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GENERAL REGULATIONS. 
Sheep must be sheared, one small lock being left behind 
the left shoulder. 
Certificate of Entry. — Declarations of entry must be 
made on or before the 15th March, 1857. The certificates 
must contain the name and address of exhibitor, with the 
kind, class, breed, and age of the animal. The age of all 
animals must be calculated up to the 15th March, 1857. 
The certificates must be sent to the Minister of Agricul- 
ture and Commerce, No. 78 bis, Rue de Varennes, Paris, so 
as to reach the Ministry on or before the 15th March, 1857. 
Arrival of Stock. — All animals intended to be exhi- 
bited at the show can arrive at the yard during the day of 
Saturday, the 4th April : they must be at their place on 
Monday, 6th April, before seven o’clock in the morning. 
None can be admitted after that hour. 
Keep of Stock. — The French Government will pay the 
cost of transport within their own frontier, and will provide 
for the keep of stock during the exhibition. 
Application for certificates to be made to the Minister of 
Agriculture, at Paris. 
Parliamentary Intelligence. 
HOUSE OF COMMONS, Thursday, Feb. 26. 
DISEASE AMONG CATTLE. 
Mr. Stafford asked whether the attention of the Govern- 
ment had been called to the epidemic disease among cattle in 
Central Europe, and whether the Board of Control had taken 
any measures to prevent the landing of diseased cattle in this 
country ? 
Mr. Lowe replied that the attention of the Board of Trade 
had been called to the subject, which had put itself in com- 
munication with the Foreign Office, requesting that depart- 
ment to obtain from consuls abroad all the information pos- 
sible on the subject. The Board of Trade had likewise put 
itself in communication with the Customs, which department 
possessed an Act of Parliament under which it bad powers 
sufficient to prevent the importation of infected animals. As 
