§ MR. A. K. LOYD (Berkshire, Abingdon)To ask the President of the Board of Agriculture whether the progressive decrease of outbreaks of swine fever shown in each quarter of 1904, as compared with the corresponding quarter of 1903, was continued in the first two quarters of 1905, as compared respectively with the first two quarters of 1904.
(Answered by Mr. Ailwyn Fellowes.) I am glad to say that the decrease in the number of outbreaks of swine fever in 248 1904 as compared with 1903 has been more than maintained this year, as will be seen from the following table:—
| Period. | 1905. | 1904. | 1903. |
| 1st Quarter | 155 | 320 | 353 |
| 2nd Quarter | 267 | 478 | 526 |
| 3rd Quarter | — | 240 | 306 |
| 4th Quarter | — | 158 | 293 |
| Total for the Year. | — | 1,196 | 1,478 |
§ The number of outbreaks during the first six months of the current year has been 422 as compared with 798 in the corresponding period of 1904, a decrease of 47 per cent.