§ MR. CHAPLINI beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture, in reference to his statement, on 1st May instant, that cases had occurred of diseased cattle being imported from Canada under the administration of the Board of Agriculture in the late Government, if he can say what those cases were and when they occurred? At the same time, may I ask the right hon. Gentleman whether the special examination of the lungs of Canadian cattle, which he announced on the 24th of April, has commenced?
§ MR. II. GARDNERThe cases to which I referred in my answer of the 1st instant were those of five animals stated to have been imported from Montreal by the City of Lincoln in September, 1890. The right hon. Gentleman will find certain particulars of these cases on pages 96 and 97 of the Report of the Veterinary Department for 1890, the outbreaks being numbered 35, 53, 60, 68, and 69 respectively. The special examination of the lungs of Canadian cattle commenced on the 17th instant.
§ MR. CHAPLINasked whether it was not a fact that there was no evidence 1280 whatever in these cases that the animals came from Canada?
§ MR. H. GARDNERMy information is entirely opposed to that statement. The Papers distinctly point out that the animals came from Canada.