685 
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES (ANIMALS) ACT, 1869. 
<f Return of the Number of Foreign Animals brought by 
Sea to Ports in Great Britain, which on inspection on landing, 
within the Month of July, 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 of Animals affected. 
Disposal. 
Cattle. 
1 Sheep. 
Goats. 
Swine. 
Total. 
Slaughtered by 
Order of Customs 
Boulogne . 
London ... 
Foot-and- 
Mouth . 
10 
10 
10 
Cherbourg 
South- 
ampton... 
99 
... 
... 
50 
50 
50 
Hamburg . 
Hartlepool 
99 
11 
11 
11 
99 
Middles- 
borough . 
99 
2 
2 
2 
„ 
Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne 
” 
2 
2 
2 
Total 
12 
11 
52 
75 
75 
“ ALEXANDER WILLIAMS, 
“ Privy Council Office, Secretary. 
“ Veterinary Department, lltli August, 1870.” 
Facts and Observations. 
The Fossil Horse in Missouri. — In a paper read 
before the St. Louis Academy of Science, and reported in the 
American 'Naturalist for March, Mr. G. C. Broadhead records 
some interesting facts on the above subject. Alluding to 
the fact that horse remains had been found in the altered 
drift of Kansas, he says he is now able to announce that 
similar remains have recently been discovered in a well at 
Papinville, Bates County, Missouri. Mr. O. P. Ohlinger 
