§ MR. CROMBIE (Kincardineshire)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture in how many districts throughout the country Muzzling Orders have been applied by the Board, in how many these orders are still in force, and what are the latest statistics of cases of rabies compared with those at the time the Board commenced applying the Muzzling Orders?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OP AGRICULTURE (Mr. W. H. LONG,) Liverpool, West DerbyIn the course of our operations against rabies it has been necessary to apply Muzzling Orders to the whole or parts of 32 counties. The number has now been reduced to 19. There have been 12 cases of the disease during the first 26 weeks of the present year, as against 88 in the corresponding period of last year, 327 in that of 1896, and 413 in that of 1895.