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Facts and Observations. 
The Foreign Cattle Market. —The Lords of the 
Council have appointed Mr. S. G. Holmans, M.R.C.V.S., Vete¬ 
rinary Inspector at the Foreign Cattle Market. Mr. Holmans 
had long held the office of Inspector at the Port of London, 
under the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Customs, and 
his selection for this important post proves the confidence 
which the Privy Council places in his professional skill, and 
its appreciation of the manner he has hitherto performed his 
duties. The market is gradually assuming importance, 
through the amount of business transacted there; and an 
opinion has been expressed by the Chairman of the Markets' 
Committee, in Common Council assembled, that it promises 
to be a success. The first lot of animals received at the 
market consisted of 1082 sheep exported from Antwerp, 
ex ship “Orion." They were landed on January 6th. 
Within a day or two afterwards 80 oxen and some more 
sheep were debarked at the market pier. The market has also 
been used for the reception of cattle suffering from foot-and- 
mouth disease—a cargo landed at Brown’s Wharf, Poplar, 
having been transhipped to Deptford, which were found on 
landing to be suffering from this disease. 
Inoculation of Cancer in the Lower Animals.™ 
At the meeting of the British Association in Edinburgh, 
Dr. John Chiene read a paper entitled “An Experimental 
Inquiry into some of the Results of Inoculation in the Lower 
Animals." The paper described a series of experiments, in 
which rabbits were inoculated with cancerous matter obtained 
from the human subject. The result may be shortly stated 
in the following words :—(1) That cancer cannot be produced 
in rabbits ; (2) that cysts, containing cheesy matter, arise at 
the points of inoculation; (3) that these cysts do not differ 
from the local appearances which arise after the application 
of any irritant to the subcutaneous tissue of the rabbit.— 
Popular Science Review. 
Preservation and Improvement of Beet-Root 
Leaves to be Used as Fodder for Cattle. —Dr. 
Mehay.—The process here described essentially consists in 
steeping for a few minutes the leaves and heads of the beet¬ 
roots in weak hydrochloric acid (4° Baume = P027 sp. gr.), 
leaving the vegetable matter to drain for a moment, after which 
