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ng damages ought to be equitably divided and apportioned 
imong all who are in any degree benefitted by their interest 
n the trade of the cattle-market. In order to accomplish this, 
ve propose the institution of a system of mutual warranty 
tnd assurance, which, when properly organized and operated, 
;ould not fail to be followed by excellent results. The objec- 
;ion to such a proposition was that it would involve the in¬ 
vestment of a large capital. 
To resume, I have the honor of asking this congress to 
persist in its previous declarations, excepting perhaps the 
dause relating to the destruction of the confiscated meats* 
Amd, moreover, in the interest of the public health, I would 
irge the establishment of an authorized meat inspection for 
;he entire territory, and with the least possible delay. And 
secondly, I would ordain that the meat of tuberculous animals 
n its fresh state should in every case, without distinction, be 
strictly excluded from the markets, or from entering into 
general consumption as human food. Thirdly , it should be 
sterilized, or transformed by the application of sufficient heat, 
3r by salting, according to location and other circumstances, 
Defore being offered for consumption. Fourthly , the cost in* 
solved in these transformations or modifications should be 
:ompensated by an indemnity. And fifthly, and finally, this 
ndemnity should be paid from a special fund derived from a 
tax assessed upon every head of cattle inspected. 
Enormous Dimensions of the Stomach of a Horse 
—In making the post-mortem of a horse fourteen years old, 
veternarian Koch, inspector of markets at Hagen, found the 
stomach of his subject to answer to the following dimen¬ 
sions: Filled with no less than 51^ kilograms of food, with 
the shape of an enormous egg, longitudinal circumference 
measuring 1 meter and 90 centimeters, while transversely its 
circumference was 1 meter and 46 centimeters, at the same 
time it contained 84 litres of water. The mucous membrane 
of the left sac occupied a space four times larger than that of 
the right. 
