value of the animal immediately before it was slaughtered, but the compensation must not exceed forty pounds.

Where an inspector of a L. A. is of opinion that pleuropneumonia or foot-and-mouth disease exists, he shall also forthwith make and sign a declaration thereof. Also if it appears to him to have existed as regards

1. Pleuro-pneumonia within the period of fifty-six days, and

2. Foot-and-mouth disease within the period of ten days.

NOTE.-The Board of Agriculture has the same powers of declaring areas infected, and the slaughter of animals affected with these diseases, as in the case of cattle plague.

For cattle affected with pleuro-pneumonia, slaughtered by order of the Board of Agriculture, they shall pay compensation as follows:

(a) Where cattle was so affected, three-fourths of the value immediately before it became so affected; but in no case must compensation exceed thirty pounds.

(b) Where cattle suspected to be so affected the full value of animal immediately before slaughter, but in no case more than forty pounds.

Compensation by Board of Agriculture for the slaughter of animals by reason of foot-and-mouth disease:·

1. Where animal was so affected, the value of animal immediately before it became so affected.

2. In every other case the value of the animal immediately before it was slaughtered.

The principle for payment of compensation for swine slaughtered by order of the Board, in case of their being affected with swine-fever, is the same as that given above,

except that only half the value of the animal before it became so affected is paid.

The Board of Agriculture may make orders for prescribing the ports at which foreign animals may be landed, and all foreign animals in the absence of any order to the contrary must be slaughtered at the port of landing.

An inspector may at any time enter any land, or shed, or other building or place wherein he has reasonable grounds for supposing—

or

(a) That disease exists or has within fifty-six days existed;

(b) That the carcase of a diseased or suspected animal is or has been kept, or has been buried, destroyed, or otherwise disposed of; or

(c) That there is to be found any pen, place, vehicle or thing, in respect whereof any person has on any occasion failed to comply with the provisions of this Act; or

(d) That this Act, or an order of the Board of Agriculture, or a regulation of a L. A. has not been, or is not being, complied with.

NOTE.-The powers of an inspector in this respect are equal and analogous to those of a police constable of the district.

Legal Proceedings.

If any person is guilty of an offence against this Act, he shall be liable for every such offence

1. To a fine not exceeding twenty pounds; or

2. If the offence be committed with respect to more than four animals, to a fine not exceeding five pounds for each animal, or

3. Where offence is committed in relation to carcases, fodder, litter, dung or other thing (exclusive of animals), to a fine not exceeding ten pounds in respect of every half ton in weight thereof after one half ton, in addition to the first fine of not exceeding twenty pounds.

PART 7.

Infectious Disease (Notification) Act, 1889.

This Act shall apply to any urban, rural, or port sanitary district, and in this Act "infectious diseases"

of the following :—

mean any

1. Small-pox.

2. Cholera.

3. Diphtheria.

4. Membranous croup.

5. Erysipelas.

6. Scarlatina or scarlet fever.

And the fevers known by any of the following names:

1. Typhus.
2. Typhoid.
3. Enteric.

4. Relapsing.
5. Continued.

6. Puerperal.

Where an inmate of any building is suffering from any of the above infectious diseases, then, unless such building

is a hospital in which persons so suffering are received, the following provisions shall have effect :—

(a) The head of the family to which such inmate belongs, and in his default the nearest relatives of the patient present in the building or being in attendance on the patient, and in default of such relatives every person in charge of or in attendance on the patient, and in default of any such person the occupier of the building shall, as soon as he becomes aware that the patient is suffering from an infectious disease to which this Act applies, send notice thereof to the M. O. H. of the district.

(b) Every medical practitioner attending on or called in to visit the patient shall forthwith, on becoming aware that the patient is suffering from an infectious disease, send to the M. O. H. of the district a certificate stating

1. The name of the patient.

2. The situation of the building.

3. The infectious disease from which, in the opinion of such medical practitioner, the patient is suffering.

NOTE.-Building includes ships, vessels, boats, tents, vans, sheds and all structures used for human habitation.

The necessary certificates are furnished to any medical practitioner in the district, and for each certificate with respect to a private patient he is paid 2s. 6d., and for each patient in his public practice, 1s.

No one, except the head of the family, can be convicted for not giving notice if he can prove that he had good reason to think that notice had been given. The penalty for failure to give notice must not exceed forty shillings.

A payment made to any medical practitioner in pursuance of this Act shall not disqualify that practitioner for

serving as a member of the council of any county or borough, or as a member of a S. A., or as guardian of a union, or in any municipal or parochial office.

When a medical practitioner attending on a patient is himself the M. O. H. of the district, he shall be entitled to the fee to which he would be entitled if he were not such medical officer.

PART 8.

The Infectious Disease (Prevention) Act, 1890.

Definitions.

Dairy shall include any farm, farmhouse, cowshed, milkstore, milk-shop, or other place from which milk is supplied, or in which milk is kept for the purposes of sale.

Dairyman shall include any cowkeeper, purveyor of milk, or occupier of a dairy.

Any U. A. or R. A. may adopt the whole, or any one or more sections of this Act.

Any M. O. H. in possession of evidence that any person in the district is suffering from infectious disease attributable to milk supplied from any dairy within or without the district shall, if authorized by an order of a justice having jurisdiction in the place where the dairy is situate, have power to inspect such dairy, and if accompanied by a veterinary inspector or some other properly qualified veterinary surgeon, to inspect the animals therein. And if on such inspection the M. O. H. is of opinion that the consumption of the milk supplied therefrom is the cause of infectious disease, he