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FOR PRINTING TRY THE County Observer" Office. Memorandum Forms nxrote Paper Envelopes Biimeaas Counter Bills Friendly Societies' Members' Cards Rules Forms Balance Slieets ^Programmes for Concerts Balls Sports — Fetes &0. j^Ltlxletic Clubs' Fixtures Fosters for Auction Sales jEntertainm' nts Flower snows &0., in one or more colours— lt3C301CI, attractive Sale Catalogues Ijitlxosrrapliic Flans FarticiHars of Sale Visiting' and Trade i Cards Memorial cards Menu Cards Receipts Assistant Overseers* Requisites TRY THE w County Observer" Office FOR PRINTING. JOHN H. RENNIE Member of the Auctioneers Institute by Exam- ination.) AGRICULTURAL AND GENERAL AUC- TIONEER, TENANT RIGHT & TIMBER VALUER, SURVEYOR, LAND AGENT, ROTEL AND INSURANCE BROKER Newport. Usk, 9" Chepstow Districts. Sales of Fat and Store Stock in NEWPORT, EJSK, and CHEPSTOW CATTLE MARKETS on Market Days. Horses in NEWPORT MARKET monthly. Chief Offices and Saleroom 6 and 12, SKINNER STREET, NEWPORT. Nat. Telephone, 339. Telegrams, Rennie Auction Fixtures. 1907. Apr. 22-Live and Dead Stock, at the Cairn Farm, Devauden. 25—Valuable Household Furniture and Outside Effects, at "Edlogan," Sebastopol, for Richard Wilding, Esq. (who is leaving). Early date-Valuable Freehold Accommodation Pasture Lands, at Goldcliff, Nash, Bishton, and Newport, re T. J. Jones, dead. Early date-Property at Nash. Early date-Ditto at Poatymister. Early date-Important Stock Sale. Particulars and Catalogues to be obtained from the AUCTIONEER, 6 Skinner Street, Newport. By Messrs. MARFELL & POOLE. Short Votice. No. 2, Mary port Street, Usk. MESSRS. MARFELL & POOLE are instructed by ME. H. DAVIBS, to SELL BY AUCTION, on the premises, as above, on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24TH, 1907, his well-preserved Household Furniture, Comprising :—Mahogany Chiffonier, Whatnot, Dining and Deal Tables, Umbrella Stand, Coal Vase, 6 Chairs in Am. Leather, 2 Arm ditto, Fen- ders and Fire Irons, Sofas, Coal Vase, Curtain Poles and Rings, Stair Rods, Carpets, Meat Safes, Shelves, Spittoons, Overmantel, Occasional Table, Brackets, a quantity of Pictures, Iron Bedsteads, Mattresses, Blankets, Mahogany and Stained Chests of Drawers, Washstands, Chamber Ware, Toilet Glasses, Cane- seated Chairs, Baths, Water Cans, Dress Tables, Towel Rails, Sundry Ware, Kitchen and Culinary Utensils, and numerous other Lots. Sale at 2 o'clock prompt. Auctioneers' Offices-The Willows, Usk. -d Wern Farm, Llansoy. To BE SOLD BY TENDER, 13 Oak Timber Sticks, 5 Elm ditto, and 3 Ash Sticks, all felled by experienced workmen, Spring, 1906. To view, apply, MB. O. AUSTEY, Lower House Farm, Llansoy. Tenders to be received by him on or before the 27th April inst. Highest or any Tender not necessarily accepted. ^LifVU"L"'jrjvirT_r\fT_ri r -in r^nrtin^vrwrtfTirifinfi Established 1849. NEWLAND, DAVIS, & HUNT, Auctioneers, Valuers, Surveyors, Land Agents. Sales of Fat and Store Stock at NEWPORT Cattle Market every Wednesday; CHEPSTOW SEVERN TUNNEL, and LYDNEY, fortnightly Offices: 19, COMMERCIAL STREET, NEWPORT, and WELSH STREET, CHEPSTOW. Chepstow Statute Horse Fair. FRIDAY, MAY 24TH, 1907.—Attention is called to the above Fair and Sale, which will be held in the Market, Chepstow, on the above date.—Entries should be forwarded at an early date to the Auctioneers, Messrs Davis, Newland, and Hunt, 21, Welsh Street, Chepatow.1 .L: Artificial Teeth, IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. Personal Attention. Advice Free. TEETH EXTRACTED PAINLESSLY. WM. SPENCER JONES, Fourteen years with Messrs. White and Little, Newport, Mon. ADDRESS: Lian Walli," 46, Chepstow Road, Newport, Mon, Attends MR. SWEET*8, Bridge Street, TJsTc, Market Days, 11.30 to 5.30. Cyclists, Light Up! Saturday, Apr 20th. 8. 0 Sunday, » 21st 8. 2 2 Monday, 9.1 ,2nd 8. 4 Tuesday, 23rd. 8. 6 Wednesday, 24th 8. 8 Thursday, C25th 8. 9 Friday, 26th. 8.11 Saturday, |27th.».. 8.13 Being One hour after Sunset. Printing of all descriptions at the Office of this Paper. Hunting Appointments. MR. CURRE'S HOUNDS will meet on Tuesday, April 23rd WemyCwm At 9 a.m. Friday, April 26th Bigsweir At 11. Mr. Clay's Subscription Otter Hounds will meet next week (water permitting) Tuesday, April 23rd Caerleon Station At 9.30 a.m. 4th Volunteer Battalion South Wales Borderers. G COMPANY, USK. Orders for week ending 27th April, 1907. On Duty Lee.-Sergeant Thomas. Lee.-Corporal Roberts. Bugler Johnston. Monday, April 22nd.-Company Training, plain clothes, belt and frog, 7 30 p.m. Recruits' Training, 8.30 p.m. Tuesday, April 23rd-Band Praotice at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 24th.—Recruits' Training, at 7.30 p.m. Thursday, April 25th-Band Practice at 8 p.m Friday, April 26th.-Company Training, plain clothes, belt and frog, at 7.30 p .m. Recruits' Training, at 8.30 p.m. It is requested that Members will make every effort to attend the drills now being carried out in the Armoury. By order, H. J. WILLCOX, Captain, Commanding G Company. County Courts in Circuit 24. COURTS will be held at the several Court-town on this Circuit, before His Honour JUDGB OWBN, the Judge thereof, on the days and at the time hereunder mentioned:— Time, a.m. Apr. May June Chepstow 10 22 3 Barry 10 23 7 4 Cardiff 10 3 8 6 91 10 4 9 6 is 10 5 10 7 99 10 6 11 8 Abergavenny 10 16 10 Blaenavon 10 13 Tredegar 9.30 16 14 11 Pontypool. 10 17 15 12 Newport 10.30 18 16 13 „ 10.30 19 17 14 Monmouth. 10 20 18 18 Ross 9.30 13—1 Criokhowell 11 12 17 uak 11 11 — 19 .L: APPOINTMENTS. &e.. FOR WEEK Ending April 27th, 1907. April. Sat. 20-Pontypool Petty Sessions. Cricket-Practice, at Usk. Sun. 21-Third Sunday after Easter. Mon 22-Monmouth Market. Tues. 23-Abergavenny Market. St George's Day. Wed. 24—Newport Cattle, Corn, and Cheese Markets. Pontypool Board of Guardians. Abergavenny Petty Sessions. Sale of Household Furniture, at No. 2, Maryport Street, by Messrs Marfell and Poole. (See Advt.) Thurs 25—Caerleon Petty Sessions. St Mark, Evangeliet and Martyr. Sat. 27-Pontypool Petty Sessions Raglan Petty Sessions.
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I USK. I POLICE COURT, FRIDAY. I Before S. A. HILEY, Esq. I DRUNKEN WOMAN. Aunie Kelly, tramp, was brought up in custody charged with being drunk near the Greyhound Inn, Usk, at 1.45 that morning. P.C. Mussell saw her lying down asleep, and on waking bei found she was drunk. He took her to the police station. Fined 2s. 6d. and costs, or 7 days'. She went J to prison. Î I PETTY SESSIONS, THURSDAY. Before R. RICKA.RDS, Esq. (chairman), HAROLD A. WILLIAMS, Esq., Sir ALFRED MOLONKY, K.C.M.G, and S. A. HILEY, Esq. I RATES DUB. I John Smith, formerly of Noah's Ark, Llan- geview, now of Pontypool, was summoned for the non-payment of 9s 4d Poor Rates due, and an order for payment was made. Mr T. Rees gave evidence. I TEMPORARY TRANSFER. I On the application of Mr R. H. Parnall, solicitor, Newport, the licence of the Nag's Head, Usk, was temporarily transferred from George Phillips to William Williams, who will act as manager for Messrs. Hancock & Co. I ARREARS. I Abraham Williams, Usk, was allowed a month I in which to show his willingness to pay off arrears under a maintenance order, amounting to .£1 6s on each of his two boys in Little Mill Reformatory.
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Colonial Ministers on Preference.
Colonial Ministers on Preference. It is quite possible that it was not by mere accident that the London Chamber of Commerce came to pass its resolution on Tariff Reform almost on the eve of the Colonial Conference, and no doubt it will have the effect which it was probably intended to have upon the minds of our _I fellow-subject,4 in the Colonies, to whom it has been a matter of extreme surprise-as it will be to the people of this country a few years hence-that Britain alone, among the civilised Powers of the world, should have continued to impoverish herself by the system of free imports which is wrongly termed Free Trade. We have heard on many occ asiotts. and the message has been repeated during the past few days by several of the Colonial representatives, that there is a strong desire on the part of the Colonies to enter into closer commercial relations with the Mother Country. It is difficult to see how this end can be secured without the imposition of some taxes upon food, to which a minority of honoured members of the Unionist party are adverse, but there are some indications that if one or two conferences were held on the subject it might be possible to find a modus vivendi between "Free Fooders" and those who are in favour of the larger policy. We have not >et progressed so far as to say what duty, if any, it would be wise to im- pose upon foreign corn, but our Canadian friends who could I EASILY SUPPLY ALL OUR NEEDS, would probably tell us that a preference of 2s. a quarter would help them very con- siderably, and in view of the fact that the Is. war tax on corn had no appreciable effect upon the price of bread, it is reason- able to suppose that a duty of 2s. would be no more than a drop in the ocean in comparison with the benefits which we should obtain from the preferential treat- ment extended by the Colonies to our manufactured goods. In the abstract, of course, even a 2s. tax on corn is an evil, but no good was ever done in this world by a man with a mind so narrow as to be unable to grasp the fact that it is sometimes necessary to select one evil in order to avoid a greater. If it were merely a question of placing a duty on foreign corn in oder to help the Colonies, the most ardent Imperialist would in that case hesi- tate to make the sacrifice, but we know very well that there is no intention on the part of the Colonies to take our custom without giving anything in return. There never was any room for doubt on that point, and even if there were, the uncertainty must have been removed from the minds of those who entertained it by the remarks of Colonial Ministers at various public functions. Mr Deakin, who speaks with at! the authority of the Prime Minister of the Australian Commonwealth, emphasised not only the willingness, but the keen desire of the Australians to extend a preference to goods from the Mother Country. Sir Wm. Lyne, Minister for Trade and Commerce of the Australian Commonwealth, testified in like manner to the desire of those whom he represented to increase their commerce with Britain by transferring to this country as much as possible of the trade, amounting in 1905 to 27 millions, which is now enjoyed by foreign producers. Canada, as we know, has gone even further, conceding volun- tarily to the Mother Country a substantial preference, which has at once resulted in A LARGE INCREASE OF TRADE, I and furnished us with an object lesson with regard to the results which may be expected to follow from an Imperial system of pre- ference. It can scarcely be regarded as a matter for wonder that Canada should consider this arrangement a little one-sided, and we may even pardon the conviction, which seems to possess the mind of Sir W. Lyne, that the people of Britain do not feel that interest in the Colonies which our fellow subjects across the seas have a right to expect. But before he returns to Australia, Sir Wm. Lyne will know that this indifference is more apparent than real, and that there is no movement of modern times which has made such progress in this country as that of Tariff Reform, which involves the question of preference. A conspicuous illustration of that fact is found in the action of the London Chamber of Commerce.
Large Unionist Majority in…
Large Unionist Majority in North Belfast. For the third time within eighteen months, the electors of North Belfast were on Wednesday called upon to return a member of Parliament, the vacancy being caused by the death of Sir Daniel Dixon, who had held the seat in the Unionist interest since September, 1905. The result was declared as follows Mr George S. Clark (U.). 6,021 Mr William Walker (Lab.). 4,194 Unionist maioritv 1,827 This is Mr Walker's third defeat in the con- stituency. The election was fought on the Home Rule question.
Crown Lands and the Board…
Crown Lands and the Board of Agriculture. It is announced that, under the Crown Lands Act of 1906, the President of the Board of Agriculture was appointed a Commissioner of Woods and Forests, and the Treasury have assigned to him the management of the 62,000 acres of agricultural land belonging to the Crown. They have also appointed Messrs J. Carter Jonas and Sons, land agents, of White- hall-place, London, as Crown Receivers for this property in place of Messrs Clutton and Messrs Smiths and Gore, who have resigned. The two latter firms retain the agency for the remainder of the Crown estates.
<"...". , mihshire Chamber…
< mihshire Chamber of Agriculture MEETING AT USK I GOVERNVLB^T INSURANCE PROPOSAL. i AN [ 1 PORT ANT STATEMENT ON TUBERCULOSIS BY MR R. STRATTON. AN UN NECESSARY MILK SCARE. I Mr R. H Williams, of the Church Farm, Panteg, thf- v ar's President, occupied the chair at a genera' meeting of the members of the Mon- muthhire Chamber of Agriculture, held at the 1- Tnive Sal non'a Hotel, Usk, on Monday afternoon, when a no s'T c. those present were -Rev Herbert A. William (Llangibby), Messrs. T. Morris Proswer ( ej etary), R. Stratton. L. C. Wrigley, 3. C. U >a quefc, Harold A. Williams, Henry Willi,tra- (L!;tnsantffraed), J. Mainland Watkins, R. Hall, R. it. Marfell, W. Edwards, S. T. Griffin, 0, Vnstey, Joseph Davies, A. H. Watkins, W. Thomas (Whitehall), W. Marfell, J. Lewis, J. Bonlton, W, Thomas, E. Williams, F. Hayward, P. William*. and J. Gwynne. L tter* f Apology for non-attendance were read from Lor Llangattock, Mr G. P. Mitchell Innes, Mr C. D. Pnillips, and Mr John Jeffreys. COMMUNICATIONS. The S crHrary read letters from the Board of Agrictiltur and Fisheries, Colonel Ev)r J. C. Herbert, M P., Mr Clifford J. Cory, M.P., and Mr Lewis M.P., respecting resolutions forwarded ro them re the Dogs Act and the Butter and Marianne Bill. Mr Clifford Cory wrote stating that he had seen Sir Elward Strachey on the subject of the Dogs Act, wh > II ,inted out that if the Chamber wanted the more stringent clauses of the Act put into force it the Country—the tying up of dogs at night, they should apply to the County Council, who, in turn, could apply to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries for powers accord- ingly. Colonel Ivor Herbert wrote similarly. He had every rtsason to believe, he added, that if the rules to put into force the stringent clauses of the Act were carefully framed by the County Council, they would be authorized by the Board of Agriculture without delay. With regard to the Margarine Bill he had seen the Prime Minister and repre- sented to him the views of the Council of the Chamber, and in this he (Colniel Herbert) was supported by other members representing agricultural constituencies. Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman was anxious to refer the Bill to a Standing Committee as soon as possible, and would do his best to get the second reading of it at as early a date as he coull after the Easter Recess. THB DOGS ACT. The Secretary reported that he had written to the County Council on the subject of the Dogs Act, and the Clerk had promised a reply after the next quarterly meeting to be held on 1st May. Mr L. C. Wrigley suggested that it might be advisable to ask members of the County Council who were members of that Chamber to strongly urge upon the Council the desirability of framing the rules that they asked for, and apply to the Board of Agriculture to authorise them. He proposed that the Secretary write and ask such members to interest themselves in the matter when it was brought before the County Council. Mr S. T. Griffin, C.C., said he should be only too pleased to support the Chamber at the County Council meeting if he were furnished with a copy of the resolution the Chamber had passed on the subject. Mr Henry Williams pointed out that the clauses were permissive; they might or might not be adopted in accordance with the wishes of a County. Undoubtedly, Monmouthshire agricul- turists did wish to have the clauses adopted and put into force in all their stringency, but he had misgivings as to the members of the Council who lived in urban districts and who kept dogs, and who might be more or less indifferent. To those members it should be pointed out the importance placed upon the subject by agriculturists, who were chiefly affected. Mr Wrigley: We should have a volume of opinion that will show the County Council that we mean it. Mr Griffin said he thought the Chamber could depend upon the members who were County Councillors to be in agreement with them on the subject. Mr J. Boulton having seconded Mr Wrigley's proposition, the Secretary promised to bring the matter before the notice of the Councillors referred to. SYSTEMS OF INSURANCE. I The next item on the agenda was to discuss the question whether the Government should provide a system of insurance to meet claims which may arise under the Workmen's Compensation Acts. The Secretary said he had received a Post Office circular on the subject, and had replied to a number of questions set out therein, to the effect that it was impossible to say what number of farmers were insured, but that he should say five. sixth in the County that the few not insured would be doing so now in view of the increased activity of insurance companies; and that he did not think there was any necessity for the Post Office to take the matter up. The President remarked that as things were running now they hardly knew where they were standing, or whom they ought not to insure, and they would have to wait for a few cases to be threshed out in a Court of Law. The burden upon them was becoming heavier every day. Personally he thought it would be a grand thing if as farmers they started an insurance company of their own, just as the Clergy had their Ecclesiastical Insurance Company. Farmers, however, had been lacking in combination hitherto, and it was, perhaps, too much to hope that they would join together to carry out such a scheme. The Rev Herbert A. Williams said the new Compensation Act seemed to be extremely far. reaching in its effects, and pretty well everyone had to insure everyone they had to pay. Farmers would be well advised to insure all the workmen they employed, and the only difficulty was as to which office he should insura in. The point before -1 tnem was as co wuetber the Post Office should take up the matter as a branch of their business; he did not think they should advise them to do it, as they had already plenty of good offices to choose from for the business. But they must be careful as to the nature of the policies, or they might be found to break down just where they were wanted most. A farmer should see that in his policy he was covered for casual hands employed at such times as during the harvest. In his opinion insurance business might just as well be allowed to remain in the hands of private offices. Mr J. Maitland Watkins said he did not know how an Agricultural Insurance Society would provide the capital to work on, and it would undoubtedly have to face very formidable competition. The Phoenix Fire Office, with whose operations he was conversant, had. in consequence of the new Compensation Act, added a branch to its business to take on insurance of this description, and ha wrmld send its nrospectuses to any- one. n_- Mr Henry Williams said he had tried to include everyone in his insurance policy, and the office- should he talk "shop," and say their Secretary was the representative ?-had recognised casual labour in it. But his difficulty was as to what CI casual labour" was, and how far it was to be extended. Supposing that, in order to enter an hotel, he asked a man to hold his horse, the horse ran away, and the man got kicked and injured, mboald he be liable for that? Would the man come under the head of casual labour ? He should want a policy that would cover him against any possible claim that could be made. Mr W. Marfell said the new Act was a very different one to the Agricultural Labourers Act, under which for insurance they paid so much per cent. on the average amount of wages paid, but this would not cover a man employed in any way other than as an agricultural labourer and on the ¡DSUrer'l¡ farm* 110 advocated the paying of a higher pre nm n which would cov-r t h h()le of an employer's liability. The Pre i <ent out a hypothetical c", 81 Mr W d,d.v rhen remarked tba it e""n,d to him they were wandering from th pojot, vhialt was whether the Government should If vi te a. system of i .-u- ance to meet such cl .i n a t the answer i«i>«i>d d upon whether the -4<>ve-itment would be in a better position to give the n incteased facilities i, l.s cost than a private nfli"A. This they had no rowans of judging until receiving from the G've'nmfti' further informatio., I figuree from which to make a compariso o. In soUe of the high recommendations of the vari -it- private offices he Hh ul 1 be all in favour of for agriculturists rhe lowest possible preni 4m and the highest possible security if the P st Offioo could grant it. (Huar, hear.) He should like to know whether the Government were likely o take up any such sche-ne. As to the Central Chamber taking up the business, that was a very different thing. It would convert their Chafnber,4 in o more or less of a 'outing concern, and he did not think that was advisable at all. They would have to appoint and salary officials and "0 oii, and be did not think the idea would attain to any good thing. At any rate, it was a very difficult point that needed careful thinking out. He then referred to the fact that they were at the present time at the mercy of the private offices who were increasing their premiums, and there was no sense of security that what they paid now—a sum twice as much as at the start—was likelv to be the amount they would be called upon to pay for any considerable time. The only redress they could have would be the establishment of a Government scheme n the broadest possible lilies-a national scheme based on what accountants called the actual experience. It was a matter that should bo- further enquired into by the Government. The President agreed that they were travelling beyond the c iifines of the original question, but they were always anxious to learn what they could to aid them in their industry. He suffered damage by the firing of a barn, and although he was insured, the assessors appointed weut over his farm taking note of every worn-out implement with the rest, with the result that he got only X4& from the insurance company for what they them- selves valued at L180. The policy said, in small letters in red ink, that any dispute most be settled by arbitration, and after taking advice he let the matter drop, as he would only have been incurring extra expense to proceed. Mr Harold A. Williams said the Post Office granted life insurances, but, he understood, upon such unfavourable terms that they held no large amount of business. Mr Wrigley said he did not know that the Post Office did any business in that way. Mr Williams, continuing, said he did not think the Post Office would carry the business on in such a way as to be of any great use to them. At the same time the rates were mounting uo and the things they had to insure against were increasing fast. They did not know how far their policies protected them. If a man ran after a lost hat and sprained himself, it seemed to him that the- loser would be liable to pay compensation if he gave the man 2d for trouble, whereas he would not be if he gave him nothing. (Laughter.) They would be liable for every casual labourer they employed, and for all the employment that they gave, so that it appeared to him that it would not be too strong to say that to give a person employ- ment was a penal act for which they might be fined any sum of money. This must lead to unemployment and a great loss to labour. Sooner or later, he thought, the Government would have to take up the question as a national one, since they were all liable; ultimately the Government, would have to insure them all and take up the responsibility. There would be one satisfaction about that, and that was that, of course, the funda would be perfectly secure, and what was con- sidered by the law to be right to be paid in any case would be paid. The Rev H. A. Williams said that as they had been asked to give an opinion on the subject by the Central Chamber it would be hardly polite not to answer and point out that they at present had not one unless they gave the reason why, so he propoeed: That the Chamber is not prepared to give an opinion upon the subject until furnished with some idea as to the rates and policy the Government are willing to offer." Mr S. C. Bosanquet seconded, and the pro- position was agreed to. MILK SUPPLY AND TUBERCULOSIS. The next subject was to consider a letter from the British Dairy Farmers' Association sending copy of its resolution-as below-with reference to the Municipal Milk Depdta Bill, introduced into the House of Commons by the Right Hon John Burns, M.P. "The General Purposes Committee of the British Dairy Farmers' Association having carefully considered the Municipal Milk Depdts Bill now before the House of Commons, are strongly opposed to the measure, inasmuch as it would further enlarge the scope of Municipal trading without sufficient com- pensating advantages to the ratepayer." Mr T. Morris Prosser had written to the Central Chamber on the subject, and in the course of a reply from the Secretary (Mr A. H. H. Matthews), he stated "This matter has not yet been considered by my Dairy Products Committee, and I cannot, therefore, say what views the Chambers will take with regard to the Bill, but I have a letter to -dayr from Mr F. J. Lloyd hoping that we shall oppose it. # It appears to me, however, that there are twoo sides to this question, and as this Bill is only promoted with a view to carrying out the work of supplying pure milk to infants, in an attempt too reduce the infantile death rate, we ought to be very careful how we state any opposition that we may offer to the Bill. In Battersea, where their Milk Depot has been at work for some time, statistics of the death-rate go to show that they have been doing good work." MR R. STRATTON said he did not think that farmers had so very much interest in the matter. If municipalities chose to take upon themselves to waste the ratepayers' money and go into municipal trading, that was their business and not the farmers.' But if local authorities did, there was not much doubt that they would waste a great deal of money, and he questioned whether they would get purer milk then than they did now. The point, however, that; he should like to make now had reference to the scare which had been caused by-the report of the Tuberculosis Committee, which was an elaborate one just presented, and which was so very technical in its language and in its bearings generally that it was very difficult to go into, and he was bound to say that he did not understand it. He believed the effect of it had been a general scare throughout the country, and many people had been under the impression that it waa extremely dangerous to use milk as it was produced now, and as it had been produced for generations past, and that in order to bring up their children in a more healthy way they must go. to condensed milk or some substitute or other. He was strongly of opinion that the result of the scare would be, not that children would bo made more healthy, but that the mortality amongst them would be very much increased, by people giving up the I USE OF COWS' MILK U8uU^ 8uhstitutes. He could not help thinking that the report would do a great deal more harm than good. There was no doubt in his mindand he thought it was the opinion of the Chamber generally—that what was wanted throughout th& country was that the children should be brought up in a much more natural way by the parents- in the way the Almighty intended that they should be brought up-and that when they ceased to have maternal milk, children should have very much more other milk than they did now. (Hear, hear.) The quantity consumed was not nearly half as muoh as it should be. With regard to this question he noticed a letter in the Live Stock Journal by Professor Lloyd, who had asked them to oppose this Bill, in which he condemned tho report of the Committee entirely. Now, Mr Lloyd was very much more scientific than he or anyone there, and was much more competent to pass an opinion, and he said that that Committee have not proved their case at all, and that, as a matter of fact, only some two per cent. of the cases of deaths from tuberculosis brought forward are oasell which can by any possibility have been brought