No. 4.] CATTLE COMMISSIONERS' REPORT. 453 



health has been delivered to the owner or person in charge 

 thereof." 



Under the provisions of this law, therefore, all animals 

 slaughtered by owners, other than proprietors of licensed 

 slaughter houses, are required to be inspected, unless they 

 come within the exception above stated. The returns from 

 this inspection are : — 



Number of cattle inspected at time of slaughter, under section 21, . 508 

 Number of sheep inspected at time of slaughter, under section 21, . 212 

 Number of swine inspected at time of slaughter, under section 21, . 1,034 

 Total number of animals inspected at time of slaughter, including 

 those inspected at licensed slaughter houses and also under sec- 

 tion 21, 59,991 



These returns are meagre, and, therefore, as indicating a 

 non-compliance with this important although rather new pro- 

 vision of our laws, unsatisfactory. It is hoped, however, that 

 in the near future, as our city and town officers become more 

 familiar with the work required of them under it, much im- 

 provement will be made. 



The following returns of diseased carcasses, found by in- 

 spectors, embrace their examination both at slaughter houses 

 and upon the premises of owners (under section 21) : — 



Cattle destroyed as tuberculous, 192 



Sheep destroyed as tuberculous, 8 



Swine destroyed as tuberculous, 97 



Percentage of cattle found infected, . . . . . 1.00 



Percentage of sheep found infected, .02 



Percentage of swine found infected, 2.50 



It will be noted that these returns show that the carcasses 

 of eight sheep were destroyed as tuberculous. It should be 

 understood that these condemnations were made, so far as lliis 

 Board is informed, by the inspectors, and is a statement of 

 their opinions, unsupported by any laboratory investigation. 



Glanders. 



During the past year, as heretofore, the entire time of Com- 

 missioner O'Connell has been substantially given to answering 



