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the remainder the defaulters were fined a nominal fine, and
ordered to pay the costs.
The Inspector attends at each Market, viz., Wednesday and
Saturday, and examines the food and provisions exposed for
sale and during the year nothing liable to seizure has been
exposed for sale.
He is also in attendance during the holding of the Cattle
Market, for the purpose of enforcing the Bye-Laws with respect
to the overstocking of milch cows, and has on numerous occasions
compelled the owner of cattle to cause their cows to. be milked
to relieve undue or painful distension of the udder.
He also in cases where diseased, poor or emanciated cattle
are exposed for sale, obtains the name and address of the
purchaser, and the destination of the beast, and acquaints the
Local Authorities of the district into which the beasts are
taken.
Acknowledgments of the arrival, &c., of the beasts have
been received from the respective Local Authorities.
Van and Tent Dwellers.—Considerable trouble is experienced
by the Inspector in dealing with Van and Tent Dwellers,
who, at all times during the year, encamp on the various unenclosed
lands in the district.
Notices under the Bye-Laws made under the Housing of the
Working Classes Act, are served upon them; they leave at
the expiration of the time specified in the notices, and as
soon as they are gone, fresh batches take their place.
Further stringent measures should be adopted by the legislature
to deal with them, as they are a source of considerable
annoyance and nuisance where encamped, on account of their
filthy habits, and the insanitary conditions under which they
live.