AnnualReport-1910

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contractor's hands during 1909 a comparative table of income under separate heads is not available for that year. The total fees collected in 1910 were $9,276 and were made up as follows:-

Slaughtered.

1910.

Cattle @ 40 c... 5,323 $2,129.20 Sheep @ 20 110 22.00 Swine @ 30 23,508 7,052.40 Exported. Cattle @ 50 143 71.50 Sheep @ 10 1 .10 Swine @ 10 8 .80 Total, $9,276.00

The Slaughter Houses at Shaukiwan, Aberdeen, and Sham Shui Po were leased to a contractor.

The total revenue, including contracts, from the Animal Depôts and Slaughter Houses is as follows:--

Kennedy Town, fees collected, 1910. $74,584.65 1909. $73,590.75 Ma Tau Kok, 9,276.00 450.49 Kennedy Town Blood and Hair Contract, 6,447.00 7,608.00 Ma Tau Kok 1,104.00 1,161.00 Sham Shui Po Slaughtering Contract, 3,240.00 Shaukiwan 1,680.00 9,930.00 Aberdeen 540.00 Totals, $96,871.65 $91,579.24 Increase in 1910.. $5,292.41

The total number of animals slaughtered for food were:

1910. 1909. Cattle. Sheep and Goats. Swine. Cattle. Sheep and Goats. Swine. Kennedy Town, 25,181 177,988 5,323 25,770 152,312 5,078 Ma Tau Kok, 17,329 17,733 Aberdeen, 110 23,508 3,413 122 20,211 4 Shaukiwan, 6,796 12,000 Sham Shui Po, 2,996 7,272 30,504 2,848 17,855 30,848 Total of all animals,. 30,504 223,705 271,648 30,848 182,791 231,494 Increase in 1910, 40,154

The figures for Aberdeen, Shaukiwan and Sham Shui Po have been supplied by the contractor.