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EDITORIAL OBSERVATIONS. 
“ Section 3. 
“ The provision of the Order issued on the 0. C. 321. 
9th March, 1871, prohibiting the landing of 
cattle coming from France, and sheep and 
goats coming with them, is still in force. 
“ (Signed) ALEXANDER WILLIAMS. 
“ APPENDIX. 
ic REGULATIONS relating to the Landing and Inspection 
of Foreign Animals arriving at Ports in Great Britain, 
from and after the 31st day of March, 1871. 
“ Marking. 
“ Each kind of foreign animal landed at a landing-place 
for slaughter (with the exception of sheep and swine landed 
within a defined part of the Port of London) shall be 
marked in the following manner, namely : — 
“ Cattle . — By clipping the hair off the end of the 
tail, and by clipping a broad arrow, about five inches 
long, on the left quarter. 
(i Sheep and Goats . — By clipping a broad arrow, 
about four inches long, on the forehead. 
“ Swine . — By printing a broad arrow, about three 
inches long, on the left side, with the following com- 
position, namely — Resin, five parts ; oil of turpen- 
tine, two parts; and red ochre, one part; melted, 
and used warm. 
“ Detention. 
(i All foreign animals landed in Great Britain shall be 
detained for at least twelve hours after landing, except as 
hereinafter provided, in some lair or other proper place 
adjacent to the landing-place, for the purpose of being in- 
spected by the Veterinary Inspector appointed by the Privy 
Council for that purpose ; and every such Inspector shall 
have power to detain, for any longer period, any animal or 
