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EDITORIAL OBSERVATIONS. 
free, and leaving the public free to use such information in 
whatever way may seem desirable, in reference to the 
advancement of the stock-producing interests of this 
country. 
SMALL-POX OF SHEEP. 
There is good reason to fear that the small-pox of sheep 
is not yet exterminated in those countries from which im¬ 
portations take place to England. In our last number we 
stated that reports existed of its having broken out near to 
Hamburgh, and of its prevalence in some parts of Holland. 
After the 26 th inst. a free importation and unrestricted trans¬ 
mission of foreign sheep to all parts of the country from 
the place of import will be allowed, unless they are brought 
in the same vessel with cattle. The risk of the introduction 
of the disease has aroused an opposition to this Order of 
Council, chiefly on the part of agriculturists. Much has 
been said of the diminished numbers of sheep which have 
been received here while the revoked Orders were in ope¬ 
ration, but we have heard little or nothing of the increased 
quantity of imported mutton. It is much to be regretted 
that precise information on this point is not obtained, as 
it materially affects the question of the meat supply from 
the continent. 
