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and Midlothian, and one in the town 
of Leith. On March 4 the disease 
suddenly appeared in the slaughter- 
houses attached to the Glasgow 
Cattle Market, from which place 
it was conveyed by some animals 
to Paisley, where the disease was 
detected on the 7th. On March 14 
it suddenly appeared at Dunning, 
in Perthshire, in which district it 
has extended to the neighbouring 
premises, and at the present mo- 
ment there are a large number of 
diseased animals still alive in that 
country. Severe restrictions were 
placed on the movement of animals 
out of the districts where the 
disease had occurred in Scotland, 
and also into the adjoining coun- 
ties, and at the present time the 
disease is only known to exist at 
the places already referred to in 
Perthshire and in the neighbour- 
hood of Penicuick, in Midlothian. 
At the present time the restrictions 
imposed by the Board of Agricul- 
ture have been entirely removed 
from all the districts in Scotland 
with the exception of Midlothian, 
Perthshire, and the city of Glasgow. 
From Glasgow the disease was 
conveyed by cattle on March 3 
to Settle in the West Riding of 
Yorkshire and Kirkby Lonsdale 
in Westmoreland, where it was 
detected on March 9. No extension 
of the disease having occurred in 
either of these districts, the Board 
of Agriculture have withdrawn the 
restrictions which were imposed at 
the time when the disease was first 
detected. On March 16 an out- 
break was reported at Plemondstall, 
in Cheshire, and since that time 
others have occurred at Knutsford, 
Greesby, and Arrow, in the same 
county. One outbreak was reported 
on the 28th in a cowshed at With- 
ington, near Manchester. Exten- 
sions of the disease have also 
occurred in the counties of Kent 
and Sussex, and two outbreaks 
were detected in cowsheds near 
Edgware Road, in London, and an- 
other at Brentford, and at Chigwell 
Row and Clavering, in Essex. At 
the time of writing this report, the 
only centres of foot-and-mouth 
disease which are known to exist 
are in the following districts: In 
Perthshire and Midlothian, in Scot- 
land ; in the neighbourhood of 
Manchester, in Lancashire; on three 
premises in Cheshire; on two in 
the county of Essex ; one in 
London ; at certain farms at Sit- 
tingbourne, in Kent ; and in the 
neighbourhood of Cuckfield and 
Patcham, near Brighton, in Sussex. 
The districts which are now placed 
under restrictions for this disease 
are Perthshire, Midlothian, and 
Glasgow, in Scotland, part of Lan- 
cashire, the county of Cheshire, the 
Metropolitan Police District, and 
parts of the County of Essex, and 
the counties of Kent and Sussex, in 
England. 
Pleuko - PNEUMONIA.— There 
have been five fresh outbreaks of 
this disease in Great Britain in the 
five weeks ended March 26 ; four 
of these were within the Metro- 
politan Police District, and one in 
Leith. The number of cattle 
slaughtered by order of the Board 
of Agriculture was twenty-three 
diseased, 187 healthy ones exposed 
to infection, and seventeen sus- 
pected, but found, on post-mortem, 
to be free from pleuro-pneumonia. 
Swine Fever. — The returns for 
this disease have for some time, 
and still are, much below the aver- 
age for the corresponding period of 
the past four or five years. During 
the five weeks above mentioned 
there have been only 162 fresh out- 
breaks ; 979 pigs were attacked, 
536 diseased swine were killed, 339 
died, seventy recovered, and 134 
remained alive when the last pub- 
lished weeks’ returns were made up. 
Anthrax. — Twenty-three fresh 
outbreaks of this disease have been 
reported ; thirty-nine animals were 
attacked ; five of the diseased 
animals were killed ; three reco- 
vered ; the others died. 
Stock Prizes. 
Mr. Sanday (Chairman) reported 
that a letter had been received from 
the Secretary of the British Goat 
Society asking that a reduction in the 
fees payable by non-members for the 
entries of goats at the Warwick 
Meeting might be made, but the 
Committee could not recommend any 
alteration in the regulations. The 
