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allow of an absolute determination of the species. It is apparently the
asexular form of Tenia echinococcus. I have not prepared microscopic
sections as I do not think they would shed any further light on the case.''
The kidney was one of a consignment which arrived in London from
La Plata.
On the 31st March, Inspector Spadaccini seized two drums of great
strength containing what was described as "meat preserved otherwise than by
salting." Whilst one of the drums was being prepared for examination, the
screw plug flew out, hitting a man on the chin and rendering him insensible
for fifteen minutes. The meat had been packed in the drums which had then
been filled with carbonic acid gas with a view to preserving the contents.
The meat was, however, putrid, and was seized and destroyed.
The following is a copy of a resolution of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture
dated November 29th, 1909:—
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRY AND TRADE.
Agricultural Division.
29th November, 1909.
No. 11,077.
Inspection of Cattle and Meat.
The Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade,
By virtue of the power granted him in Article 43 (c) of the Royal Decree
of June 24th, containing provisions for carrying into effect Article 5 of the
Inspection of Meat for Export Law, 1907 (Collection of Acts No. 217)—
Has Decided:—
to provide that the inspecting officials shall not pass the meat intended for export to
Great Britain and Ireland, if it is meat from calves, which, without the head, the
skin and the abdominal intestines, weigh less than 21½ kilogrammes (= 47 2/3 lbs.).
The Hague, 29th November, 1909.
The Minister aforesaid (Signed) A. S. TALMA.
A correct translation of the original, London, 10th January, 1910.
(Signed) H. S. J. MAAS,
Consul-General for the Netherlands.