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7. The microscopist must keep a book in which he shall enter the 

 examinations made by him in the following form : 



If flukes or anything else prejudicial to the use of the flesh for 

 food is found to exist, immediate notice thereof is to be given to the 

 police authorities, and a report made in the form of columns 6 and 7. 



8. Hams or pieces of pork examined must always be marked with a 

 brand. Whole animals are to be branded in different parts of the 

 skin when it is required by the owner. 



9. A microscopist may not undertake in one day more than twenty 

 examinations of whole pigs. The examination of three hams and 

 three pieces of pork are reckoned, for the purpose of examination, as 

 equivalent to one whole pig. 



10. If any case of evasion of microscopical examination becomes 

 known to the microscopist, he must give notice to the police 

 authorities. 



Fees payable for examining pigs for Trichinae. — By virtue of § 8 of 

 the local police regulations for the microscopical examination of pigs' 

 flesh for Trichinae, the fees payable to the microscopist are hereby 

 fixed until further notice, and shall be as follows : — 



1. For examining a pig .... 1 mark (= Is.) 



2. When several pigs are examined at the same 



time in one and the same place, for the 



first animal 1 mark. 



For every subsequent ditto ... 70 pf . 



3. For a piece of pork or a ham ... 30 pf. 

 For examining at the same time several 



pieces of pork or hams in the same place : 



For the first piece 30 pf. 



For every additional piece ... 20 pf. 



The minimum charge, however, for the ex- 

 amination of only one or two pieces of 

 flesh or hams when not taken to the dwell- 

 ing of the microscopist shall be . .70 pf. 



Some of the regulations are more elaborate than the preceding, 

 those for Silesia, for instance, occupying twelve pages,* and including 

 regulations for the examination of candidates, and instructions as to 

 making and examining the preparation, and using the Microscope. The 

 latter are as follows : — 



* See Wolff, B., ' Die Untersuchung des Fleisches auf Trichinen,' pp. 14-15. 

 74 pp., 1 pi. and 2 figs., 6th ed., 8vo, Breslau, 1880. 



