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wharf was not to be used until it was thoroughly disinfected. The 
same course was pursued with regard to the cargo that had arrived 
in London. This cargo consisted of 1800 sheep, of which 22 were 
suspected of being infected with the same disease; one or two of 
them being undoubtedly affected with it. The entire cargo of sheep 
were slaughtered before they had any communication with other 
sheep. The House ought to be informed that every step had been 
taken in both cases which would have been taken if the Order in 
G ouncil lately repealed had been in force, which provided that all 
sheep should be slaughtered on landing. Everything had been done 
that was necessary; and care had been taken that not only all the 
sheep that were diseased, but all the sheep with which they were in 
communication, should be slaughtered. There was reason to be¬ 
lieve that both the cargoes came from the same party at Antwerp, 
and that they had been separated that they could be more easily 
landed and evade discovery. 
Lord R. Montagu wished to know whether the Privy Council in¬ 
tended to issue any orders with regard to sheep coming from 
infected districts abroad. 
Mr. W. E. Forster said the regulations now in force w’ere quite 
sufficient. 
PRESENTATION OF A TESTIMONIAL TO 
PROFESSOR PRITCHARD. 
The students of the Royal Veterinary College who form the pri¬ 
vate class of Wm. Pritchard, Esq., Lecturer on Descriptive Anatomy, 
having resolved to present that gentleman with a testimonial ex¬ 
pressive of their appreciation of his labours in their behalf, selected 
from amongst themselves the following to act as managing com¬ 
mittee : 
Mr. Fred. Geeves, Chairman. 
Messrs. George Pyett, J. H. Bennett, Joseph Oakley, Wm. 
Jackson, Joseph Plunkett, James Wheeler. 
Mr. T. S. Brigham, Hon. Secretary. 
Mr. John Taylor, Hon. Treasurer. 
All preliminary matters having been arranged, the presentation 
took place at the Freemasons’ Tavern, on the evening of the 26th of 
March, when the students and their friends, numbering nearly eighty, 
entertained Professor Pritchard at a dinner. Mr. Geeves in the 
chair ; the vice-chair being occupied by IMr. AVm. Jackson. 
After the cloth had been removed, and the usual loyal and 
patriotic toasts duly honoured, the chairman, in a neat and appro 
priate speech, presented the testimonial, accompanied with tbe 
