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horses, and directed copies of the resolutions to be sent to the
Minister of Agriculture, the London County Council, and the
Association named.
At about this time, I was informed, by the Veterinary
Inspector of the Local Authority for this district, that glanders
and farcy had been more prevalent in Kensington than usual,
one or other disease having appeared in eight stables, at no
great distance from the Town Hall. The cases of glanders,
in five stables, were 15, of which 10 occurred in one stable;
the farcy cases were 4, in as many stables. A fine of £20 was
inflicted on one of the owners for having removed an infected
horse through the public thoroughfares. No doubt the larger
number of cases reported to the Local Authority in 1892 was
attributable to the heavy fines inflicted on offenders against
the provisions of the Act and the Order.
The discussions on the subject which took place did not
prove in vain, for at the end of September, the Board of
Agriculture issued a new Order, entitled The Glanders and
Farcy Order of 1892, which practically gives effect to the
two most important recommendations, viz. for slaughter
and Compensation, contained in my Monthly Reports, Nos.
8 and 9, dated respectively August 15th and September 12th.
The Order, which supersedes so much of "The Animals Order
of 1886" as relates to glanders and farcy, makes stringent provision
for notice to be given, by the owner or person in charge, to a
constable of the police district wherein the glandered or farcied
animal is or was (Article 9); and for the visitation by the Inspector
of the Local Authority (i.e., the County Council, in London), of the
suspected premises, with a view to put in force and discharge the
powers and duties conferred or imposed on him as Inspector (Art.
10). It gives power to the Local Authority to make Regulations as
to movement of animals affected with either disease, and for disinfection
of places and things used by, or for, or about, diseased or
suspected animals (Art. 13). Exposure or movement of such