§ 99. Mr. BIGLANDasked the President of the Board of Agriculture the number of Irish cattle slaughtered at Birkenhead from the date of the first outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Ireland to the date when store cattle from Ireland were allowed to be shipped to English ports?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANFifty thousand seven hundred and thirty-nine Irish cattle were slaughtered at Birkenhead during the period in question, 8th July to 5th October, 1912.