§ MR. WOLFF (Belfast, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been drawn to a letter in the Northern Whig of 30th April, from F. Adair, Secretary to the Belfast Master Butchers' Protection Association, stating that the meat of cattle slaughtered for pleuro-pneumonia was regularly sold for consumption in Belfast; whether he will inquire into the truth of this statement; and whether, if found correct, he will take the necessary steps to put a stop to this practice?
§ *MR. JACKSONMy attention has been called to the letter, which appears to have been written under a misapprehension, or to have referred to some other circumstances. I am informed that neither in the case of Belfast nor any other part of Ireland have animals been slaughtered and sold for food unless 167 they were fit for consumption and so certified by the veterinary surgeons.