The Outbreak of Gatlle-Plague. 
Monday the inspector of the Veterinary Department suggested 
to the local authorities that .all the cattle sold in the English 
market there should he killed within the limits of the town. 
The authorities, therefore, had them marked for slaughter, and 
moved into the defined part of the port used for the reception of 
foreign cattle from scheduled countries, and within the limits of 
that part these cattle must be slaughtered within ten days. They 
had also sent an inspector to every dairy in the town ; this 
might have been done three or four weeks ago, when they were 
first made aware of the danger. It would be possible for the 
Privy Council to stop all movement of cattle in the East Riding 
of Yorkshire, as they did in 1872, and if the local authorities 
did not exercise the powers possessed by them for this purpose 
it might be necessary for the Privy Council to step in. But it 
would be rash to stop the cattle trade all over the country 
because rinderpest exists in two districts. Uniform measures 
cannot be applied to the whole country without harshness, and 
without producing grave inconvenience ; and Professor Brown 
instanced the case of fairs and markets in Cornwall being pro- 
hibited on account of cattle-plague in Yorkshire and Essex. 
At present, the only countries from which animals can come 
into the interior of England are Spain, Portugal, Denmark, 
Sweden, Norway, United States, Canada, and the Channel 
Islands. No cattle-plague had ever existed in those countries,, 
and the inspection of cattle which arrived from them could 
scarcely be more rigid than it is. If the authorities had known 
beforehand that the cattle which arrived in the ' Castor ' from 
Hamburg were infected with cattle-plague, they would have 
taken precautions accordingly, and would not have allowed 
them to land. As regards the consuls at the Continental ports, 
they were, of course, dependent for their information upon the 
authorities of the several countries, and the inspector appointed 
by foreign Governments is employed to see that no animal is- 
shipped for exportation unless it is free from disease. 
Lord VERNON moved the following Resolution : — 
" That the president of this society be instructed to present a memorial to 
the Lord President of the Privy Council, urging upon the Government the 
necessity for calling upon each local authority to inspect constantly every 
market and dairy within their districts, in order to report upon the condition 
of the stock in their districts at once, and as often as the Privy Council may 
require. 
Lord EsLINGTON having seconded Lord Vernon's Motion, it 
was carried unanimously. 
The following Resolutions were then unanimously adopted : — 
Mr. BOOTH moved, and Mr. Leeds seconded : 
" That the Government be urged to put in force the power vested in them 
hy the 75th section of the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, and to stop all. 
