§ Mr. BOWERMANasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the Tenants' Association of the Central Meat Markets have re-issued, as the rules under which consignments of meat are sold and prices returned to consignors are fixed, regulations which have been twice condemned by the Markets Committee of the Common Council as inimical to the interests of consignors and contrary to the good of the markets; whether he will see that such rules are cancelled forthwith; and if he will state what steps will be taken to prevent tenants from issuing rules affecting prejudically the food supply of the Metropolis?
Mr. BUXTONThe Board of Trade have no jurisdiction over these rules, but I have received the following information from the City Remembrancer. In the rules recently re-issued by the Central Meat and Poultry Markets Association a portion of a regulation affecting accounts sales, to which the Central Markets Committee took special objection as inimical to the interests of consignors, has been deleted. While the rules of the association are not subject to the approval of the Markets Committee the possible adverse effect of certain of the rules upon supplies to the market is under the consideration of the committee. Complaints from consignors addressed to the committee are immediately fully investigated.