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the director of the police. No question respecting claims for such compensation can be brought, before, the, law-courts. In cases of dissatisfaction with the compensation paid, the person in question can demand the amount decided by valuation of three assessors appointed by the Court; the costs in this respect shall be paid by the authorities. When an owner is unable, on account of impecuniosity, to pay the expenses incurred in accordance with the above regulations, these shall be paid by the authorities in accordance with the rules in section 8. The compensation mentioned above are temporarily defrayed by the county repartition fund or the local parish funds (§8), the portion to be paid from the, Treasury being refunded after the quarterly accounts. All expenses for work which is done by veterinary surgeons at the order of the authorities, including those incurred according to paragraph 4 of this Act, shall be paid, except for those cases where other regulations are given, by the county repartition fund in the country, in Copenhagen and the other market towns from the parish funds, which amount, however, not including that for Copenhagen, will afterwards be assessed amongst the several market towns in each county 7 . In the same manner such expenses are preliminarily paid for the execution of precautions resting upon an owner which the authorities have been obliged to have carried out on his account, according to §7. §18. All attendances on duties in the public service by a veterinary surgeon shall be paid for at the rate of 4 kroner for each half-day he may spend, calculated at five hours, which same payment shall be made for attendances occupying shorter time. As a rule, a veterinary surgeon cannot receive more than 8 kroner for each day, though the authorities can allow the sum to 12 kroner for the special cases where it has been necessary to continue the work for more than ten hours in one, day. A veterinary surgeon is entitled to 75 ore for each half (Danish) mile out a.nd a similar amount home, and the same sum for a distance that exceeds a full half-mile, as travelling-expenses. The sheriff is authorized to reduce the payment to such an amount as is considered suitable for such attendances and journeys as have not been undertaken upon the express orders of the authorities. When travelling by rail, second-class fare is allowed. The veterinary surgeon shall be paid 4 kroner for the dissection of a dog or other smaller animal and 6 kroner for a horse or for a cow, although in the event of several dissections being made on the same day and at the same place full payment shall be given for the first, and half for each succeeding. The payments must not exceed 30 kroner for the collective dissections of one, day. No special paymenl is made to the veterinary surgeons for certificates or reports < ccount of business carried out for the authorities. §19. For Bornholm all expenses incurred in accordance with the regulations of this Act, except those payable by the State Treasury or the owner of the animal, shall be paid out of the market town and country district's common fund of the island. §20. The Act of 29th December, 1.857, relating to contagious diseases amongst domestic animals ; the Act of 12th October, 1892, relating to additions to the above Act : the Act of 14th December, 1887, on precautions against the so-called swine-fever, together with the Act of 30th November, 1876, on the regulations for the prevention of the spreading of rabies, are hereby repealed. However, it is hereby confirmed that the order for repealing, by the Act of the 29th December, 1857; the Act of 30th November, 1778; the Act of 28th November, 1806; Proclamation of the 4th October, 1815, litra A ; and the Proclamation of 3rd April, 1844, shall remain in force. This Act does not apply to the Faroe Islands. To which all concerned shall comply. Given at Amalienborg, the 14th April, 1893, under our Royal hand and seal. Christian, R.

LAW CONCERNING TRADE IN BUTTER AND FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE, ETC., OF 12th, APRIL, 1911. Section 1. This law concerns—Production, trade in and exportation of Danish butter and trade in and importation and exportation of Icelandic, Danish, West Indian, and foreign butter (Part L) : trade in and importation and exportation of eggs, lard, tallow, and honey, and meat, slaughterhouse offal, tinned goods, sausages, and other comestibles prepared from horses, cattle, sheep, goats, swine, and poultry, all of foreign origin (Part 2) : subject only, however, to the condition that the said agricultural products are fit for human consumption ; and the making of the herein-mentioned goods. Part I.—Butter. A. general regulations concerning butter. Section 2. — Production ; Trade ; Importation ; Transit Trade. It shall be forbidden to produce, to offer for sale, and. to trade in Danish butter coloured by means of aniline dyes. Butter which is intended to be sold must not contain preservatives other than common salt, and not more than 20 per cent, of water. It shall be forbidden to import, offer for sale, trade in, and to ship in transit butter containing preservatives other than common, salt and butter containing more than 20 per cent, of water. Butter intended to be sold and containing more than 16 per cent, but less I han 20 per cent, of water must be marked with the indication " Vandsmor " (water butter). It shall be forbidden to import, offer for sale, trade in, or ship in transit butter containing more than 16 percent, of water but less than 20 per cent, unless the butter is marked " Vandsmor" (water butter).