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should be served upon the defendant. At the same time he
refused to express an opinion as to whether or not the order
would apply to the present occupier of the premises, or whether
or not fresh proceedings would have to be taken against him and
a new order made. The summons was accordingly withdrawn.
A copy of the order was at once served upon the pig keeper, and a
fresh notice was also served upon him requiring him to remove the
swine. The notice was at once obeyed. As swine have not since
been kept upon the premises it has not been thought necessary to
go on with the proceedings. In one case, by the day fixed for
the summons to be heard, the swine had been removed, and as
the defendant promised that he would not again disobey the
order, at the suggestion of the learned magistrate the summons
was withdrawn, without any order as to costs.
licensed slaughter-houses.
The whole of the licensed slaughter-houses in the district
were kept under a regular quarterly inspection during last year.
In the whole district there are 26 licensed slaughter-houses, of
which seven are in the parish of Fulham, and 19 in the parish of
Hammersmith. At the annual inspection of slaughter-houses in
September I found that three were in a satisfactory condition,
and that 23 were not in a satisfactory condition Your Board
ordered that a notice as to your requirements should be served
upon those butchers whose premises were not in a satisfactory
condition. The notice stated that if your requirements were not
complied with by October 6th you would oppose the renewal of
their licenses on October the 7th. In 18 cases your requirements
had been complied with by October the 6th. In these cases the
Ifcenses were granted without opposition by your Board. In one
case in which your Board opposed the application, the applicant
stated to the Bench that since your Inspector visited the premises
on October 6th he had carried out the requirements, and
he promised that if they were not carried out to the satisfaction
of your Board he would do anything further that you might
require. The license was granted on this understanding. Upon
afterwards inspecting the premises it was found that your notice
had been complied with. In four other cases your Board opposed
the applications, and the Bench adjourned them for 14 days to
allow the applicants a further opportunity to comply with your requirements.
At the adjourned hearing on October 21st your notices
had been obeyed, and the licenses were granted without opposition
licensed cowhouses.
The whole of the licensed cowhouses in the district were
kept under regular quarterly inspection during last year. In the