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presented by Mr. Cope for Professor 
Brown : — 
Plkuko-pneumonia. — Only one 
case of this disease has been 
discovered since the beginning of 
November on premises in Great 
Britain, apart from the foreign 
animals’ wharves. This case was 
in one of the Canadian cat tle landed 
at Dundee at the beginning of 
October, and the disease was only 
discovered on slaughter early in 
November, and this discovery led 
to the slaughter of over 100 other 
healthy cattle in contact. 
Swine Feveb.— I n the nine 
weeks ended November 26, there 
were reported 446 fresh outbreaks 
of this disease in Great Britain : 
2,002 pigs were attacked by the 
disease, 916 diseased swine were 
killed, 816 died, 142 recovered, 
and 195 of the diseased were still 
alive when the last published return 
was made up. 
Anthrax. — During the months 
of October and November there 
were fifty-live outbreaks of an- 
thrax in Great Britain ; 117 
animals were attacked, fourteen 
diseased animals were killed, 
eighty-eight died, fourteen re- 
covered, and two remained alive 
at the date of last return. 
Glanders (including Farcy). — 
In Great Britain, according to the 
returns published for the nine 
weeks ended November 26, there 
were 273 outbreaks of these dis- 
eases in Great Britain and 652 
horses were attacked ; 203 of the 
outbreaks and 420 of the horses 
attacked were in London. 
Rabies. — There have, within the 
past few weeks, been ten cases of 
this disease in England : these 
occurred in the counties of Hants, 
Lancaster, London, and York 
(N.R.) 
Importation of Foreign Live 
Stock. 
Mr. Stratton desired to move a 
resolution similar to that passed by 
the Sraithfield Club and other 
societies to the effect that all foreign 
animals should be slaughtered at the 
port of debarkation. There was a 
general feeling that the country, being 
so deeply interested in the suppression 
of pleuro-pneumonia and foot-and- 
mouth disease, ought to pass a 
measure that foreign animals should 
be all slaughtered at the port of de- 
barkation, or be subjected to quaran- 
tine for ninety days. He did not 
know whether the Veterinary Com- 
mittee had discussed this matter. 
Sir John Thorold stated the 
question had not yet been under the 
consideration of the Veterinary Com- 
mittee, and that, therefore, at the 
pre.sent moment, it was a question for 
the Council to consider. 
Mr. Martin seconded Mr. Stratton’s 
motion. 
The President said that he did 
not know whether Mr. Stratton 
wished on that occasion to raise a 
discussion on the subject, which was 
a large one. It was proved the other 
day that whilst inspectors could 
detect any outward symptoms of 
disease, they were utterly unable to 
do so when the symptoms were latent. 
Everybody would agree that it vvould 
be most desirable that foreign ani- 
mals should all be slaughtered at the 
port of debarkation. 
The Duke of Richmond and 
Gordon said that this was possibly 
one of the most important subjects 
that could be brought before them. 
He scarcely thought that a motion of 
that kind should be made without 
due notice being given, so that the 
Council might be prepared to discuss 
it. He did not agree at all that this 
motion would be passed unanimously 
without discussion. He thought a 
good deal might be said both for it 
and against it. He deprecated very 
much that the Council without dis- 
cussion should come to a resolution 
that all animals should be slaughtered 
at the port of landing. It might be 
that it would be a benefit, but he 
rather suspected that if the Council 
were to pass the resolution, it would 
not go very much further than that 
room; because if it were put before 
the Government, he did not imagine 
that they would be prepared to bring 
in a bill for the slaughter of all 
animals at the port of landing, or if 
they did, that they would be able to 
carry it. He would not argue the mat- 
ter further on the present occasion, but 
he suggested that so large a question 
