REPORT ON THE CATTLE PLAGUE. 
645 
(Enclosure, No. 2.) 
Translation. 
“ Circular Notice of the Imperial Royal Government of Galicia respecting the 
Slaughtering of Cattle to prevent the spreading of the Rinderpest. - 
“ To prevent the spreading of this disease by the means which are at 
the command of the Minister of the Interior, it has been deemed expedient 
to issue the following orders : 
“ 1st. That whenever there are reasons to suspect the existence of the 
pest, all diseases occurring among cattle shall be carefully watched ; and 
when the least doubt exists as to the nature of the affection, the animal 
shall be killed, and a post-mortem examination made with a view of ascer- 
taining as far as possible the exact nature of its ailment. 
“ ( a ) The disease having been declared suspicious by a medical officer 
duly appointed for that purpose ; and 
“ (b) The local authorities having been informed by the medical officer 
of his opinion, they shall jointlygproceed to value the animal to be slaughtered, 
according to the manner hereafter described. 
“ 2d. Slaughtering is to be enforced in the Austrian dominions when the 
rinderpest already prevails — 
tc {a) At its outbreak in places which have hitherto been free from 
it. 
“ (jb) When the disease is well marked in its characters, symptoms, and 
duration, or by its violence and destructiveness, and when also the police 
measures which have been already taken have been without effect in check- 
ing its progress, so that there is a probability that either the malady by the 
slaughtering may be suddenly brought to an end, or that its further spread- 
ing may be entirely or partly prevented, to enable the communication be- 
tween healthy and diseased districts to be speedily re-established. 
“ ( c ) The ultimate decision as to whether the slaughtering shall be en- 
forced when the certainty of the presence of the rinderpest has been de- 
cided on, and to what extent it shall be carried, is to depend on the Com- 
missioners who are appointed for that purpose, who, after having been duly 
informed of the outbreak of the rinderpest or other disease of a suspicious 
nature, or the spreading of the same in the infected communes, shall, con- 
jointly with those who are charged with the carrying out of the veterinary 
police regulations, and also, if possible, with a medical officer acquainted 
with the disease, and two sworn valuers, taken from the commune, who are 
well acquainted with the price of farm stock, first value the cattle which it 
has been decided to slaughter. A special report is to be made of the pro- 
ceedings to the competent authorities.] 
“ 3d. With reference to the question by whom and in what manner the 
estimated value is to be paid to the owner of the condemned cattle, and 
whether it is ultimately to be paid by an order on the Treasury from the 
police authority of the district — 
“ ( a ) The owner will receive the full value ordered by the authorities, 
after deduction has been made for the parts that may be used, as deter- 
mined by competent authorities, for the cattle which have been killed on 
suspicion under rule 1, with a view to ascertain if the disease was the 
rinderpest or not. 
“ ( b ) Eor those cattle where no doubt exists as to the nature of the 
disease being the rinderpest, and in those districts in the Austrian do- 
minions which are known to be infected. And when the slaughtering shall 
have been ordered by the authorities, the owner shall only be entitled to 
