§ VISCOUNT NEWPORTasked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, What are the regulations at present in force with respect to the importation of cattle from France; and, whether, in view of the prevalence of foot and mouth disease in France at the present time, the Government will continue for some months longer the order issued on the 6th of April 1883, prohibiting the landing in this Country of animals from France?
§ MR. DODSON, in reply, said, that an Order was passed on the 28th of March prohibiting the importation of animals from France, and that Order had been renewed at various dates and extended now to July 6th, so that it was still in force. The French Government were taking very energetic measures to prevent the exportation of disease; but it was too early yet to decide whether it would be advisable to allow the prohibition to drop on July 6, or whether it would be necessary to renew it again for a limited period.