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for the purposes of certain sections of the Act of 1878 by 
Orders of Council which came into operation on October 1, 
1886. 
The next measure of importance was the Act 47 Victoria, 
cap. xiii. May 19, 1886, which provided that the Privy Council 
should prohibit the landing of animals from any country, or 
any part thereof, whenever they were not satisfied that the 
circumstances were such as to afford a reasonable security 
against the introduction of foot-and-mouth disease. This was 
the chief provision of the Act, which only contained six sections. 
The Act 47 &48 Victoria, cap. xlvii. August 7, 1884, was for 
the purpose of enabling local authorities to transfer the whole, 
or parts, of their districts for the purposes of the Contagious 
Diseases (Animals) Acts. 
The Act 49 & 50 Victoria, cap. xxxii. June 25, 1886, amended 
the Act of 1878 in some important details. it provided for 
the formation of an infected circle round an infected place : also 
it gave the Privy Council power to extend the definition of 
animals so as to include all four-footed beasts, and it transferred 
the power to deal with dairies and milk shops to the Loca. 
Government Board. 
The Act 53 & 54 Victoria, cap. xiv. July 4, 1890, which was 
known as the Pleuro-pneumonia Act of 1890, transferred the 
powers of local authorities to slaughter and pay compensation 
in pleuro-pneumonia to the Board of Agriculture, and provided 
for the payment of compensation out of money voted by Parlia- 
ment for the purpose. 
Under the provisions of the Act 55 & 56 Victoria, cap. xlvii. 
June 27, 1892, the Board of Agriculture was empowered to use 
the sums voted for purposes of pleuro-pneumonia for payment 
of the costs incurred in dealing with foot-and-mouth disease. 
They were also empowered to slaughter diseased animals and 
animals in contact, and to pay compensation for animals 
slaughtered. 
In the period comprised between 1865 and 1893 a complete 
change has been slowly developed in the agricultural mind in 
reference to the method of dealing with animal plagues. When, 
nearly thirty years ago, the proposition to slaughter in cattle 
plague was made, it was received with something like a feeling 
of horror and was denounced aS* barbarous. Now a strong 
remonstrance is uttered at the want of energy displayed by a 
department which suffers an animal with what was once called 
the benign foot-and-mouth disease to live. This progress in 
sanitary education has been slow, and it is not yet complete. In 
