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AUTHORITIES AND SOURCES OF INFORMATION. 



I have been a personal witness to many of the things I have de- 

 scribed ; but I have received material aid in my examinations from the 

 following gentlemen, to whom I tender my acknowledgments: Profes- 

 sor Leyder, of the Eoyal Agricultural Institute at Gaubloux, Belgium ; 

 Louis Tydgadt, esq., secretary of the Agricultural Society of Flandre 

 Orientale, Ghent 5 Mr. P. F. L. Waldeck, secretary Holland" Society, 

 Loosdianen, near The Hague; Professor Bonar, agricultural engineer; 

 Selzaete, director of abattoir, Brussels ; Mr. Edward Minne, inspector 

 of abattoir, Ghent; report of jury on quantity and quality of milk, 

 prepared by Professor Chevron, of the Eoyal Agricultural Institute at 

 Gaubloux. 



THOMAS WILSON, 



Consul 



UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Ghent, October 27, 1881. 



