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have received substantial increases
except myself, though the appoint
a later date than
-ments
of
several
of
these officers
are of
my
own.
(2)
That
a
(3)
reference to the secretary
of States despatch of the 12th July
1887 will show that at that.
date he expressed
that £600.
a year was
a
An
opinion
the
competent
market value of Veterinary surgeon.
that the increase of salary J have asked for, namely, $600 per annum, will only place
equal footing with
me
an art
other officers who have had to
spend time and money oblänning
a
in
professional educa-
tion similar
J
possess.
to that which
I also desire to point out that the revenue derived from the markets,
Flaughter-houses,
slaughter-houses and cattle depots under
to no
bead
my supervision amounts than seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) annually, being an increase
of about fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) since the date on which
I entered
duties here. my
instance in 1887,
the
year
For
in which
appointed the number of cattle
I was
imported and inspected
WTA
in
round figures 14,000, and last year
(1890) the number amounted to 17,000, being an increase of nearly 25 per cent, and in 1888.
the number of
swine inspected previous to slaughter in round numbers 95,000, and
was
arr
last year (1890) 113,000 being increase of about 20 per cent. There is
an increase in the number
of sheep inspected between these
years
but this does not amount.
to much.
In conclusion, I desire to express
the