§ MR. SCHWANN (Manchester, N.)I beg to ask the hon. Member for North Hunts, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, if he can give the mortality amongst cattle and sheep shipped from Ireland to English and Scotch ports during the year 1902, and also during what has transpired of the year 1903.
§ MR. AILWYN FELLOWES (Huntingdonshire, Ramsey)One hundred and thirty-seven cattle were reported to have been lost on the voyage from Ireland to English or Scotch ports during the year 1902 out of a total shipment of 959,000. The losses amongst sheep were reported to have been 152 out of a total of 1,056,000. During the present year the losses reported have been eighty-two out of a total shipment of 275,000 cattle and fifty-seven out of a total shipment of 98,000 sheep.