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have attended it; to prevent any other animals, and especially 
dogs, having access to it; and to isolate and watch its com¬ 
panions. 
One of the principal causes of the propagation of this disease 
from village to village is, without doubt, the dogs that scratch 
up and feast on the carcases of the dead animals, and afterwards 
drink at the troughs where the cattle are watered. It is, 
therefore, most essential that dogs in the country should be kept 
tied up at home. I am, Sir, 
Tour obedient Servant, 
Dr. Heidenstam, 
District Meical Officer. 
Chief Inspector of Cattle Disease. 
Larnaca Road, Cyprus, March 1st, 1880. 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 
Monthly Council, Wednesday, March 3rd, 1880. Colonel Kings- 
cote, C.B., M.P., trustee, in the chair. 
Journal Committee. 
Mr. Lent (Chairman) reported that the Committee had reconsidered 
the contents of the forthcoming number of the Journal , and they re¬ 
commended that permission be given to the Smithfield Club to republish 
Professor Simonds’ paper on the “ Dentition of Pigs.” 
This report was adopted. 
Veterinary Committee. 
The Hon. W. Lgerton (Chairman) reported the recommendation of the 
Committee that for the future the Members’ Veterinary Privileges 
should read as follows :— 
I .—Visits of the Veterinary Inspector. 
1. Any Member of the Society who may desire professional attendance 
and special advice in cases of disease among his cattle, sheep, or pigs, 
should apply to the Secretary of the Society, or to the Principal of the 
Royal Veterinary College, and Consulting Veterinary Surgeon, Camden 
Town, London, N.W. 
2. The remuneration of the Consulting Veterinary Surgeon or In¬ 
spector will be £2 2 s. each day as a professional fee, and the charge for 
personal expenses, when such have been incurred , will in no case exceed 
one guinea per diem. He will also be allowed to charge the cost of 
travelling to and from the locality where his services may have been 
required. These charges may, however, in cases of serious or extensive 
outbreaks of contagious disease, be reduced or remitted altogether, so 
far as the Members of the Society are concerned, at the discretion of 
the Council, on such step being recommended to them by the Veterinary 
Committee. 
3. The Inspector, on his return from visiting the diseased stock, will 
report to the member, and, through the Principal of the Royal Vete¬ 
rinary College, to the Committee, in writing, the results of his obser¬ 
vations and proceedings, which report will be laid before the Council. 
