§ 72. Sir JOHN SPEARasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture if he is now satisfied that the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Somerset has been overcome; and will he state the number of animals slaughtered in dealing with the disease, together with the sum paid in compensation, and also the sum received for salvage?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of AGRICULTURE (Mr. Acland)All infected and contact animals had been slaughtered by the 10th instant, and no fresh cases have been confirmed since the 6th instant. One thousand two hundred and sixty-five cattle, 482 sheep, 382 pigs, and one goat have been slaughtered, for which £27,136 9s. 6d. is payable as compensation. Against this sum is, however, to be set off the amount recoverable by the salvage of the carcases of the slaughtered animals. The amount so recovered up to the present is £5,326 18s. 9d