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this it is removed by earthen spoons into boxes lined with 
gypsum, and a greater part of the water thus removed. It 
is sometimes sold in this impure state, or further purified by 
sublimation. — Ibid. 
New Foreign Cattle Market. — The Corporation of 
London having decided, in Common Council assembled to 
purchase the site of Deptford dockyard for the landing, 
lairage and slaughter of foreign cattle, brought from sche- 
duled countries under the provisions of the “ Contagious 
Diseases (Animals) Act, 5 ' referred the matter to the Corn, 
Coal, and Finance Committee to consider the means of 
carrying the resolution into effect. On the 17th ult. the 
Committee brought up its report, recommending that the sum 
of <30 1 60,000 be appropriated for the purchase of the site and 
the erection of proper buildings, landing pier, &c. The 
report was agreed to, and referred back to the Committee 
for execution. 
Effects of the Siege of Paris on the Con- 
sumption of Horse Flesh. — The necessities of the time 
have caused great activity in the horse market of Paris. The 
market was usually held on Wednesdays and Saturdays on 
the Boulevard d’Enfer, but since the commencement of the 
siege it has been decided that Mondays, Tuesdays, and 
Fridays shall be additional market days for the sale of horses 
intended for slaughter. Upon these days the show of horses 
is now very large, and a Government commission attends to 
examine the animals exposed for sale and brands those which 
it deems fit for human food. The ordinary weight of a living 
horse is from 400 to 450 kilogrammes, and the selling value 
is from 40 to 50 centimes the kilogramme. Asses and mules 
are also sold in the market and are in great demand. Young 
asses are eagerly sought for, and bring 7 5 centimes per 
kilogramme of the living animal. 
At a horseflesh depot in the Rue de la Roquette, notice 
was recently given, that “ horsemeat of first quality was on 
sale from the stables of Comte de la Grange.” — Times. 
Sale of Cats and Dogs for Food. — On the Boule- 
vard Rochechouart is a butcher’s shop where cats and dogs 
are sold for food. The animals for sale are hung up in front 
of the shop, adorned with wreaths of foliage. The mobiles 
of the Loiret, who are encamped on the boulevard, buy a 
good many of them for their daily meal . — Tall Mall Gazette. 
The Contamination of Water by Sewage. — Some 
important experiments on water contaminated with sewage 
