was 
about to be considered by the Council, 
the Committee recommended that in 
addition to any other steps which 
might be deemed desirable, each of 
the Society's Provincial Veterinary 
Surgeons be instructed to immedi- 
ately inform the Secretary of the 
Society by telegraph of any outbreak 
of pleuro-pneumonia occurring within 
his district or otherwise coming under 
his cognisance, such action to be 
independent of any duties which he 
might have to fulfil as an inspector of 
the local authority or of the Board of 
Agriculture. They recommended that 
the cost of telegraphing should be 
defrayed by the Society, and that the 
telegrams when received should be 
immediately forwarded, by the Secre- 
tary, to the Board of Agriculture. A 
report had been received from Profes- 
sor Brown certifying that none of the 
animals exhibited at the Plymouth 
Meeting were affected with any con- 
tagious disease, and that no outbreak 
of infectious disease had occurred 
during the Show. A letter had been 
received from Mr. Owen Thomas, of 
Tycoch, Llanerchy medd, acceptingthe 
appointment of Provincial Veterinary 
Surgeon for the county of Anglesey. 
The question of the continuance of 
the Society's horse-shoeing competi- 
tions had been discussed, and it had 
been agreed that it would be undesir- 
able to discontinue them for the pre- 
sent, until a competition had taken 
place in each of the Society's districts, 
or until the Registration Scheme of 
the Farriers' Company was in full 
working order. 
Pleuro-pneumonia Act, 1890. 
The Pbesidext said that it would 
be convenient, before the report of the 
Veterinary Committee vvas adopted, 
that the letter addressed to him on the 
16th instant by the Board of Agricul- 
ture, on the subject of the Pleuro- 
pneumonia Act of this Session, should 
be read and discussed. 
The Secbetaby then read the fol- 
lowing letter : — 
Board of Agriculture, 
3, St. James's Square. London, S.W. : 
July 16th, 1890. 
My Lord, — I am directed by the 
President to call Your attention to 
the Act of Parliament (53 k 54 Vict. 
C. 14), which has recently received 
the Royal Assent, for conferring 
on the Board of Agriculture further 
powers for dealing with pleuro- 
pneumonia in cattle. 
You will observe that it provides 
for the slaughter of cattle by the 
Board, and for the payment of 
compensation out of Imperial 
