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condition of the vessels in which the cattle are transported to 
England, to determine whether they may have anything to do 
with orginating the disease. 
It will likewise look into the condition of the cattle along the 
principal lines of transportation between Chicago and the sea¬ 
board, including Boston and Portland, with a view to determin¬ 
ing whether, if healthy when shipped, they are liable to contract 
the disease at points where they are taken off for rest or feed. 
When all this is done and the commission has reliable statistics be¬ 
fore it, it will endeavor to formulate legislation to cover the emer¬ 
gency. 
The next meeting will be held at the Sherman House in this 
city on the 29th inst. The entire work of the body, it is thought, 
will not be completed before the close of the year. The business 
office of the commission will be the office of Secretary Sanders, 
Honore Building, at the corner of Adams and Dearborn streets, 
where all communications should be addressed. 
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SECOND NATIONAL ITALIAN VETERINARY CONGRESS, AT MILAN. 
Reports and discussions upon the following questions will 
take place this month at the Second Italian Veterinary Congress 
which will be held at Milan : 
1st. Report of the commission appointed at the Congress of 
Bologne, in 1879, by Prof. Lanzillotti-Buonsanti, upon a pro¬ 
ject of organization of the Sanitary Veterinary Service in 
Italy. 
2d. Report of the commission by Prof. Guzzoni upon the ne¬ 
cessity of establishing a uniform guide for veterinarians of the 
anatomo-pathological alterations which at the slaughter-houses 
shall exclude meat from the market. 
3d. Report presented by Dr. Ciro Griffini, upon a project of 
an association of protection and mutual assistance for all Italian 
veterinarians. 
4th. Report upon a project of uniform regulation for all 
Italian veterinary societies. 
