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112. The following foods were voluntarily surrendered and destroyed:-
Foods. Weight. Bread 1 lb. Cereals 66 lbs. Condiments 95.1/8 lbs. Confectionery 1,430 lbs. Cheese 240 lbs. Eggs 2 packets Fish 1,100 lbs. Flour 670 lbs. Fruit 407 lbs. Fruit juice 1,637 lbs. Meat 100 lbs. Milk (condensed, powder and evaporated) 6,527.1/16 lbs. Tea 15,887 lbs. Vegetables 1,120 lbs.622 lbs.
113. While every endeavour has been made by the management of the large dairy farm near the Queen Mary Hospital to overcome the dangerous fly-nuisance, the situation referred to in last year's report, although improved, cannot be regarded as satisfactory. The presence of cattle, manure and feeding material almost inevitably attracts flies and leads to fly-breeding, and the removal of the dairy farm to a more suitable site appears to be the only solution of the problem. Such a site is now under consideration.
114. The amount of foodstuffs grown in the Colony is very small in comparison to requirements and, in order to explore the possibility of an increase, a special commissioner was appointed in 1939 to investigate the question of agricultural development in the New Territories. His report is now under consideration by Government.
115. There was a marked increase in the number of animals slaughtered at the abattoirs during 1939 as may be seen from the following table.
1938 1939 Cattle. 78,277 114,534 Sheep and goats. 15,657 21,129 Swine. 510,297 607,855