sentences:  Curr was promoted to chief inspector of all stock on 16 January 1871, and in this role helped to stop outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in 1872 and of scab disease in sheep in 1876.Curr died in 1889 in St. Kilda, and was buried in the St Kilda General Cemetery.Curr published many reports and several books throughout his career, including "Pure Saddle Horses" in 1863, an account of his travels through Europe and the Middle East in the early 1850s, and "The Australian Race