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merit of a question of that description than one introduced by a 
niemher; but he also thought that the proposal that both those 
measures should be referred to the same committee was a perfectly 
admirable one. 
Mr. Dent expressed a hope that the noble lord would yield to the 
request that he should withdraw the Bill, and not call upon the 
house to assent to its principle. 
3Ir. Lowther said he believed the Bill of the noble lord would 
afford the only effectual security against the introduction and the 
spread of cattle disease in this country. • 
Mr. Neicdegate also supported the Bill. It would ensure 
certainty in the conduct of the cattle-trade, and certainty was the 
great element of success in traffic of any description. 
Mr. Secretary Bruce said he believed that no course could be 
more inconvenient than referring the Bill to the same committee as 
the government measure, and, indeed, the proposal would, in his 
opinion, be wholly impracticable. The Bill of the noble lord dealt 
only with the importation of foreign cattle, and did not deal com¬ 
pletely even with that question, so that it could not possibly be 
engrafted on the more comprehensive measure of the Government. 
Sir G. Jenkinson, who sj^oke amid loud cries for a division, ex¬ 
pressed his approval of the Bill. 
The House divided, and the numbers were— 
For the second reading ... ... ... 197 
Against.253 
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CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG CATTLE. 
[The great length of this Bill prevents our giving more than its 
chief provisions in a condensed form. The subjoined report is 
from the Norivich Mercury .'I 
Teie following are the chief provisions contained in the Govern¬ 
ment Bill introduced by Mr. W. E. Forster:—In the course of liis 
speech he said—He would first mention the internal regulations 
which it was proposed to establish by this Bill, and would at the 
outset refer to those which related to the cattle plague. It was 
proposed to re-enact almost precisely as they stood the present 
regulations for stamping out the cattle plague should it unfor¬ 
tunately break out again, for giving the power of declaring certain 
places infected, for inspection, for preventing the removal of 
animals, and for compidsory slaughter, and the Bill also contained 
the same provisions with regard to compensation. The powers 
now enforced by Order in Council in the case of sheep-pox would 
be embodied in the Bill, but though they did not take power 
by Act of Parliament for the compulsory slaughter of sheep, 
