+--------+-----------+------------------+---------------+ | Years. | Months. | Number of cattle | Weight of meat| | | | infected. | destroyed. | +--------+-----------+------------------+---------------+ | { | May | 4 | 412 lbs. | | { | June | 1 | 77 " | | { | September | 1 | 130 " | | 1868 { | October | 10 | 1,763 " | | { | November | 14 | 2,010 " | | { | December | 12 | 1,785 " | +--------+-----------+------------------+---------------+ | { | January | 21 | 4,062 lbs. | | { | February | 16 | 2,341 " | | { | March | 14 | 2,209 " | | { | April | 5 | 856 " | | 1869 { | May | 2 | 220 " | | { | June | 1 | 122 " | | { | July | 1 | 194 " | | { | August | 3 | 464 " | | { | September | 2 | 218 " | | { | October | 4 | 615 " | | +-----------+------------------+---------------+ | | Total | 111 | 17,478 lbs. | +--------+-----------+------------------+---------------+ “The whole of this meat was otherwise well fed and of excellent quality. The waste of so much good food led me to make inquiries; 1st, as to the sources from which the cattle obtained the Tænia ova, and the best means for preventing their infection; and 2ndly, as to whether or not any evil results followed the consumption of this meat when properly cooked. “From information obtained from the Commissariat Officer I found--1st. That the infected cattle had been purchased by native dealers from various parts of the district, not from any particular locality. 2ndly. That when brought in they were lean, and on an average required from two to three months’ feeding at the Commissariat cattle yards before they were fit for the shambles. 3rdly. That their food consisted of the grass they could pick up on the grazing grounds of cantonments, supplemented by such an allowance of grain and _bhoosâ_ as their condition required.