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1893, that "Scores of people are poisoned and laid in the ground, and 

 the crimes are never detected." 



With cremation, under the precautions recommended by the various 

 societies taking an interest in it, such a state of matters would be im- 

 possible. No friend of this movement will be satisfied with any 

 rales which do not include a proper examination of every dead body 

 by some disinterested person before being disposed of. 



In this way the medico-legal objection is practicilly gone, and that 

 crime, instead of being undetected, will be more likely to be dis- 

 covered. 



Such, then, sir, is a brief outline of the history, advantages, and so- 

 called disadvantages of cremation, and I will not at this time move any 

 formal resolution asking this society to decide in favour of cremation as 

 against our present system of burial. 



I believe if the people as a whole knew the risks of our present mode 

 of burial, if they were coatident that no religious rites would be 

 interfered with, and that cremation could be carried out without shock 

 to the feelings, that a large majority would desire cremation to burial. 



Time does not permit me to speak of our local cemeteries ; their con- 

 dition and management wou d, I am sure, be sufficient matter for an 

 interesting paper. I have only now to thank you very heartily for the 

 patient and attentive way you have listened to my remarks on this 

 melancholy but important subject, the disposal of our dead by cremation. 



