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chance of first getting reduced to the tem- 

 perature at which alone one could expect it 

 to carry well. 



The railway company were quite ready to 

 incur the substantial expense of providing re- 

 frigerating apparatus on their Dublin steamers 

 in the interests of the trade ; but the experts 

 consulted declared that unless the butter had 

 been cooled down before being despatched, re- 

 frigeration on board the steamers for the few 

 hours occupied in the passage would serve no 

 useful purpose. 



The inquiry showed, therefore, that not only 

 were the conditions complained of in no way due 

 to the railway company, but it was the traders 

 alone who could provide an efficient remedy. 

 This they are now doing to a certain extent, for 

 of the existing dairies in Ireland about one-sixth 

 either have been, or shortly will be. equipped 

 with refrigerator rooms. 



