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given both to farmers and dealers, as they are strict with 
regard to the movement of all kinds of stock from any distance 
beyond five miles without a waybill or delivery note. 
The success of the Act will depend greatly upon the co¬ 
operation of the squatter, the farmer, and the police, in 
rendering assistance to the inspectors. 
I propose to report to you before the Brands Act comes 
into force on the prominent features of the Act for the 
information of the public. 
I have, &c., 
C. J. Valentine, Chief Inspector of Sheep. 
The Honorable Commissioner of Crown Lands. 
LOYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 
Monthly Council, Wednesday, August 6th, 1879, the Duke of 
Bedford (president) in the chair. 
Veterinary Committee. 
Th eHon. JF- Egerton , M.P. (chairman), reported that the committee 
had received the following report from Professor Simonds: 
“ During the past month only two or three applications have been re¬ 
ceived from Members of the Society asking for veterinary advice, and 
none of these had reference to any serious or extensive outbreaks of 
disease. 
The first in order of time was a communication from Mr. C. W. Hamil¬ 
ton, of Hamwood, Clonee, Co. Meath, asking for advice relative to rams 
affected with suppression of urine, arising from an accumulation of cal¬ 
careous deposits in the urethral canal. In the reply which was sent, the 
several causes of the affection were pointed out, with especial reference 
to the kinds of food and general management which gave rise to urinary 
deposits; and instructions were given as to the selection of food and 
system of feeding of the animals with a view to the prevention of the 
malady. The necessity of exhibiting an occasional dose of aperient 
medicine, to be followed by diuretics, and allowing the sheep daily 
walking exercise to induce them more frequently to evacuate the con¬ 
tents of the bladder, was also pointed out. It may not unreasonably be 
hoped that these instructions were satisfactory, as no other questions 
have since been asked. 
The second application came from Mr. Hoblyn, of St. Columb, 
Cornwall, who telegraphed to the effect that his cows and young stock 
had become suddenly attacked with swelling of their feet, accompanied 
with much pain and lameness. It was at first thought that the animals 
were attacked with ‘ foot-and-mouth disease,’ and instructions for their 
treatment, and the steps which were to be taken in conformity with the 
regulations of the ‘ Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act,’ were promptly 
forwarded. The next day a telegram was received to the effect that the 
animals were all better, and it subsequently transpired that the affection 
was simply due to local causes, and chiefly to their having been kept on 
wet pasture ground. 
