CO129-545-8 Annual medical report 1932 2-11-1933 - 16-5-1934 — Page 227

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45. Fees in accordance with the following scale shall be paid by the owner of any animal to be slaughtered:

Cattle (including calves)

Sheep and goats

Swine

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40 cents per head.

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The fee shall in all cases be payable on admission to the slaughter house.

The Marking and Transport of Carcases.

46. The Colonial Veterinary Surgeon may cause such stamps or other instruments to be made for the purpose of establishing a special mark for beef, mutton, and pork before such carcases leave the slaughter house, in order to show that such carcases are fit for human food, and may change or alter such mark,

and every

such mark for the time being in use at any slaughter house under the authority of the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon shall be the official mark within the meaning of this by-law.

47. Carcases shall be conveyed from the slaughter houses to the markets by means of wheeled and covered vehicles or boats in either of which the carcases shall be hung.

48. If any Food Officer or officer of the Sanitary Department at any time discovers in any vehicle or boat conveying carcases from the slaughter houses to the market any carcase or part of a carcase of beef, mutton, or pork not bearing the official mark aforesaid, he is authorised to seize it, and the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon may order it to be destroyed and no compensation shall be payable to any person in respect of such destruction,

Slaughter Houses at Shamshuipo, Shaukiwan and Aberdeen.

49. The respective lessees of the privilege of slaughtering swine in the slaughter houses at Shamshuipo, Shaukiwan and Aberdeen shall provide all the persons necessary for the purpose of slaughtering such animals and dressing the carcases thereof, together with a sufficient supply of hot water, and shall have the same in readiness at all times for the persons making use of the slaughter houses.

50. Each of the said lessees shall at all times allow any person to slaughter any such animal or dress any carcase for sale on payment to him of a fee not exceeding thirty cents for each animal besides the blood of such animal which the lessee may retain.

51. Each slaughter house shall be provided with a hanging shed, in which the carcase of every animal slaughtered shall be hung as soon as it is dressed. Such carcases shall continue hanging in such shed until they are removed to the markets, which removal shall be by means of a wheeled and covered vehicle or in a boat in either of which the carcases shall be hung.

52. Each of the said lessees shall cause the means of ventilation and drainage provided in or in connexion with his slaughter houses to be kept, at all times, in proper and efficient action.

53. Each of the said lessees shall cause the means of water supply provided in or in connexion with his slaughter houses to be kept, at all times, in proper order.

54. Each of the said lessees shall provide a sufficient number of vessels, or receptacles, properly constructed of some non-absorbent material, and furnished with closely fitting covers, for the purpose of receiving and conveying from his slaughter houses all blood, manure, garbage, filth, or other refuse products of the slaughtering of such animal or the dressing of any carcase therein. He shall forthwith upon the completion of the slaughtering of such animal or the dressing of any carcase in the slaughter houses cause such blood, manure, garbage, filth, or other refuse products to be collected and deposited in such vessels or receptacles and he shall cause all the contents of such vessels or receptacles to be removed from the