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D. Compensation for confiscation.
We recommend that the owner of a carcase confiscated, and destroyed
wholly or in part, by order of a Magistrate, on account of tuberculosis, shall
receive full compensation and repayment of the amount paid by him for the
animal, provided—
(a) That the Magistrate ordering confiscation shall satisfy himself that the
animal had a good appearance before slaughter, was well nourished,
and exhibited no visible signs of tuberculosis.
(b) That 10 compensation be paid for any animal for which there bas been
paid less than a minimum price, to be fixed from time to time by the
Board of Agriculture, according to the market values current, nor in
excess of a maximum price, to be fixed in the same manner.
(c) That no sum shall be paid in compensation, except on the order of the
Magistrate ordering the confiscation of the carcase.
(d) That all compensation so ordered shall be charged against and paid by
the Council of the administrative County, which shall be entitled to
repayment of one half of the amount from Imperial Funds.
It would appear desirable that there should be a power to detain food for
examination when suspected of being unfit for human consumption, and that
seizure should consist in a formal declaration of seizure.
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF MILK.
As in the previous year, fifty samples of milk were bacteriologically
examined during 1900 by Mr. Walter C. C. Pakes, and the following were
the results:—
July 6th,1900.
No. 901. No tubercle bacilli could be found. There was a slight increase
in the number of leucocytes.
No. 902. No tubercle bacilli could be found. The milk appeared to be
quite normal.
No. 903. No tubercle bacilli could be found. The milk appeared to be
quite normal.
No. 904. No tubercle bacilli could be found. There was a considerable
increase in the number of leucocytes.
No. 905. No tubercle bacilli could be found. There was a considerable
increase in the leucocytes.
July 10th, 1900.
No. 911. No tubercle bacilli could be found. There was a slight increase
in the number of leucocytes.
No. 912. No tubercle bacilli could be found, but coagulation had begun to
take place, so that the examination cannot be considered as conclusive.