AnnualReport-1937

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LIVE STOCK IN THE COLONY.

18. The following numbers of Live Stock were in the Districts under the supervision of Sanitary Inspectors on 31st December, 1937:-

Horses Cows Goats In the New Territories:- 353 2,038 137 200 1,000 200

19. The above figures do not include animals kept by the Military Authorities or animals for slaughter in Government Depots. No figures are given for work or store cattle as these fluctuate greatly and would be misleading.

20. No figures are given for swine owing to the difficulty of obtaining a record of sufficient accuracy to be of any value.

18th February, 1938.

W. J. E. MACKENZIE,

Colonial Veterinary Surgeon.