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Limited staff and the absence of a veterinary laboratory make this impossible.
(b) Animal husbandry.
NOTHING NEW TO REPORT.
(c) Owing to the hostilities in the neighbouring country the amount of lard etc. imported for local consumption has dropped very considerably with the result that the amount of locally produced lard available for export, after local needs are met, is greatly reduced, as the following figures show :-
EXPORTS TO PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, UNITED KINGDOM AND AUSTRALIA.
Lard. 1,836,105 lbs. Crackling. 162,492 lbs. Skin. 121,724 lbs. Sausage and Dried Meat. 246,078 lbs.(d) A course of lectures and demonstrations on meat inspection and animal diseases communicable to man was given to probationary sanitary inspectors.
Section III.
Regulations, published as Government Notification No. 1164 of December 15th, 1939, regarding "bird shops" were passed.
Section IV.
There is no autonomous veterinary department in Hong Kong. The veterinary officers are, for administrative purposes, officers of the Sanitary Department and all financial matters are embodied in the accounts of that department.
Section V.
Livestock in the Colony as at December 31st, 1939:-
Figures not available for publication. Livestock imported during 1939.
Horses. 151 Cattle. Bulls. 5 Cows. 76 Dogs. 128This does not include animals for the military authority or for slaughter.
LIVESTOCK IMPORTED FOR SLAUGHTER.
Cattle. 101,518. Swine. 535,236. Sheep & Goats. 21,129.This is a very considerable all round increase.
W. J. E. MACKENZIE, Colonial Veterinary Surgeon.
29th February, 1940.