738 Importation of Live Stock into Brazil, [march, 



lymphatic glands about the throat, and (b) pork imported: 

 in portions less than the entire carcase to be enclosed in boxes, 

 barrels, bags, or other receptacles bearing an official mark 

 which has been accepted by the Local Government Board. 

 The Board's acceptance of any proposed mark as an official 

 mark would depend upon the evidence forthcoming from the 

 exporting country that the mark affords a guarantee that the 

 carcasses from which the portions of pork have been derived 

 have been examined by competent and responsible officers, 

 and have been found free from tuberculosis in any degree. 



Tripe, Tongues and Kidneys heavily Dosed with Preservatives. 

 — As regards these Dr. Buchanan recommends regulation to 

 prevent the introduction from abroad at English ports of 

 tripe (whether cooked or uncooked), tongues and kidneys, 

 which arrive in receptacles containing any preparations con- 

 sisting of or comprising boric acid, borax or other borates, 

 sulphurous acid or sulphites. 



The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries have now received- 

 through the Foreign Office further information supplied by 

 Mr. Arthur Chapman, British Consul- 

 Importation General at Rio de Janeiro, as to the 

 of Live Stock opening afforded for the export of pedigree 

 into Brazil. live stock to Brazil. (See Journal, August, 

 1907, p. 303.) It appears that although 

 the Federal Government have made regulations providing for 

 financial assistance to agriculturists for the purchase of breeding 

 stock, many difficulties are likely to arise in an attempt to 

 establish business on a satisfactory footing. 



In the first place, Mr. Chapman considers that direct trade 

 with Brazil is inadvisable, and the only course for those who 

 have no local representatives is to employ commission agents 

 who know the market and the commercial status of the firms 

 and individuals with whom they are dealing. A knowledge 

 of the Portuguese language, as well as of local business methods 

 and conditions of credit, is indispensable. None of the British 

 commission firms in Rio de Janeiro has had much experience 

 in cattle dealing, but some of them are acquainted with the 

 conditions prevailing in the interior. There might be an 

 opportunity for a man experienced in dealing with live stock. 



