t 
915 
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES (ANIMALS) ACT, 1869. 
Return of tlie number of foreign animals brought by sea 
to ports in Great Britain, which on inspection on landing, 
within the month of October, 1869, have been found to 
be affected with any contagious or infectious disease, specify¬ 
ing the disease, and the ports from which, and to which, 
such animals were brought, and the mode in which such 
animals have been disposed of. 
Foreign 
ports from 
which 
brought. 
j Ports in 
Great Britain 
to which 
brought. 
Disease. 
Number of Animals affected. 
Disposal. 
Cattle. 
^Slieep. 
Goats, 
S\^iue 
Total. 
Slaughtered by 
Order of Customs. 
Hamburg . 
London ... 
Foot-and- 
1 
1 
Mouth . 
11 
1 ••• 
11 
11 
Grimsby.,. 
>> 
• • 
7 
• • • 
7 
, 7 
M • • • 
Hartlepool 
51 
22 
21 
94 
94 
1 M 
Newcastle- 
i 
upon-Tyne 
11 
76 
... 
... 
12 
88 
88 
Harlingen. 
London ... 
11 
6 
... 
45 
51 
51 ; 
Husuni ... 
London ... 
11 
198 
320 
• « « 
518 
518 
Rotterdam 
London ... 
11 
2 
2670 
■ 
2672 
2672 
n 
Harwich... 
11 
6 
... 
1 
24 
30 
30 
Tonning..J 
London ... 
11 
12 
1 
514 
1 
i 
... 1 
1 
... 
526 
526 
Total ... 
. 
. 
i 
356 
3539 
... 
1 
102 
3997 
3997 
“ ALEXANDER WILLIAMS, 
“ Privy Council Oflfice, Secretary. 
“ Veterinary Department, 11th November, 1869.” 
REMARKABLE SPECIMEN OF DISEASED 
LIVER. 
Mr. Rayment, Inspector of the Metropolitan Cattle, has 
forwarded to us the liver of a cow, which weighed nut less than 
200 lbs. avoirdupois. As can be easily supposed, its enormous 
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