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MISCELLANEA, 
powers that were now possessed by the Government to prohibit the 
importation of foreign cattle into any part of the kingdom and from 
any foreign country. At present the power of prohibition was 
vested with the Queen in Council; they proposed to give it to the 
Privy Council, so that the power could be exercised without any 
delay. They also took power to permit the landing of foreign 
animals from any foreign country in any port or part of any port on 
certain conditions; so that they took two powers—first, the power 
of prohibiting importation from suspected countries ; and, secondly, 
of defining certain countries from time to time from which, under 
certain conditions, importation might be permitted. Those condi¬ 
tions were defined in the schedule of the Act, and in that schedule 
it was provided that these animals could only be landed at certain 
defined ports, at certain defined landing-places, and could only 
travel within certain defined areas within those ports. The cattle 
could not be removed alive from the limits of the defined area. 
Powers would be reserved to the Government, through the Privy 
Council, to, in the first place, mark out certain defined areas at the 
ports of import, into which areas the animals could be brought on 
their importation, but out of which they could not be taken alive. 
It would also rest with the Privy Council to, from time to time, settle 
what were the places from which cattle were not to be imported. 
With the exception of these places the importation of cattle would 
be free. In the Bill powers would be taken for the local authorities 
to construct markets and erect lairs and slaughter-houses, to levy 
tolls, and to borrow money on tolls or rates. He had good reason 
to hope that, though compulsory powers were taken for the con¬ 
struction of markets, it would not be necessary to use those powers 
in the metropolis or at any other port. 
MISCELLANEA. 
CRUELTY TO SHEEP. 
A deputation from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to 
Animals waited upon the Markets Committee at Guildhall, on the 19th ult., 
for the purpose of laying before them the evils of exposing sheep, shorn of 
their wool, to the inclemency of the weather in the Metropolitan Cattle- 
market. Mr. E. D. Mocatta said that of late years very many sheep were sent 
to the Cattle-market for sale shorn of their wool, and there was no provision 
made to shelter them from the cold. There was no by-law of the Corporation 
to prevent the sending of shorn sheep to market, and the society had, therefore, 
been compelled to take proceedings against salesmen who had exposed the 
animals in that way. Mr. Game and Mr. Bannister, members of the Market 
Committee, agreed that great suffering was caused to the sheep by the custom, 
which was kept up for the small advantage obtained by the graziers of 2.d. per lb. 
in the value of the wool taken off during life. They also said that the ad¬ 
vantage was more than lost by the evils produced on the flesh of the animals. 
Mr. Sewell, Chairman of the Markets Committee, thanked the deputation 
for bringing the subject under their notice, and assured them that the Com¬ 
mittee felt the importance of the subject, and would do their utmost to pre¬ 
vent a continuance of the practice. 
KRRATUM IN NO. 495. 
At page 215, fourth liu« from top,/or “unaided ” read “ undivided.” 
