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by a pair of bullocks which went to Larnaca to fetch straw 
clandestinely. The bullocks of Mr. Mattel, in Larnaca, had 
been previously attacked by the disease, his stables being close 
to those used by Messrs. Henry S. King and Co. 
The disease broke out in Palseorotissa through cattle brought 
there by Mr. Achilles Liassides, whose stables in Larnaca are 
almost opposite those used by Messrs. Henry S. King and Co. ; 
and it seems that the yoke of oxen belonging to the latter were 
in the habit of drinking in Mr. Liassides' yard. So soon as 
the animals belonging to Mr. Liassides showed signs of sick- 
ness, he sent them, at night-time, to Nicosia ; but finding some 
difficulty in entering the town, he had them left at Palaeoro- 
tissa. 
The disease broke out at Tricomo on December 26th, in the 
stables of Mr. McLaughlan, where it was brought by two of his 
bullocks which had been sent to Larnaca to fetch timber, and 
had remained one night in his stables there, the same as were 
occupied by the animals of Messrs. Henry S. King and Co. 
The disease was brought to Aya Phylaxis, in the Limassol 
district, by two bullocks that were secretly driven there from 
Larnaca by Aradipiot cattle-dealers for the use of the troops at 
Polymedia. They remained only one night at Aya Phylaxis, 
in the stables of Christofi Kiriacon. The disease first showed 
itself there on December 26th. 
So soon as it was found that the malady had spread to other 
parts of the island, through the non-observance of the orders 
that had been given respecting it, the following ordinance and 
public notice were issued by the Government, the latter being 
posted in the Greek and Turkish languages, in all the towns 
and villages of Cyprus : 
Cyprus, No. I.— 1880. 
An Ordinance 
Enacted by the High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief of the 
Island of Cyprus, under authority of an Order by the Queen iii 
Council. 
" To prevent the sjireading of Contagious or Infectious Diseases among 
Animals." 
Preamhie. — Whereas by an Order of Her Majesty in Council, given at her 
Court at Balmoral, on the 14th day of September, 1878, it is declared to be 
lawful for the High Commissioner in and over the Island of Cyprus in cases 
of emergencj' to make and proclaim from time to time as therein mentioned 
ordinances for the good government of the Island : and whereas animal 
diseases of a highly infectious and contagious character have appeared in the 
Island, and the emergency of speedy legislative authority for providing means 
for the extirpation of such diseases exists. 
Kow therefore I, Eobert Biddulph, High Commissioner and Commander-in- 
Chief of the Island of Cyprus, do by virtue and authority of the power in such 
behalf vested in me by the said Order in Council enact as follows : — 
