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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).
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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
$6,609.20
The following table shows the number of animals slaughtered in all Slaughter Houses during the past ten years:-
Year.
Cattle.
1909
...30,848
1910
..30,504
1911
.30,371
1912 .33,761
1913
..37,909
1914
..32,642
1915
.34,158
1916
.44,819
1917
.40,884
Sheep and Goats.
17,855
17,439
17,671
18,177
17,586
17,245
17,966
21,636
19,699 15,719
Average
Average
for 5 years, for 5 years,
37,279
32,678
Average
Average
for 5 years, for 5
years,
18,453
17,745
Swine.
182,791
223,705 227,597 242,956
244,609
228,136 264,894 290,528
258.731
Average
for 5 years,
266,548
Average
for 5 years, 224,331
1918 ....33,895 J
290,451
GRASS 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 :-
Lard ......
Dried Meats ...
1916.
1917.
1915. .1,050,959 1,040,055 1,103,948
69,741
57,690
RABIES.
1918. 1,820,827 Ib. 66,4271 101,542 lb.
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).
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