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cities as against thirty-three in 1897. The number of animals 
inspected before slaughter numbered 51,335,398. Of these 
9,228,273 were cattle, 10,028,287 were sheep, 468,199 calves, 
and 31,610,675 hogs, showing a total gain over 1897 of 9,025,- 
291 animals. At the time of slaughter 31,116,833 animals were 
inspected and 63,662 were rejected ; 91,508 carcasses and 48,189 
parts of carcasses were condemned. The meat-inspection stamp 
was affixed to 14,583,780 packages of mutton and beef and pork 
products, of which 374,131 contained microscopically-examined 
pork. 
Great Britain to Fight Tubercueosis—Prince of 
Wales Presides at a Meeting to Promote War Against 
It.—A despatch from London, dated Dec. 20th, says : “ The 
Prince of Wales presided at a private meeting at Marlborough 
House to-day, convened by him to promote a war against tuber¬ 
culosis. The Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Rosebery and a 
number of noted scientists and physicians spoke of the urgent 
necessity of educating the people in the means of preventing 
consumption and of checking the spread of tuberculous diseases 
among cattle. Special stress was laid upon the importance of 
erecting open air sanitaria. The Prince of Wales, who prom¬ 
ised his heartiest support to the movement, said Great Britain 
ought to follow the great example set before her in the United 
States, Germany and elsewhere in the effort to .stamp out the 
disease. He mentioned the fact that the Queen had ordered 
the destruction of thirty-six of her dairy cows which had been 
found tuberculous. It was an example, he urged, such as the 
farmers ought to follow.” 
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