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proved eminently successful. If, upon further testing the 
preserved meat, such as by shipping samples to Australia, 
and these being found upon arrival to be free of any taint in 
smell or taste, the problem may be regarded as successfully 
solved. One of the results which would undoubtedly follow, 
would be a rise in the price of cattle and sheep in the 
Australian colonies, and perhaps in the States of South 
America. Ultimately a lowering of the prices of cattle and 
sheep in the United Kingdom would necessarily follow. The 
Board of Trade Returns, for the eleven months ended 
November 30, 1869, compared with the corresponding period 
of 1868, show how dependent the inhabitants of this country 
are upon the imports of foreign stock, and that they are 
becoming yearly more so. This will be best illustrated from 
the subjoined table : — 
No. 1868. 
No. 1869. 
Animals, Living — 
Oxen, Bulls, and Cows 
. 110,429 . 
. 182,482 
Calves 
. 21,116 , 
. 27,978 
Sheep and Lambs 
. 323,955 , 
. 677,987 
Swine and Hogs . 
. 31,760' , 
61,841 
Meat, fresh or slightly salted — 
Beef .... 
4,080 
. 10,466 
Pork .... 
3,756 , 
. 15,920 
Meat salt — 
Bacon and Hams 
. 533,369 
. 668,175 
Beef .... 
. 203,870 
. 189,063 
Pork .... 
. 113,113 
. 137,252 
Meat, not otherwise described 
. 42,291 
. 57,178 
Whatever may be the immediate or prospective results of 
Professor Gamgee's endeavours to perfect his process for the 
preserving of fresh meat for a considerable length of time, and 
thereby rendering its transport easy from one country to a 
distant country, he is well entitled to praise for his per- 
severing exertions. That the problem will be solved by some 
one admits, we think, of no doubt whatever, and most pro- 
bably the solution will be arrived at w ithin a few 7 years, in the 
event of Professor Gamgee^s process not proving thoroughly 
successful. 
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At the meeting of the Council of the Chamber of Agri- 
culture, on Saturday, Mr. Smith presented the following 
report : — 
