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The following is a statement of the working of the Crematorium :-
Carcases cremated :-
Cattle including calves,
Sheep and goats,.
Swine,.
Total,.
162
174
476
812.
Miscellaneous :
Beef from Slaughter-house, injured or diseased,......7,520 tbs. Condemned goods from Market, ......
227 tins.
Amount of coal used during year, 33 tons 18 cwts. 70-lbs.
Reckoning the condemned meat, 7,520 lbs., as equivalent to 11 animals of 650 lbs. each gives a total of 823 animals cremated by, roughly 34 tons of coal or about .826 cwt. of coal per carcase. Coal during 1904 cost $11.50 per ton which gives a cost of 47 odd cents per carcase cremated. The amount per head for 1903 was 1:57 cwt. per carcase, The reduction was partly effected by more economical stok- ing but was chiefly due to the fact that a larger number in proportion of the smaller animals, especially pigs, were cremated.
SLAUGHTER-HOUSES.
· Kennedy Town. The revenue for the year was made up as follows and shows a decrease on last year's collection of fees of $1,595.95:-
24,752 Cattle slaughtered
18,788 Sheep & Goats slaughtered 150,649 Swine slaughtered
31,598 Cattle removed
@40 cents each, $ 9,900.80
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3,737.60
30
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45.194.70
50
15,794.50
12,012 Sheep & Goats removed
10
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1,201.20
15,951 Swine removed
10
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1,595.10
1 Duplicate order
25
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$77,444.15
Hung Ilom.-The Depôt only is managed directly by the Board. The total fees collected there for the year were $590.95.
Shaukiwan and Aberdeen.-The collection of fees is let to a contractor.
The total revenue from all the Slaughter-houses and Animals Depôts amounted to $94,535.10 made up as follows:-
Kennedy Town-Fees collected, Hung Hom-Fees collected,
Contract for the privilege of removing blood and
hair at Kennedy Town,
Contract for the privelge of slaughtering at Hung
Hom, Shaukiwan and Aberdeen,
Total Revenue,
.877,444.15.
590.95
.... 6,840.00
9,660.00
.$94,535.10
The total numbers of animals slaughtered in the Colony for the year were :—
Cattle.
Kennedy Town, ......24,752
Hung Hom,
6,077
Shaukiwan,
Aberdeen,...
Total,.....30
Sheep & Goats.
18,788
4,948
Swine.
150,649
23,047
4,900
2,450
23,736
181,046
.235,611
Grand total of all animals,..