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Foreign Cattle Trade. 
these enactments by tlie Lords of the Council would have no 
weight in a court of law, but I have been directed to prepare 
some notes of the principal regulations relating to the importa- 
tion of foreign animals, with marginal references to the Act and 
Orders, and an Appendix containing the regulations at present 
in force at the ports. 
" These notes will supply a means by which references to the 
Act and Orders can readily be made, but it must be distinctly 
understood that the Act and Orders themselves are alone authori- 
tative, 
" A copy of these notes shall be forwarded to you as soon as 
they have been approved by Mr. Forster. 
"I have, &c., 
"Alexander Williams, 
" The Secretary, u Qlpcrrfnrii 
» Boyal Agricultural Society of England, ^ tiu/ij. 
" Hanover Square, W." 
(Copy.) 
*' Koyal Agricultural Society of" England, 
" 12, Hanover Square, London, W., 
"July 20th, 1871. 
" Sir, — I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your 
letters, No. 32,916, dated respectively the 5th, 6th, and 17th inst., 
enclosing the Official Orders regulating the importation of foreign 
cattle, and referring to the resolution of the Council of the Society 
requesting Professor Simonds to communicate, for publication, 
the exact regulations and restrictions under which the importation 
of cattle is now carried on. 
" The Lords of the Council having, in consequence of the 
above-mentioned resolution, ordered the preparation of some 
notes of the principal provisions with respect to foreign cattle, 
contained in ' The Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, 1869,' and 
Orders issued thereunder (a copy of which notes was enclosed in 
your letter of the 17th), I am directed to enquire whether there is 
any objection to the publication of that document in the next 
number of the Society's ' Journal,' subject to the note signed 
with your initials stating that the Acts and Orders themselves 
are alone authoritative, and to any other note or qualification 
which the Lords of the Council may deem necessary. 
" I have, &c., 
" Dr. Alexander William^ d-e. dc. &c., " H. M. J ENKINS, Secretary. 
" rrivy Council Office, S. W." 
