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been already audited and paid bills to the amount of about $4,800. Ttie esti¬ 
mated amount of bills not yet audited is $900, making in all an expenditure of 
$o,?00, aud leaving a deficiency of $700, for which an appropriation is required, 
f his amount is in addition to that paid by the several towns where the disease 
has existed. 
It is due to Dr. E. F. Thayer, one of the members of this Board, to state 
that in addition to his other labors he has personally as veterinary surgeon ex¬ 
amined the lungs of every animal that has died or been killed under suspicion of 
contagious disease, thus saving a large expense for veterinary services which 
otherwise must have been incurred. His associates would respectfully recom¬ 
mend an appropriation to pay him $200 for his extra serviees. 
Our thanks are given to the many farmers, drovers and veterinarians who 
have greatly aided us in our efforts to stay the progress of this disease. 
Respectfully submitted. 
James Ritchie, 
E. F. Thayer, 
Henry L. Sabine, 
Commissioners on Contagious Diseases of Cattle. 
Boston, January 6, 1863. 
PLEURO-PNEUMONIA IN NEW JERSEY. 
By J. C. Corlies, D.V.S. 
Since this dread malady has assumed such immense propor¬ 
tions, and engrossed so much attention from an interested public, 
we make bold to believe a brief sketch of its rise, history and 
progress in the State of New Jersey will not be uninteresting. 
Accurate data places the disease in Brooklyn, New York, as 
early as 1843, from where it was transmitted to Chatham, New 
Jersey, in 1846, and generally transferred through the northern 
counties of the state. There being a large traffic in cattle about 
this time between the two states, there is but little doubt that it 
was carried by such purchases in New York to various other 
points, and not a little of it can be traced to the importation of 
affected animals coming direct from Europe. Recent investiga¬ 
tions prove that it lias been steadily increasing ever since, until 
to-day we fear we have a widely diffused malady of no mean pro¬ 
portions, and one which involves no light task to eradicate. A 
