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into the Colony was made by the Inspector of Markets, who was a Police Officer detached for that duty, having no veterinary knowledge whatever. There was no one in the Colony, however, who had any veterinary training, so that it was impossible to make any improvement upon existing arrangements.
The Acting Registrar-General (Mr. Lockhart), to whose Department the Inspector of Markets is attached, has submitted some suggestions that appear to me well worth consideration. We propose that Government should obtain from England a competent Veterinary Surgeon, who should be entrusted with the general supervision of Markets and with the inspection of Cattle. The Sanitary Board agree to the necessity of having a properly qualified Veterinary Surgeon who should devote the whole of his time to the inspection of cattle and the supervision