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Annexe C.
REPORT BY ADAM GIBSON, Colonial Veterinary Surgeon.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
The total number of cattle admitted to the Government Depôts for the year was 37,226, an increase on the previous year of 3,967. In Kennedy Town 32,811 cattle were admitted, an increase of 3,166 on last year. There were 22 cattle rejected alive as unfit for food against 46 in 1914. In Ma Tau Kok 4,415 were admitted against 3,614 in the previous year and 14 were rejected alive as unfit for food against 25 in 1914.
The total number of pigs admitted to Kennedy Town was 234,112 an increase on last year's total of 33,307.
The total number of sheep admitted to Kennedy Town was 24,779 a decrease on last year's total of 7,348.
The end of the year saw the re-opening on a small scale of the export trade in live cattle from Hongkong to Manila.
DISEASE IN DEPÔTS.
Rinderpest.
In the beginning of the year a few cases were imported but the disease never assumed any serious proportions.
Anthrax
Only one case of anthrax was found during the year while in 1914 two cases were found and none in 1913.
Tuberculosis.
As in former years this disease was not found in native cattle but 15 cases, entailing total or partial destruction, were found among dairy cows sent in for slaughter. A few cases were sent direct to the Crematorium without passing through the Slaughter House.
Black Quarter.
Three cases were found and it is of interest that two of the cases occurred in adult bullocks neither of which was less than six years old.