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! ; that the herd belonged to Mr. C. R. C. Bye did not leave the 
pan tine station until July 26. These cattle were consequently 
;he quarantine station in the neighborhood of the infected 
tie for over a month. I would, therefore, respectfully reeom- 
ad that they be held under supervision until the expiration of 
ety days from the time they were discharged from the Quebec 
.rantine station. D. E. Salmon, Chief of Bureau. 
There was another lot of Angus cattle belonging to Geary 
)S., Canada, that came over in the same ship with those of Mr. 
e, and released from quarantine at the same time, and were 
r ertised to be sold at the Ohio State Fair last week, which the 
cials at Washington seemed to have had no knowledge of; 
1 although the permission given to sell these cattle on the Fair 
ounds was withdrawn as soon as the managers learned of the 
l>reak at Quebec, the cattle were neverthelesss shipped to Ohio 
i week before the fair. Fortunately we did not wait to be in- 
'tned by the Washington officials, but had the cattle placed 
der official supervision as soon as they arrived, and ordered 
an to be kept in quarantine, isolated from all other stock, for 
>eriod of ninety days from the time they left the Quebec 
rds, so that there would not be the slighest danger of the imec- 
n spreading if an outbreak should occur amongst these cattle, 
lich we regard as most improbable. 
In the meantime I had written to the Commissioner of Agri- 
lture, and to the Secretary of the Treasury, calling attention to 
3 matter, and urging that the permission given by the Treasury 
3 partment to import cattle from Canada should be withdrawn, 
d to-day I have a letter from Acting Secretary Fairchild, stat- 
y il that the Secretary of State has been requested to investi- 
,te the matter, and to inform this (Treasury) Department at an 
rly date, whether any contagious or infectious diseases prevail 
aong the cattle in that country. Upon the receipt of such infor- 
ation the Department will communicate further with you upon 
e subject.” 
Now, it may be that all this circumlocution and consequent 
lay is necessary in the transaction of business at these depart- 
ents, but I cannot understand why it should be. 
