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Mr. Forster said they had no information; but those ports 
were included in the schedule, and cattle coming from them would 
be slaughtered at the port of landing. They had information that 
the cattle plague was very bad on the Polish frontier. 
In reply to Mr. Dent, 
Mr. Forster said that whether cattle were slaughtered at the port 
of landing or taken out to sea must depend on the circumstances 
of the port. At Hull, as he understood, they were slaughtered on 
board; but at Newcastle they were landed aud slaughtered, 
July 30 th. 
Lord Elcho wished to put a question to the Vice-President of the 
Privy Conncil respecting the carcases and offal of animals which had 
died of the cattle plague and which had been washed ashore on the 
coast of his county. He had received a letter that morning from 
Sir Hugh Dalrymple, the convener of the county of Haddington, 
stating that since Saturday last forty pieces of entrails and four 
carcases had been washed ashore, and stating that as the cattle at 
this particular season of the year went down to the sea-coast great 
danger was apprehended from disease. He (Lord Elcho) therefore 
wished to know what the Government intended to do in the matter, 
and whether they intended to take any steps to prevent such a great 
danger. 
Mr. Forster said that the Government had done all that they 
possibly could. They had warned the local authorities of the 
danger, and had informed them of the provisions of the Act. 
Although Government was not compelled to do so, it had sent down 
to the north-east coast two of their best inspectors, Professors 
Simonds and Brown, to assist the local authorities. He had been 
informed that three cargoes of cattle, more or less diseased, had 
arrived at Newcastle, Leith, and Hull. At Newcastle the inspectors 
succeeded in destroying the animals without difficulty, but at Leith 
and Hull he experienced difficulty in getting the animals destroyed 
and also in burying them. The local authorities undertook to send 
them out to sea, and had informed the Government that they had taken 
every precaution to have them sunk. If the authorities had ne¬ 
glected to take the necessary precautions, all he could say was that 
he deeply regretted the circumstance, and he was very glad that the 
noble lord had asked his question. Professor Simonds was taking 
every means to warn the police to guard against animals coming on 
shore. He had only that moment heard of a cargo of animals 
coming into Deptford, some of which had been thrown overboard 
on the high seas. The Government could not hinder animals being 
thrown overboard on the high seas, although it was very wrong 
of the captains to do so. There might be danger, he thought, 
arise from these animals being washed ashore on the coast 
of Essex, and therefore he had telegraphed to the local autho¬ 
rities to take all precautions to guard against such a danger. He 
might mention that there seemed to be a most extraordinary out- 
