EDITORIAL OBSERVATIONS. 
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enactments to the diseases of animals, it is not our present 
purpose to inquire. The law on the subject is now well and 
clearly defined, and there can be no doubt that the members 
of the veterinary profession will be consulted by the owners 
of diseased animals as to what is or is not within the meaning 
of the Act. The two Orders of Council, which we give in 
extenso, contain much that it is important for veterinary 
surgeons to know ; and we shall, in addition, quote so much 
of the Act as concerns the regulation of movements of 
diseased animals, leaving the clauses relating to technical 
matters, rate in aid, local authorities, and committees to 
he worked out by those who are interested in their 
operation. 
In its sanitary aspect, the Act consists of two sets of pro¬ 
visions, one of which refers to animals brought from abroad, 
and the other to animals which, whether foreign or English, 
constitute the stock of this country. 
The foreign section, as we may term it, of the measure is 
easy of comprehension—indeed, is quite free from technical 
difficulties. Its provisions amount to the following : 
All foreign animals imported from countries which are not 
in the schedule to the General Order of August 10, 1869, 
may be landed anywhere out of a defined part of a port, and, 
if found on inspection to he free from infectious disease, they 
wfill cease to be deemed foreign animals,” and may be treated 
as home-bred stock. 
The conditions which affect the landing of cattle from 
healthy countries are specified in clause 6 of the General 
Order. 
Animals which are imported from the countries named in 
the schedule to the General Order may he landed in a defined 
part of a port, and be slaughtered there within ten days, 
excepting under special regulations in the metropolis and 
also in Edinburgh. 
Regulation of the movements of cattle in this country 
and the detection and prevention of disease involve a more 
complicated arrangement of clauses to meet possible emer¬ 
gencies. 
