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REPORT ON THE CATTLE PLAGUE. 
receive the amount of their value on condition that he has not neglected any 
of the precautions which are prescribed by the veterinary police, and thereby 
contributed to the spread of the infection among his stock, or has in no way 
concealed the disease after the outbreak on his premises. 
“ ( c ) Under the same circumstances of the existence of the disease, the 
sum named by the valuers, after deducting the worth of the parts allowed 
to be used, such as the skin and horns, when properly disinfected, will be 
paid for every head of cattle killed by order of the Commissioners. 
“ ( d ) With a view to facilitate those proprietors whose cattle have been 
slaughtered by the commission for the purpose of ascertaining the nature of 
the disease, and when it has been proved not to be the rinderpest, in 
replacing their cattle speedily, the district authorities are empowered to 
order the payment to be made out of the district funds, and to duly inform 
the superior authorities of the same. 
“ 4. To estimate the true value of the cattle ordered to be slaughtered by 
the commission, the local authorities, as well as the sworn valuers, will have 
to take into consideration the market value, age, and breed of every animal 
submitted to them. 
“ 5. With regard to the cattle which have been killed as suspected animals, 
but which are found on a sectio cadaveris to be perfectly free from the disease, 
the flesh of the same may be used for food, and the hide, horns, and tallow 
as articles of commerce. Of those also which were known to be affected by 
the pest, or were discovered to be diseased on the making of the 'post-mortem 
examination, the horns, fat, and hides may be used for commercial purposes, 
but only on the regulations framed for that end being strictly complied with, 
and it is ordained that in these instances the parts shall be valued and 
deduction made from the amount to be paid to the proprietors. 
“ The attention of the local authorities and veterinary police is specially 
directed to this point. 
“ Lastly. It is ordered that’these fresh directions of the District Govern- 
ment upon the necessity of the slaughtering of cattle to prevent the 
spreading of the rinderpest be in force from the present time. 
“ Lemberg , 17 tk September, 1850.” 
Immediately on the receipt of these official documents and 
our letters of introduction from Count Clam Martinitz, we 
set forward on our journey to Neu Sandec via Bochnia, 
passing over the great rock-salt formation of Austro-Poland, 
in company with Professor Nicklas, of the Veterinary School 
at Munich, whom we had previously met at Berlin, and who 
had been sent by the authorities of Bavaria on a similar 
mission to ourselves. 
Arriving at Neu Sandec, our first business was to wait 
upon the President of the department, who referred us to 
the district physician for the latest particulars relating to the 
precise location of the disease, as the week^s report had not 
yet reached his office. 
It may be as well here to observe that in this part of the 
Austrian dominions there are no scientifically educated 
veterinary surgeons ; and that from the frequent occurrence 
of epizootic diseases, both physicians and surgeons are 
appointed by the Government as inspectors of the health of 
