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government of Bukowina, and entrance of cattle into that 
station has been prohibited; a few cases have been reported 
on the military frontier and in Dalmatia. The kingdom 
of Hungary appears to be still free. 
The cattle plague is reported to exist in two counties of 
Servia. 
The disease is said to have entirely ceased in the Island 
of Rhodes, but has broken out in the neighbouring Island of 
Symi. Cattle plague continues to prevail at Macri in Asia 
Minor. 
CATTLE PLAGUE IN CYPRUS. 
According to the accounts received from Cyprus down to 
the end of Feb., the cattle plague had not diminished. Up 
to the middle of the month considerable increase had taken 
place ; and it was stated that the peasants refused to slaughter 
the diseased cattle, and that a special Ordinance had been 
issued by Major-General Biddulph, the High Commissioner, 
prescribing most comprehensive measures for dealing with 
the disease. 
Dr. Heidenstein, District Medical Officer and Mayor of 
Larnaca, was appointed the Chief Inspector. There were 
no veterinary surgeons in the island. 
PLEURO-PNEUMONIA. 
The returns from the Netherlands in reference to this 
disease are still satisfactory, as only four cases were regis¬ 
tered during the four weeks ending 24th of January, 1880. 
Accounts of serious outbreaks are still received from dif¬ 
ferent parts of the United States, the demand for national 
intervention for the extirpation of the disease is increasing ; 
and the prompt attention of the United States to the im¬ 
portance of the subject relating to contagious diseases among 
animals in that vast country has been called for. 
Pleuro-pneumonia has also broken out among the cattle of 
Eastern Switzerland, and the dairy farmers of the district 
are in a state of great alarm. All movements of cattle in 
the cantons of St. Gall, Thurgan, and the two Appenzells 
have been suspended by order of the Federal Council. 
Pleuro-pneumonia in this country according to the re¬ 
turns, appears to have decreased. The disease still exists 
in the following counties in Great Britain : Cambridge (ex. 
Liberty of the Isle of Ely), Cumberland, Derby, Durham, 
