§ MR. CHAPLIN (Lincolnshire, Sleaford)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture if he is able to say what decision the veterinary experts of the Board of Agriculture have come to with regard to the suspected case of pleuro-pneumonia in a Canadian animal, of which he spoke on Tuesday last?
THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE (Mr. H. GARDNEB,) Essex, Saffron WaldenThe veterinary officers of my Department report to me that the appearances presented by the diseased portion of the lung of the animal lauded from the Toronto on the 20th ultimo are those which are always present in cases of contagious pleuro-pneumonia, and that in their experience they have never met with similar appearances in the case of any other disease. I have also received a Report to the like effect with respect to the lungs of an animal landed from the Laurentian on the 23rd ultimo. The course to be taken in regard to these Reports is now engaging my careful consideration.