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The total revenue, including contracts from the Animal Depôts and Slaughter Houses, is as follows:-
1917.
1918.
Kennedy Town, Fees $81,901.10 $85,801.70 Ma Tau Kok, Fees 15,639.10 17,951.70 Kennedy Town Blood and Hair Contract 7,296.00 7,296.00 Ma Tau Kok 71 39 >> 1,248.00 1,344.00 Sai Wan Ho Slaughtering Contract.. 2,340.00 2,544.00 Aberdeen "" 1,200.00 1,296.00 $109,624.20 $116,233.40 Increase on 1917 $6,609.20The following table shows the number of animals slaughtered in all Slaughter Houses during the past ten years:-
Year. Cattle. Sheep and Goats. Swine. 1909 30,848 17,855 182,791 1910 30,504 17,439 223,705 1911 30,371 17,671 227,597 1912 33,761 18,177 242,956 1913 37,909 17,586 244,609 1914 32,642 17,245 228,136 1915 34,158 17,966 264,894 1916 44,819 21,636 290,528 1917 40,884 19,699 258,731 1918 33,895 15,719 290,451 Average for 5 years, 37,279 18,453 266,548 Average for 5 years, 32,678 17,745 224,331GRASS SUPPLY FOR GOVERNMENT BULLOCKS.
The area under cultivation remains the same as last year. The total grass cut at Kennedy Town was 101 tons 64 cwts. (115 tons 10 cwts. in 1917).
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 :-
1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. Lard 1,050,959 1,040,055 1,103,948 1,820,827 lb. Dried Meats 69,741 57,690 66,427 101,542 lb.RABIES.
Dogs were unmuzzled throughout the year. Three dogs were retained at Kennedy Town under observation but none were found to be infected.
Importation of dogs from Shanghai and Chinese ports north of Shanghai was prohibited until further notice (Gazette Notification. No. 461 of the 19th October, 1917).