FACTS AND OBSERVATIONS. 
805 
landing, within the Month of September, 1871, have been 
found to be affected with any Contagious or Infectious 
Disease, specifying the Disease, and the Ports from which, 
and to which, such Animals were brought, and the mode in 
which such Animals have been disposed of. 
Foreign 
ports from 
which 
brought. 
Ports in 
Great Britain 
to which 
brought. 
Disease. 
Number or Animals afeected. 
Disposal. 
Cattle. 
Sheep. 
Goats. 
Swine. 
Total. 

Slaughtered at 
place of landing. 
Coruna . 
Plymouth . 
Foot-and- 
mouth 
14 
14 
14 
Oporto 
Southamp- 
ton 
138 
... 
138 
138 
Total 
• 
152 
152 
152 
“ ALEXANDER WILLIAMS, 
“ Privy Council Office, Secretary. 
Veterinary Department, 12tli October, 1871.” 
Facts and Observations. 
Tercentenary of Harvey. — Preliminary steps have 
been taken at Folkestone, the birthplace of the illustrious 
discoverer of the circulation of the blood, to mark the tercen- 
tenary of Harvey's birth by the erection of a suitable public 
monument to one of the greatest of Englishmen and most 
illustrious of the world's true heroes. It is not to the credit 
of our country that no such public monument exists. At a 
meeting convened by influential requisition, the Mayor of 
Folkestone in the chair, letters were read from Earl Granville, 
Baron M. de Rothschild, M.P. for the borough, Lord Robert 
Montagu, M.P., Dr. Bence Jones, F.R.S., and other influen- 
tial persons, and the Presidents of the Royal Colleges of 
Physicians and Surgeons, warmly approving and proffering 
support. Mr. George Eastes, M.B., with whom the move- 
ment originates, read an interesting sketch of the life, labours, 
person, and character of Harvey. Mr. John Simon, F.R.S., 
the Medical Officer of the Privy Council, supported the pro- 
ject in an eloquent speech. Dr. Bateman, Dr. Bowles, and 
