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the 1st September, when the Pleuro- 
pneumonia Act of 1890 came into 
force, and the 1st November, a 
period of nine weeks, eighty fresh 
outbreaks of this disease have oc- 
curred in Great Britain. The conn- 
ties in which these took place 
were — Chester, Derby, Essex, Hunts, 
Lancaster, London, Middlesex, Nor- 
folk, Salop, Stafford, Surrey, York 
(North and West Ridings), in Eng- 
land ; and Aberdeen, Edinburgh, 
Fife, and Forfar, in Scotland. In 
addition to the cattle slaughtered 
in the above counties, a number 
which had been exposed to the risk 
of infection were slaughtered in the 
counties of Lincoln and North- 
ampton. 
The total number of cattle slaugh- 
tered by order of the Board of 
Agriculture since the Act came into 
operation has been about 3.250 : 
this includes not only the diseased 
cattle and those in contact with 
them, but also some that were sus- 
pected, which it was deemed ex- 
pedient to slaughter. In Ireland 
there have been twenty-eight out- 
breaks of pleuro-pneumonia since 
the beginning of September, two in 
the neighbourhood of Drogheda, the 
remainder in the Dublin district. 
Anthrax. — During the thirteen 
weeks from the beginning of 
August to the 25th October, there 
have been twenty-eight fresh out- 
breaks of this disease in England, 
in the counties of Berks, Cornwall, 
Derby, Dorset, Kent, Lincoln, Nor- 
folk, Northampton, Notts, Somerset, 
Stafford, Sussex (East), York (North 
Riding), and York (West Riding). 
The number of animals attacked was 
177. Of these diseased animals one 
was killed, 119 died, and twenty- 
nine recovered. No case of anthrax 
was reported in either Wales or 
Scotland. 
Swixe Fevee.— There were 1,525 
fresh outbreaks of this disease re- 
ported in Great Britain during the 
thirteen weeks ended October 25th ; 
7,498 swine were attacked, 3,336 
diseased pigs were killed, 3,264 died, 
1,111 recovered, and 434 remained 
alive at the date when this return 
was made up. 
Earl Cathcabt was exceedingly 
glad that the Veterinary Committee 
had taken up the subject of Foot-rot 
in sheep, witli a view of ascertain- 
ing its contagious character. The 
Americans took a very serious view 
of that troublesome disease: it was 
one of their scheduled diseases. 
Only the other day Sir James Paget 
had made the observation that " the 
medical practitioner must be a 
student as long as he lives. He goes 
- on or he goes back." That observa- 
tion eminently applied to veterinary 
science. 
Mr. Pell, in reference to pleuro- 
pneumonia, drew attention to a fact 
which they had lately ascertained in 
Northamptonshire, and which he 
considered ought to be made public. 
A number of beasts which had be- 
come affected with pleuro-pneumonia 
were known not to have been in con- 
tact with the disease since the 8th 
May last, showing that the disease 
had been latent in those animals for 
five months. 
Stock Prizes. 
Mr. Sanday (Chairman) reported 
that the Committee had arranged a 
preliminary prize sheet for the Don- 
caster Meeting, which would be 
printed and sent out to each member 
of the Council before the December 
meeting, when the Committee would 
bring up a formal motion for its 
adoption. Professor Brown and Mr. 
Duguid had attended the Committee 
for the purpose of giving any neces- 
sary explanations as to the disquali- 
fication of pigs at Plymouth under 
the dentition lest. After considera- 
tion of the general question, the 
Committee resolved unanimously 
that no alteration in the existing 
rules or practice should be made. 
A letter was read from the Shire 
Horse Society offering Champion 
Gold Medals for the best Shire stallion 
and the best Shire mare or filly ex- 
hibited at Doncaster, and, on the 
motion of Mr. Sanday, this offer was 
accepted with thanks. 
Subsequently the Secretary read 
a telegram from the Earl of Powis 
with reference to prizes for Welsh 
cattle, and 
Mr. Majnwauixg gave notice that 
at the next meeting of the Council he 
