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"April 6th, 1905.
"Sir,
"I am obliged for your letter of the 5th instant, and shall be
"obliged if you will furnish me officially with the information requested
"in my letter of the 3rd instant.
"I am, Sir,
"Y our obedient Servant,
"HERBERT WILLIAMS,
The Consul-General for Belgium, "Medical Officer of Health,
"29, Great St. Helen's, E.C." "Port of London.
"Sir
"29, Great St. Helen's,
"London, E.C.,
"25th April, 1905.
"I beg to hand you herewith the reply to the different points
"raised in your letter of the 3rd instant, with reference to the exportation
"of meat to England.
"I am, Sir,
"Your obedient Servant,
The Medical Officer of Health, "Consul-General for Belgium.
"Port of London,
"King William Street,
"Greenwich, S.E."
( Translation.)
"EXPORTATION OF MEAT.
"SANITARY MEASURES, VETERINARY SUPERVISION.
Note.
"1 and 2. All animals are not slaughtered at the public Slaughter"houses;
the greater portion of the animals whose meat is intended for
"exportation is killed at the Slaughterhouse at Antwerp. All other
"meat is submitted, immediately after being slaughtered, to examination
"by the Veterinary Surgeon (for abnormal cases) or by the meat
"expert (for normal cases).
"All meat imported from the interior into the town of Antwerp is
"submitted, at the Communal Slaughter-house, to an obligatory second
"expert examination.
"It results, from these regulations, that all the meat exported from
"the Port of Antwerp has necessarily been submitted to veterinary
"inspection.
"3. As regards the animals which suffer from tuberculosis, the
"regulations concerning the matter are contained in the Ministerial
"Decree dated 31st. March, 1901, which appeared in the 'Moniteur
"Beige' of the 13th April of the same year.