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in order that the public and o € wtas l uo ers who are engaged in that profitable 'at the time instmicted the inspector to" 6 trade should be protected as well as the take very careful steps. Dr. Andrew e). people. There had been & determina-- Smith, Dominion veterinary inm:ftor. 1 fion to keep up the high standard of was asked to take charge of the institu= meat supplied to the City of Toronto. tion, and everything that was done was The farmers who had diseased hogs had at his suggestion and under his or Prof. ;experlenced the stringency _ of these Sweetapplb's direction. -- A certain num--» regulations, but it appeared that when ber of hogs, the inspector stated, were hog cholera broke out in the m suitable for food. They were nlaced in ment piggery it was different. His in-- the icchouse at the Central Prison and formation was that the killing of the sold. After Mr. Davis had spoken at hogs in question commenced on Mon-- Paris Mr. St. John came to him and day morning at 3 o'clock, continued all asked him for a statement, day and was resumed on Tuesday morn-- of the cost of the piggery. ing and continued until 4 o'clock in the The inspector under whose control afternoon. Of the hogs killed and de-- the piggery was erected being absent stroyed, ninety--seven were dressed and at the time the information was de-- sent. to the cold storage room at the layed for a few days, but when it was Central Prison, and of that number be-- prepared it was supplied to Mr. St. tween nine and thirteen were diseased, John -- at the -- same time that | and large chunks of meat were cut out he (Mr.-- Davis) presented . it in of them at the piggery before the car-- a speech at Markhain. This casses were sent to the Central Prison, statement showed that the total cost, ; and that several had spots upon the Including the land, the original con-- flanks, shoulders, on the hams, and be-- | struction of the building, the brick tween the legs. He was prepared to house of the caretaker, the water sup-- prove these statements, and urged that ply and the rebuilding of the piggery this action by officers of the Govern-- after its destruction by reason of the ment in placing the meat from these outbreak of disease became nscessary, animals upon the market should not be was $7,020. Having stated the cost of tolerated, and that it showed very the Dig'gf'ry Mr. Davis, after explain-- gross negligence on the part of its offi-- ing how two wells happened to be sunk, cers, for which the Government was re«-- answered the question : Does it pay 7 sponsible. Further, Mr. S8t. John as-- In 1894, 1895 and 1896 there was expend-- serted that the entrails of every ani-- / ed on account of the purchase of hogs mal killed were marked by disease, and and the salary of the caretaker $6,577 48. Mr. St. John asked, why should these In 1894 there were no receipts, in 1895 97 hogs be sold to the public for human hogs were sold to the value of $4,596 76, | food? C in 1896 to the value of $2,008 33, and if The Minister's Reply. the hog cholera had not broken out the Mr. Davis made > y > sale at a low estimate would _ have the charge \r\r"hi((i-h 'lf;w';'ffté':f'gnfl';l?b}'];'? amounted to $2,000, making a total of | made both in and out of the House. He actual estn(x.natod receipt's of 88.'60.1 11, ?r said that up to two orm three years ago a gain of $2,000, The plg\g(:ry was again there existed in connection with the in operation, and there wl it ceb s public institutions in Toronto in the in= why it should.not be a payi'ng invest-- terest of cleanliness and econoimy pig-- ment tf' the Province, as 1t w "",?" make pens for the consumption of the refuse from $2,000 to $3,000 a year profit. of these institutions. Owing to the Mr. M_?aoham inquired what the item passage of a by--law by the City rgy of $1,527 in the public accounts really ssag a by I > City of To-- f i a t for lak ronto it became necessary to discon-- meant, if it was not for labor, as it tinue these pigpens within the city purported to he. He comended'that it limits. 'The inspector having charge of ther;'i'hadmbee:\ia hlunderflcommxtted in these institutions--Mr. Davis not then OFGC nE ne ptggerls(ri g'tl ]rslt. fl&fi cotat being at the head of the department-- (t)h re;(\s!'tectngix .Cmi' atr'y t;(' added to believed it to be in the interest of the Slown Bit. Davis aeserted that in Province to.continue the piggeries. A h 1' rl')' e ¥z ?'l sda.ser ed, 'at there suitable location was selected on the t:' .ee " '?io ",m Cr r(;la :] mit th?t bank of the Humber River, the land ()\".?ml',-?,e(thond"(is. retl? erPr ne;essallz purchased, the building erected and the huim?r P u g 'eg m'c utm 0' t et o whole made ready for occupation at a I)nmin'i"(z\ In :1'; t:)e nstructions of the cost of something less than $2.600. The OMr C'n fn'% gn :' mned the s ht ;ll'c;(éloion of the building alone cost er ar;d l:l'; ((); dhelzmzd 'l'\('gs ff): g'l:gm'; Mr. St. John interrupted Mr. Davis :;Z)(;d'b';) e;':;g.';}:éngg::"\l'h"h iwo't'gd' to state that the public accounts gave matter until they could m)daln.w'hn h t the cost of labor on the building as tificate of a com etentp'etelfe C Ser= $1,527. He wanted to know what the geon giving therfi erm'lsuslommt\ry ?ur- material had cost. this meat upon the market fo: uts o * Mr. Davis, proceeding, sa'td that at is e I0r. SAIS;: St. Thomas Mr. St. John had pnlaced the A Stout Man and Lame. cost of the piggery at $35,000, Though a the member for West York had denied al?ri ?t John said that he was pre-- that he had made that statement, as oecio: was not presoncant the nu reported by The Mail and Empire, 'd?d n'm ;':'1'" tnnl present at the killing, : many gentlemen who were present at ressed. Sho ft' !_:%hhngs to be killed and the mecting, among them a member of nahe a'nail h "_'n er, that when he did -- the House, had understood him to place Storage mr(',' ( o. tOnhIt was in the cold the cost at $35,000. _ In reply to the He hgd cal wagithe % C Lentm.l' Prison. ;t;ttaments of Mr. St. John at 8t. lessly, one 'h::am ned, and that care-- 'homas the Minister had made a Ur. r_ y S{])C'ech ;lat Paris, giving the figures of S'ef)%t;;fig',_" as it Mr. Smith or Mr. * the original cost at about $2,600. . Hog 9 f n . ' cholera broke out at the piggery in * % 11:%:: ifér{?;'igvlés"fisfi:tSM"réest:ln!:'t},'é?