OUR MEAT TRADE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2437, 28 November 1900, Page 8

OUR MEAT TRADE.

SLAUGHTERING AIs r D INSPECTING STOCK.

FIFTEEN NEW VETERINARIANS TO BE APPOINTED.

MR GILRUTH TO VISIT LONDON. (Fr.osf Otjb. Owx -GoREEsroxDEST.I WELLINGTON, November 20. The Government have lately been considering the, question 'of the number of veterinary surgeons likely to be required in connection with the working of the new Slaughtering and Inspecting Act. Ib is estimated that sooner or later 15 men skilled in veterinary science will be required in order that the whole of the meat exported from the colony may be certified to as being perfectly sound and fit ior human consumption. The appointment of such a considerable number of experts demands more than ordinary care and consideration, and the Government have now determined to send Mr Gil ruth, the chief veterinarian and Government bacteriologist, Home to London to make the selection. M.' Gih-uth will, therefore, be able to &cc the applicants personally, and to make the best selection, giving the matter special consideration from the point of view of colonial requirements. Mr Gilrath will take advantage of his visit to the old world to inquire into the more recent developments, in the sciences in winch he is specially incercbted since his 1 ibt vifcit to London and Paris in 1395. lie will visit the Jenner Ins-lUiue ol JUoliiUuli^icHl lle-

search in London, as well as the laboratories of the Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, and the Royal Veterinary College, London. He will also pay a visit to the Pasteur Institute, where he studied bacteriology. He leaves by the Mokoia on Friday, and will just manage to catch the outgoing French boat at Adelaide. By travelling as rapidly as possible he will probably be able to reach London on the 29th or 30th December, and he hopes to have the new men selected' and on their way to the colony not later than the middle of February, so that the act may be in working order by the first week in April, as was contemplated. In his absence Mr C. J. Reakes *will have charge of the veterinary division of the Department of Agriculture.