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Swine Fever. 
Recommendations. 
Having stated their conclusions, based upon the foregoing 
summary of evidence, the Committee finally submit to the President 
of the Board of Agriculture the following recommendations : — 
(a.) The administration of the Contagious Diseases (Animals) 
Acts throughout Great Britain and Ireland, so far as they relate to 
slaughter, compensation, and regulation of movement of swine in 
herds or on premises, where an outbreak of swine-fever has occurred, 
or in the surrounding area, shall be subject to and under the direction 
of a Central Authority in Great Britain and Ireland respectively. 
( b .) The power of entry of Inspectors into premises where swine 
are kept shall be extended. 
(c.) The scale of compensation for healthy in-contact swine 
slaughtered by order of the Central Authority shall be the value of 
the pig immediately before it was slaughtered, but so that the 
amount does not in any case exceed 81. The compensation for a 
diseased pig shall not exceed one-half of its value immediately 
before it became so affected, but so that the compensation does not 
in any case exceed 4 1. 
( d .) Compensation shall be provided out of an Imperial fund. 
( e .) Steps shall be taken to ensure improved sanitary conditions 
in all places where swine are kept. 
It will be seen in the Appendix (p. lxix) that at the Meeting 
of Council of the Royal Agricultural Society held on May 31, 1893, 
a resolution endorsing the foregoing recommendations was carried 
unanimously. 
RECENT AGRICULTURAL INVENTIONS 
The subjects of Applications for Patents from March 20 
to June 10, 1893. 
N.B. — Where the Invention is a communication from abroad, the name of 
the Inventor is shown in italics, between parentheses, after the name of the 
applicant. 
Agricultural Machinery and Implements, &c. 
Application. Name of Applicant. 
Year 1893. 
6003 Bartels, F. . 
6145 Stafford, W. E. . 
6691 Riordan, P. . 
6745 Casey, M. 
7099 Maxwell, G. 
7165 Sharpe, A. . 
7338 Rushby, C. T. 
7814 Cooke, J. E. . 
7856 Ruppe, 0. B. . 
Title of Invention. 
. Ploughs. 
. Ploughs. 
. Hay-making machinery. 
. Cultivators. 
. Sheaf binding. 
. Threshing machines. 
. Hoes. 
. Tying string or wire in hop yards. 
. Machine for sowing seeds. 
