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No, of houses
Table B.
Year,
for which plans have been
No. of houses re-drained.
No. of houses plans of which
No. of houses
No. of new
have been
carried forward houses granted
received.
cancelled.
each year.
certificates.
1889,
799
573
226
175
1890,
500
529
7
190
409
1891,
681
643
30
198
475
1892,
693
577
106
208
228
1893,
847
€99
104
252
219
1894,
878
555
567
46
1895,
2,815
1,889
44
1,449
131
Totals,...
7,213
5,465
299
1,683
J. ROWLAND CROOK,
Sanitary Surveyor.
Colonial Veterinary Surgeon's Report for 1895.
SANITARY BOARD OFFICES, HONGKONG, 29th February, 1896.
SIR, I have the honour to submit the Annual Report regarding the importation of live stock and the management of the slaughter-houses and markets during the year 1895.
IMPORTATION OF LIVE STOCK.
Inspection of Animals.-During the year under review no case of serious communicable disease was observed amongst the large number of animals imported.
DEPÔTS.
The new public sheep and swine depôts were opened early in the year and they are now in good steady working order. These depôts are managed by a part of the market staff, viz., an Inspector, who also has charge of the city slaughter-house and the cattle depôt, a shroff, two tallymen and six scavengers. A new shed for the enumerating and unbasketing of swine imported and also for enumerating and shearing of the sheep imported is now nearly completed and will be ready for use early in 1896. This shed will greatly facilitate the work of the tallymen, as all animals entering the depôts will pass in through this shed and those leaving the depôts will pass out by the principal entrance gate at the other end of the buildings.
During the nine months these depôts were in use 19,124, sheep, and 95,225 swine passed through them.
CATTLE DEFÔT.
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The health of the animals housed in the cattle depôt remained good throughout the year. The total number admitted was 19,040 head, and of these only 197 head were rejected as being unfit for slaughtering for food, mainly because of their extreme emaciated condition. The buildings forming the depôt are in a good state of repair.
The new cattle depôt for the Kaulung district was completed towards the end of the year and was opened on the 1st of January, 1896.
SLAUGHTER-HOUSE.
Victoria. The new slaughter-house for the city was opened on the 1st of January, and has proved satisfactory in every respect. The number of animals slaughtered therein amounted to, 143,071, being a considerable increase over the number slaughtered in the city slaughter-house', during 1894.
Kaulung. The building is in a good state of repair. The number of animals slaughtered therein also shows an increase on the numbers slaughtered in 1894.
Shaukiwan.-The temporary building is in a fair state of repair. The number of animals slaughtered therein is practically the same as the number for 1894. I understand that provision is being made for the construction of a proper slaughter-house for this district and that it will be erected as early as practicable.