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PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE. 
TRICHINOSIS. 
House of Lords, Thursday, May 2§th. 
The Earl of Belmore inquired of the noble duke the President of the 
Council whether it was true that the disease known as trichinosis in pigs 
had recently been discovered in a cargo of swine recently landed at 
Liverpool. 
The Duke of Richmond and Gordon stated that in consequence of a 
report which he had received from abroad he had caused a certain portion 
of swine imported into Liverpool from America to be subjected to an 
examination by the officers of the Veterinary Department, and he 
regretted to say that the result had been that they had discovered that a 
portion of the animals were suffering from trichinosis. The examination 
was proceeding, and at present he was not able to say what steps would 
be taken in the matter, but he reminded the House that swine coming 
from abroad were all slaughtered at the port of debarkation. He was 
glad that the question had been put, because it enabled him to caution 
the public that the best mode of preventing the spreading of a complaint 
which would be so dire if prevalent among the human species would be 
to take great care that ham, bacon, and other portions of swine’s flesh 
should be thoroughly well cooked before being consumed. 
THE FITZWYGRAM PRIZES. 
These prizes, which were open to all students who had graduated at 
the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons during 1878-79, were recently 
competed for, with the following result: 
Mr. E. C. Simpson Shave, Royal Veterinary College, London, First 
Prize, £50. 
Mr. Thos. Herbert Lewis, New Veterinary College, Edinburgh, 
Second Prize, £30. 
Mr. Frank Smith, Royal Veterinary College, London, Third Prize , £20. 
June, 1879. Wm. Henry Coates, Secretary. 
OBITUARY. 
We regret to have to record the death of Mr. John Kell Haire, 
M.R.C.V.S., St. Helier’s, Jersey, which took place somewhat suddenly on 
the morning of June 5th. Mr. Haire, who had attained to a dis¬ 
tinguished position in the Island, was only fifty years of age. A Jersey 
paper, alluding to his death, says “ That the deceased was a Yorkshire- 
man, who was brought up to the law, and came to this Island about twenty 
years ago. He was the first to organise a system of excursion cars to 
run round the Island, and was also the first Englishman elected to the 
post of Centenier, and the only one who has ever sat in the States 
Assembly. 
