PLEURO-PNEUMONIA.

North Otago Times, Volume II, Issue 28, 1 September 1864, Page 2

PLEURO-PNEUMONIA.

We have been favored by Mr Gleeson with the copy of a letter lately sent by him, in the following terms :— To His Honor the Superintendent, and Executive Council. Gentlemen, —I have the honor to state that I am in receipt of several communications from seHers and stoekowners in the Oamaru country district, expressive of great alarm sit the course recommerdcd to your Government by the Chief Inspector of Sheep in'his late report on the disease known as pleuropneumonia ; and am requested, as their representative, to protest most strongly against this district being included, should the Chief Inspector's recommendations be carried out—which I do for the fol« lowing reasons — First. The residents in this district having contributed large sums of money for the payment of rangers, to prevent the disease spreading beyond the proclaimed boundary, and liaving been eminently successful in their efforts to ward off the disease,— your Honor's Government must see that it would be unjust, oppressive, and, probably, ruinous to many settlers of small means to declare this an infected district before it is so—more especially vhen so much private money has been expended, and it now being spent, to keep it free from infection. Second It would be extremely unjust and unfair to the numerous parties who have recently purchased land tit high prices in this district, to det laro it infected ; as it would not give them the opportunity of fencing their lands, so that in the event of the disease appearing, they would be in a position to keep their cattle from contact with travelling cattle or those of their neighbors. Third. This district being completely isolated :rom the other parts of the Province where the disease exists, by the IIor?e Range and the Kakanui M >untains, extending on to the Lmdis Pass, there can be no reason, with ordinary care, why it should not be kept free from disease i'or all time coming, by the employment of Rangers at the Lindis Pass, such as those now employed at the Horse Range. Fourth. That to a, deputation winch -waited on your Honor some months ago on this subject, and of which I had the honor to be the speaker, you said that it was not the intention of the Government to proclaim the whole Province infected ; and not only that, but that no district should be declared inftcted before it was proved that it was absolutely to do so. t In conclusion, I may state that those in the district who are cognisant of the answer given by your Honor to the dep itation, feel no alarm whatever, as they have the fullest confidence that you/ Honor will adhere to the resolution you then formed. —I have the honor to be, &c , M. S. Gleesos. Moeraki, August 22, 1864.

To the Editor of the Oamaru Times. Dear Src,—Herewith I beg to hand yon a copy of reply leceived from the Government in answer to mj letter of 22nd inst on the subject of Pleuro-pneum >nia, which I thin If it would be as well to publish in your paper, for the information of the residents in the Oamarn Country District, as it will relieve them from any anxiety w,ith regard to this district being BECL iREO an infected one until it M INFECTED which, with ordinary care and precaution, may be prevented till the Greek Kalends come. I am, etc , M. S, GLEEHOIf Moeraki, August 29th, 1864

The following is the reply to the above letter — Provincial Secretary's Office, Dunedin, 26th August, 18<>4. M. S. Gleeson, Esq., M.P.C., Sib,—l have been directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 22ad instant, addressed to Hi* Honor the Superintendent, on behalf of the settlers and stockowners in the Oamaru Country District, expressive of their alarm at the course recommended by the Chief luspector of Sheep, to proclaim the whole Province an infpcted district, ko , kc. ;—and, in reply, 1 am to acquaint you, for the information of the gentlemen yon represent in this matter, that the Government have no intention to proclaim the Oamaru District an infocted one until it shall be proved to be so. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, Alex. Willis, Under Secretary. '