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markets and fairs within Essex and the East Riding of Yorkshire, and the 
city of York." 
Mr. Wells moved, and Major PlCTON TuRBERVILL seconded : 
"That the attention of the Privy Council be called to the fact that, what- 
ever may be the power of preventing the disembarkation of animals arriving 
from foreign countries, no power appears to exist for preventing or controlling 
the disembarkation of passengers, drovers, or the crew, or of goods other than 
cattle, from vessels arriving with diseased animals on board, or for controlling 
for a limited time the movements of such vessels." 
Lord VERNON moved, and Mr. Wells seconded : 
"That the Society's veterinary inspector, Mr. Duguid, be instructed to com- 
municate with the Veterinary Department of the Privy Council, and to place 
his services at the disposal of the Department in the event of their being 
required." 
Mr. TORR, M.P., moved and Mr. Wakefield seconded : 
" That the following noblemen and gentlemen be appointed a Cattle-Plague 
Sub-Committee, to act in case of emergency, and to decide upon calling 
another special meeting of the Council : The President, Lord Eslington, M.P., 
Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, Mr. Torr, M.P., Mr. M. White Ridley, M.P., the Hon. 
W. Egerton, M.P., and Mr. Wells." 
It was further resolved that the President and Secretary 
should personally convey these resolutions to the Lord President 
of the Privy Council the same afternoon. 
At the Monthly Council held on Wednesday, March 7th, the 
Cattle-Plague Committee, in their Report, expressed their satis- 
faction at the prompt and energetic action of the Privy Council 
in stopping the fairs and markets in the East Riding of York- 
shire, especially the great York Market, which would otherwise 
have been held on February 22nd. They learnt also with satis- 
faction that the President of the Council had stopped all fairs 
and markets in Lincolnshire ; that no fresh cases had occurred 
in the metropolis since the previous week, or in Hull since 
February 27th. Mr. Duguid reported that he had visited 
Chelmsford to inspect some animals stated to have died from 
cattle-plague, but he found that the disease was splenic apoplexy, 
and that proper measures to restrict the progress of the outbreak 
had already been adopted. This report having been adopted, 
the Chairman added that subsequently to the meeting of the 
Committee the following notice had appeared in the ' London 
Gazette ' of Tuesday night : — " Since the notice in the ' London 
Gazette' of February 27th last, cattle-plague has been detected 
in a dairy at Bow, and in a dairy at Hackney, both within the 
metropolis ; also in a dairy at Hull, Yorkshire." 
Mr. Ridley, M.P., asked the date of these last outbreaks of 
cattle-plague, as they were not stated in the ' London Gazette,' 
and he thought the Council might fairly ask the Privy Council 
to publish in future the dates of such outbreaks. 
