§ MR. FELLOWES (Hunts, Ramsey)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture if he Will issue an Order authorising the Local Authorities to grant compensation not exceeding the dead carcase value of any animal which has died of anthrax, provided proper notice of the existence of the disease has been given by the owner; and, should he have no powers to issue such Order, if he will embody such a clause in any Bill relating to contagious animal diseases which he may introduce this Session?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE (Mr. H. GARDNER,) Essex, Saffron WaldenI have no power under the law as it stands to issue an Order to the effect proposed, and indeed I should have thought that the carcase of an animal which has died of anthrax did not possess any value at all. I shall, however, be happy to make a note of the hon. Member's suggestion, and to give it my careful consideration.