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had been in contact at Liverpool with infected animals which 
came from Ireland. He pointed out, however, that the Ameri¬ 
can quarantine system in relation to cattle diseases gave no 
security against the conveyance of disease by men attached to 
the quarantine stations and by articles taken out of the quarantine 
yards. The system, he said, only took into consideration the 
animals themselves .—New York Herald. 
Veterinary Honors. —Count Ercolani, of the Bologna V eteri- 
nary School, has been elected a member of the Superior Council 
of Public Instruction, by the Faculty of Human and Veterinary 
Medicine of that University. Professor Vallada, Director of 
the Milan Veterinary School, has been nominated an Officer of 
the Crown of Italy. 
Cattle Quarantine.— The Secretary of the Treasury has is¬ 
sued a circular giving public notice that neat cattle arriving in the 
United States from any part of the world, except North and 
South America, will be subjected to a quarantine of ninety days, 
counting from the date of shipment. As the Dominion of 
Canada maintains quarantine for all imported cattle, no quaran¬ 
tine for cattle imported from Canada is provided. Quarantine 
stations for cattle have been established as follows: At Deering, 
for Portland, Maine, for about 215 head ; at Waltham, for 
Boston, Mass., for about 300 head; at Garfield, N. J., for New 
York, for about 350 head, full-grown animals. 
The Late Miss Dick.— The death at Burntisland on the 
evening of Saturday last, at the advanced age of 92, of Miss 
Mary Dick, sister of the late Professor Dick, founder of the 
Edinburgh Veterinary College, is an event of some public 
interest, both retrospectively and prospectively. She was inti¬ 
mately associated with her brother in founding and endowing the 
College, and since his death in 1866, when the management was 
transferred to the Town Council of Edinburgh, Miss Dick has 
continued to take the warmest interest in the prosperity of the 
institution. Under her brother’s will, Miss Dick had been con¬ 
stituted residuary legatee, and managed the Burntisland property 
personally. By her death a large annual revenue from house 
property and fens will be available for the service of the College, 
