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Sai Wan Ho (contracted out)
Swine
Aberdeen (contracted out) :—
Swine
1921.
1922.
c.
9,895 3,090.00 9,920=2,976.00
1921.
1922.
C.
$ c.
4,600 == 1,248.00 4,319=1,440.00
The total revenue, including contracts, from the Animal Depôts and Slaughter Houses, is as follows:-
1921 1922 Kennedy Town, Fees $104,665.52 $97,584.18 Ma Tau Kok, Fees 20,790.00 21,480.00 Kennedy Town Blood and Hair 7,980.00 8,472.00 Contract 2,112.00 2,304.00 Ma Tau Kok ?? Sai Wan Ho Slaughtering Contract 3,090.00 2,976.00 Aberdeen 1,248.00 1,440.00 $139,885.52 $134,256.18The attached graphs show the number of animals slaughtered in all Slaughter Houses during the past ten years. The decrease in number of animals admitted to depôts and slaughtered is due to the general strike in the early part of the year. The decrease in export of animals is due to the prohibition of import into the Philippines of cattle from Hongkong and China by the Government of the Philippine Islands.
GRASS SUPPLY FOR GOVERNMENT BULLOCKS.
The area under cultivation at Kennedy Town was reduced by about acre during the year in order to allow grass land for the goats of the Indian Police. The amount of grass cut at Kennedy Town was 279 tons 17 cwts against 254 tons 16 cwts. in 1921. A considerable amount of this was supplied to the Medical Department to feed ponies used for the production of anti-meningococcic serum and no charge was made for this.
From the new Fo Pang Valley area a crop of 79 tons was cut. Several areas in this have subsided with the result that the grass roots died off. These areas are rapidly being filled in and will be replanted.
EXPORT OF LARD, DRIED MEATS, ETC., TO THE PHILIPPINES AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND CANADA. The factories at Ma Tau Kok and Kennedy Town approved for the export of lard and dried meats to the Philippines, and Canada, exported the following quantities under certificate :--
1919 1920 1921 1922 Lard (lbs) 1,657,390 1,719,175 3,882,074 3,532,909 Dried Meats (lbs) 99,651 165,103 282,311 128,811Page 360
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