PRESERVED MEAT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 2061, 12 September 1868, Page 3

PRESERVED MEAT.

|H.RH. the Duke of Edinburgh has forwarded a report to the Comptroller o£ the Victualling Department in the Royal Navy on the preserved meat put onboard, the Galatea at Melbourne:—

The Melbourne Meat-preserving' Company having requested that a supply o£ meat preserved : by them might be received on"board H.M. ship under my - command, ahdreported on after the ship's return to England, and as I considered, that now that the project of furnishing:; the English market with meat preserved ~by, various processes waa being so activelycarried out in Australia, any information, thereupon might be advantageous to the public service, I granted permission forthe shipment, and beg to' furnish the following remarks on the preserved meat referred to. The supply consisted of eigM J2lb tins,; each 'containing three'legs of mutton ; eight 91b tins, each two legs ot mutton; and thirty-six 61b tins, each ona - legbf mutton; total, 3841b; I catisedtha meat to be issued to the officers' messes, and tested by the petty officers on several occasions, and they. areunanimous iit opinion that,., as preserved; meat, it is; most excellent—apparently . containing much nutriment, and is solid, juicy, andi.sweet. None of the tins proved.de^ -,- fectiye, andttheJidnesiof'the" lega'hkvin^- '< .? been removedi; every particle contained. "^: in the, tin;;is, available for food. X have endeavored to! ascertain- ai; what '.-.: price similar meat could' be', delivered. afc : ■ one', of H.M. . victualling /yards, aridalthough: the company, ibeing* only ia process of; formation^ were:, unable to* speak definitely, they stated that they expectedto be able to supply it ioa» almost unlimited extent at from 6d to ftL -■■■"' per Ib. • (inclusive of carriage and landing), : according to the size ofthe. canisters ia, which the meat may ■' be ./ordered to be packed. (Signed) "Alfeed, Paptain." This; report has been sent out to Mh---Ritchie'j-theagent .for"the meat^preservingr Company, by Mr'Bradbridge, paymaster of -the Galatea. He stated that the. Comptroller of Victualling ; tbanked Hisr "Royal Highness for the report, and stated that.a supply of Australian meat had beea. expressly obtainedfortrial, incomparisott.. with that preserved at the Deptford yard* and sent to'the-West Coast of Africay ■ West Indies, and Channel squadrons. Mr- - Bradbridge adds :—'" All haa been issued during. our passage; home, except some half-dozen tins, whichl am going-to pufe to the: test_ j)| Js-eeping-ithere -is nothings "' like a long voyage^ for making ] preserved meat go down. At first our fellows -yyere a little fastidious, owing to their kind treatment in Australia; but am thesheep were used up, and,salted con.dimen^s became more; frequeDt, the mutton went up in the Bcate, and, 1 waa conis'tanitly called upon..to-provide afe lunch for -my fhungry messmates, whacK. ■ *hey relished> uncommonly, and I: assure you your meat received unqualified praise from alT:hands.' It. seemed to improve the more weliyed on.it; and as we; dre\r : - ifcp the northward, it used to irarnoufe betterrywith more gelatine round 1 the joint, j Not one single tin- was bad* I tried jit one day against our Deptford' preserved .beef, and the stringinees' of: that meat compared to the crisp freshr-....... " nesa' of ■ "yoTir" :iiiutt6n was. very apparent. \ I trust you^will s^e that; I Haves entered ;into-the matter fully, aid endeavored, as far as lay in my power, to re- ; present your wishes/and I have; done so with much pleasure^.feeling that your productions in the way of preserved meat fully'deserve all.that has-been said ret theirpraise.-=,.:. r ." -TheArgusadds t& - the; foregoing:—"[n to abpyef very—gratifying - testimonial," wa, hear that the company have received^in.structions from their London agent, .bjf ■ .-. , telegram via Galle r 'i;o send "off-imhiedi— : ■'" ately 200,0001bs of their m:ekt;;principally f'jr account of the'itenqh Government. We congratulate the company, on this aus- v; " picious commencement of : their business^. : We understand, thevworks are: -all bufcs ' completed, and slaughtering operations will be started during the ensuing weeki**;;;,« The same journal publishes a lettetf- J! k fromMr Tallerman on the same subject :--*- ---"^London, July i.7. "I knqw full well you.will 'be glad i<* / learn that I am: progressing favourablj* Ju twiththe introduction" of Australian inestfe ~. into this market. /liatehad a great deaiH * of up-hill; work,-owing prinpipaily to "the large amqunt of bad meat^ thai has b'eCTt; • • sent here frpm the colonie^, and also th& miserable jfailure that was .made with th&. ,SQU.tb. An^erican charqui, or jerked bee£ Ihope to be able to tell you .in mynexte: / of the satisfactory result^ of ;Vthe many^ trials tani having made, and the placing of the'meat on the market in. bulk. You; will see from the; papers whafe . ... ... I have been doing, arid you wiU doubfri : ' less vhear sfrom. some of your frieodst who have seen it in London how"satisfactory it! is. During the. month, ifc has'^BeeET pn ■ viewsni,y : oi|6e:; has beea; thronged y^ith parties,, havuig a direct or indirect interest in the colonies, pro vision, merchants,: &c. ; and there is but qnp. opinion—that it is the best thing that hast. . been done for the colonies yet. ; Eefora i, > next month I hope to go up toi Scotland^ and think that will be.a great field for .it^ j 36 will North Wales be. I am; receivjn^ , letters from all parts fo^ ■;■ sampleTjoints of it^^ and iAxvy- are gradually. -' going into consumption^ " lain glad tofind thab iihe conclusioiis I arrived f at aj& ] . all turning- out correct." I:ani.ppsitiv& that the plan. I have adopted .ofVpacklnj* the" meat in fat.is the besit, and.; mosfe. economical yet proposed. ~ Tne--boi2iiigr- l do\vn establishments wilii.now be- abfe • to; salt the legs, and in.'theS; talldw-casks, without any. trouble;'or bother, thus saving all additional esr penses.'' ; -V _':':..:.-:■..•:',' It is stated; in a New York letter, tia£,;«fe-" a recent sculUng match oii the Schiiylkißj ■ ; one of the bo?.ts used^was made.of paper'^i;; constructed Bjionlan American patent. - ; |^ ■■] this boat, a named Tyler rowed ovee ; the course in :2lininutea 574 seconds, .ilie. ■- boat weighs-27 pounds, and is ,35feet loi^ .and ten inches wide.