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Pathological Contributions. 
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES (ANIMALS) ACT, 1869. 
“ Return of the number of foreign animals brought by sea 
to ports in Great Britain, which on inspection on landing, 
within the month of January, 1870, 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 aefected. 
Disposal. 
Cattle. 
Sheep. 
Goats. 
Swine. 
Total. 
Slaughtered by 
j Order of Customs 
Antwerp... 
London ... 
Foot-and- 
Mouth . 
,.c 
82 
82 
82 
Boulogne . 
London ... 
,, 
5 
... 
5 
5 
Dort 
London ... 
14 
... 
14 
14 
Hamburg . 
London ... 
99 
6 
... 
... 
6 
6 
„ 
Hartlepool 
99 
3 
3 
3 
99 • • • 
Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne 
99 
2 
3 
5 
5 
Harlingen . 
London ... 
99 
31 
... 
31 
31 
Total 
30 
34 
82 
146 
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“ ALEXANDER WILLIAMS, 
“ Privy Council Office, Secretary. 
“ Veterinary Department, 14th Eebruary, 1870.” 
CATTLE PLAGUE. 
The intelligence received from Eastern Europe relative to 
the extent and progress of the cattle plague is far from 
bein g reassuring. It was hoped that all danger had passed 
with reference to an extension of the malady from the 
