Sai Wan Ho (contracted out)
Swine,
M 27
1916.
Aberdeen (contracted out) :—
1916.
$ C. 7,312=2,100.00
1917.
$ C. 8,445-2,340.00
1917. $ C. $$3 Swine, ..3,956-990.00 3,721=1,200.00
The total revenue, including contracts from the Animal Depôts and Slaughter Houses is as follows:-
1916.
1917.
Kennedy Town, Fees, $94,233.30 $81,901.10 Ma Tau Kok, Fees, 15,885.40 15,639.10 Kennedy Town Blood and Hair Contract, 6,600.00 7,296.00 Ma Tau Kok, 1,248.00 1,248.00 Sai Wan Ho Slaughtering Contract, 2,100.00 2,340.00 Aberdeen, 990.00 1,200.00 121,056.70 $109,624.20Decrease on 1916........ ..$11,432.50
The following table shows the number of animals slaughtered in all Slaughter Houses during the past ten years:—
Year. Cattle. Sheep and Goats, Swine. 1908, 29,612 18,104 185,321 1909, 30,848 17,855 182,791 1910, 30,504 17,439 223,705 1911, 30,371 17,671 227,597 1912, 33,761 242,956 1913, 37,909 244,609 1914, 32,642 228,136 1915, 34,158 264,894 1916, 44,819 40,884 290,528 1917, 258,731 Average for 5 years, 38,082 18,177 377,379 Average for 5 years, 31,019 17,586 212,456 Average for 5 years, 17,245 Average for 5 years, 17,966 Average for 5 years, 18,826 Average for 5 years, 17,669 Average for 5 years, 21,636 Average for 5 years, 19,699GRASS SUPPLY FOR GOVERNMENT BULLOCKS,
The area under cultivation remains the same as last year. The total grass cut at Kennedy Town was 115 tons 10 cwts. (100 tons in 1916).
EXPORT OF LARD TO THE PHILIPPINES AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
The factories at Ma Tau Kok and Kennedy Town approved for the export of lard and dried meats, exported the following quantities under certificate :—
1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. Lard, 840,917 1,050,959 1,040,055 1,103,948 Dried Meats, 59,181 69,741 57,690 66,427