MR. T. H. BOLTONI beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture whether he can give the House any further information as to the increase or decrease of glanders in the Metropolis; and whether, if there has not been any material decrease, he will make representations to the London County Council with a view to a reconsideration of their policy (with regard to compensation) in dealing with the disease?
§ * THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE (Mr. H. GARDNER,) Essex, Saffron WaldenI am happy to say that still further improvement has been shown in the number of horses reported to have been attacked with glanders since I replied to the similar question addressed to me by the hon. Baronet the Member for Marylebone on the 10th ultimo. The number of outbreaks reported and animals attacked during the past nine weeks have been 154 and 214 respectively, as compared with 194 and 394 during the corresponding period of 1892. This being the case, I could not, with any advantage, make the further representation to the Loudon County Council which the hon. Member suggests.