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animals. The Commissioners make various recommenda- 

 tions, of which the following are the principal : — 



I. That, with respect to the substitution of public for 

 private slaughter-houses, powers be granted to the authorities 

 f all towns and municipal boroughs in England and Wales 

 and in Ireland similar to those conferred on Scottish 

 corporations and municipalities by the Burgh Police 

 (Scotland) Act, 1892. This would have the effect of making 

 the use of a public slaughter-house (where provided) 

 obligatory. 2. That in Great Britain the inspection of meat 

 in rural districts be administered by the County Councils, 

 and that it shall not be lawful to offer for sale the meat of 

 any animal which has not been killed in a duly licensed 

 slaughter-house. 3. That no person be permitted to act as a 

 meat inspector until he has passed a qualifying examination 

 before an authority prescribed by the Local Government Board 

 (or Board of Agriculture). 4. That the Local Government Board 

 be empowered to issue instructions from time to time for the 

 guidance of meat inspectors, prescribing the degree of 

 tubercular disease which should cause a carcase, or part 

 thereof, to be seized. The Commissioners state the prin- 

 ciples which should be observed in the inspection of tuber- 

 culous carcases, pending the issue of such instructions. 



"With regard to milk, the Commissioners recommend : — 

 I. That notification of every disease in the udder of cows 

 should be made compulsory, under penalty, on the owners of 

 all cows. 2. That local authorities should be given powers 

 somewhat similar to those of sections 24-27 of the Glasgow 

 Police (Amendment) Act, with power to slaughter tuberculous 

 cows. 3. That powers be given to local authorities to take 

 samples and make analyses of the milk produced or sold in 

 their districts. 4. That the Local Government Board be 

 empowered to require local authorities to adopt regulations 

 as to dairies, cowsheds, &c., where that shall be found not to 

 have been done already. 



The Commissioners also recommend that funds be placed 

 at the disposal of the Board of Agriculture in Great Britain 

 for the preparation of commercial tuberculin, and that stock- 

 owners be encouraged to test their animals by the olfer of a 



