§ Dr. TANNERI beg to ask the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture for Ireland how many cases of rabies are reliably reported and authenticated as having occurred during the past three and six months respectively in Ireland; whether any toxic results have been demonstrated; and upon what evidence the diagnosis of rabies was founded.
§ THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR IRELAND (Mr. PlUNKETT,) Dublin County, S.Eighteen authenticated cases of rabies were reported from the whole of Ireland during the six months ended 28th February, and of these, eight cases occurred during the past three months. Toxic results were demonstrated in eleven of the eighteen cases. The diagnosis of rabies in all these cases was founded either upon experimental investigation by what is known as the Pasteur inoculation method, or, where such investigation was not practicable, upon the 596 results of careful inquiries made at the place of outbreak by qualified veterinary inspectors.