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Persons requiring more marks put on the meat than those stated must make application at the time 
the stamping is being done, and point out where the additional marks are to be placed. 
Regulations as to the Freibank 
This is an establishment to which all meat which is passed as fit for food, but which is of an 
inferior quality, is taken, in order that such meat, being of less value than meat which is fully nourished, 
shall, under the supervision of the authorities, be sold as meat of an inferior quality, and at prices to be 
fixed by them, wh'ch must not exceed four-fifths of the market prices of good meat. 
All fresh meat which has, upon examination by the veterinary surgeon, been found to be of an 
inferior quality, shall be taken to the Freibank ; such meat can only be sold at the Freibank and by 
persons employed by the City Council. 
Such persons shall not sell any other kind of meat, nor shall they sell meat outside the Freibank. 
The Council shall fix the locality and time for the holding of the Freibank. 
The flesh of animals slightly diseased, which has been thoroughl)- boiled on the premises, may be 
sold at the Freibank, but it must be stated at the time of sale what tlie animal has been affected with. 
The meat shall be weighed to the salesman, who shall account for all meat given him to sell. 
The meat shall be sold in pieces not exceeding 6 lbs. in weight, and for private consumption onl)-. 
The amount realized from the sale of meat at the Freibank shall, after deducting expenses and fees, 
be handed over to the owners of the meat. 
Compensation for Closure of Private Slaughterhouses 
In Germany compensation is paid for closing the private slaughterhouses. The method 
of determining the amount being by arbitration ; the owner of the slaughterhouse appoints one 
arbitrator, the Town Council another, and the Provincial Government a third. In any case the 
owners have to give notice of their intention to claim compensation within six months after they 
have received notice to close, or no claim will be considered. 
This question of compensation, you may remember, was not touched on by the Royal 
Commission on Tuberculosis in their recommendations. It was simply suggested that three years' 
notice should be given. It is, of course, an important point ; and it is here again that the help of 
the family practitioner can be of service in rousing interest in tlie matter, and so gradually forming 
public opinion. 
In considering the question of compensation two classes or persons concerned have to be 
mentioned, one of which classes may be again subdivided. 
1. The people whose slaughterhouses are unsatisfactory and insanitary in every way. 
Are such people to be compensated for being compelled to desist from perpetuating a most 
unsatisfactory condition of things ? I think not. 
2. There are owners and tenants of slaughterhouses who do everything they can, under the 
circumstances, to carry on their business with as much regard as possible to the public health. 
They keep their premises in good order, and are always ready, as far as possible, to modernize them 
to meet the suggestions of the medical officer of health. These people deserve better treatment 
in the way of compensation or length of notice than the first class I mentioned. 
It seems to me, however, that the question of compensation need not be so large a one as 
we have been led to suppose, for there is little necessity to compensate any but those whose actual 
business as slaughterers is stopped. 
