The experiments performed number 218; 106 being under licence alone, and 112 under certificates. Ten licensees performed experiments. Twenty certificates were in force among 12 licensees, of whom 10 performed experiments, viz.:-- Under Certificate A. 88 " " B. 14 " " C. 8 " " F. 2 The animals experimented on were:-- Guinea pigs 55 Birds 53 Rabbits 48 Cattle 27 Mice 14 Dogs 13 Cats 2 Horses 2 Goats 2 Sheep 2 The experiments were mainly pathological inoculations, done for the purposes of the investigation or diagnosis of various diseases, such as canine rabies, tuberculosis, cancer, glanders, and typhoid fever. A few were physiological, for the investigation of the functions of the thymus gland, and of the effects of chloroform and ether on renal activity. All of these seem to have been of a reasonable character and intended to serve useful purposes in the elucidation of the phenomena of disease or of vital functions. They are reported to have been free from pain. Experiments numbering eight were performed in illustration of lectures, to demonstrate the phenomena of circulation and respiration and of nervous control. In these experiments, two dogs, two cats, and four rabbits were employed. Some of the investigations were devoted to the study of diseases in cattle, horses, goats, and sheep, and seem to be useful and of economic value. The registered places were inspected and their condition found satisfactory. The inspectors in Belfast and Cork report that in those places the provisions of the Act have been satisfactorily complied with.--I have, &c., W. THORNLEY STOKER, _Inspector for Ireland_. To the Right Honourable The Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. This Report gives a clear answer to certain false statements alleged against experiments on animals. It shows that more than 90 _per cent._ of these experiments are inoculations, with a few feeding experiments, administrations of substances by the mouth, or abstractions of a minute quantity of blood for examination. _In no instance has a certificate dispensing with the use of anæsthetics been allowed for an experiment involving a serious operation. In no case has a cutting operation more severe than a superficial venesection been allowed to be performed without anæsthetics._ It shows, also, that the results, in a very large number of these inoculations, are negative, painless, not even inconvenient. The Report shows, also, that the vast majority of all experiments are inoculations made on the smaller animals; and that the larger animals (dog, cat, horse, mule, or ass) are seldom used for inoculation.