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FACTS AND OBSERVATIONS. 
between four and five hundred cases of the disease were re¬ 
ported to have occurred in different parts of the kingdom, 
principally among stalled animals. 
The measures adopted to arrest the progress of the disease 
are very stringent. All diseased animals are slaughtered, 
and those which have been herded with them are inoculated 
and isolated. If the owner objects to inoculation, he is com¬ 
pelled to keep his cattle from association with others for a 
long period, under the observation of the authorities. In this 
country there has been no important change in the state of pre¬ 
valence of the disease since the last report. 
FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE. 
This affection still prevails in Hamburgh and its vicinity, 
and diseased animals have been landed in this country during 
the last month from Antwerp, Boulogne, Bremen, Bremhofer, 
Copenhagen, Corunna, Dantzic, Dunkirk, Hamburgh, and 
Rotterdam. 
Fresh outbreaks have occurred in Norfolk, Kent, Cumber¬ 
land, and some parts of Scotland. 
Facts and Observations. 
The Metropolitan Cattle Market. — From the 
account furnished by the Chamberlain of London to the 
Corporation in relation to the Metropolitan Cattle Market, 
it appeared that during the past year the recepts amounted 
to £31,089, and included the following items among 
others, viz., lairage dues, £13,319; tolls on beasts, sheep, 
calves, horses, and pigs, £3734; dues for pens and rails, 
£8019; rents, £3371; reimbursements from tenants for gas 
and water consumed, £373; and rents of neighbouring im¬ 
proved dwellings for labouring poor, £1141. A loan of 
£33,000 was raised, and there was a balance of £8131. The 
payments included £20,418 as interests on loans and mort¬ 
gages, £8131 for forage, £2237 for repairs, and £3372 for 
salaries and wages, £2336 for rent, taxes, and insurance, 
£973 for gas and water, £ 6 19 the expenses of the improved 
dwellings, and £33,000, being the amount of a loan dis¬ 
charged. The moneys owing by the Corporation upon the 
market, and secured on its revenue and bonds, were £443 000 
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