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The total number of animals slaughtered at Kennedy Town, Hung Hom, Shaukiwan` and Aber- deen for the year ending December 31st, 1900, was as follows:-
District of Slaughter House.
Number of Cattle.
Number of Sheep and Goats.
Number of
Swine.
Kennedy Town,
Hung Hom,
19,035
15,875
140,202
4,904
2,489
19,262
Shaukiwan...
4,155
Aberdeen,
2,141
Total,
23,939
18,364 165,760
Annual list of Animals slaughtered for the past ten years, from 1891 to 1900.
Year.
Cattle.
Sheep and
Swine.
Goats.
1891,
18,218
9,673
122,942
1892,
18,180
11,571
126,766
1893,
17,866
11.770
131,298
1894,
16,898
10,937
125,725
1895,
19,218
12,592
129,035
1896.
19,546
14,693
129,103
1897,
20,094
14.226
137,748
1898,
21.541
15,956
153,485
1899,
23.582
17,353
156,292
1900,
23,939
18,364
165,760
Total,.....
199,082
137,135
1,378,154
DAIRIES.
On January 15th Rinderpest broke out in a shed at the Sassoon's Villa premises of the Dairy Farm Company at Pokfulam, but was fortunately stamped out quickly with but small loss.
Foot and Mouth Disease also appeared upon these premises during the month of November, but was of a very
mild type,
and did not spread further. With the exception of these two outbreaks nothing of importance occurred in any of the dairy farms of the Colony during the year.
MARKETS.
Central Market.-Owing to increase of trade additional accommodation is required in the poultry section for the killing and plucking of fowls, etc. 1 first reported this matter to the Board oa September 7th, 1898.
Nothing has yet been done to improve the lighting of this market, although upon February 11th, 1899. I brought the subject before the Board and pointed out that it could be lighted much better and cheaper by gas.
The cost during the past year for electric light has been $7,186.70, whereas the Gas Company at the time of my report undertook to light the building well with incandescent gas burners at a cost not exceeding $4,000 per annum,
Western Market.-On December 21st the plans of a proposed new Western Market were sent to me by the Board for report, this building being intended, in conjunction with another which it is proposed to erect upon the site of the present Harbour Office, to supersede the old Western Market.
As my report dealing with the matter thoroughly will come before the Board in another form, I will here only remark that the first of these two new buildings as shown upon the plans will only provide about sufficient proper accommodation for the poultry dealers, thus leaving 148 other shops and stalls for the sale of pork, beef, fish, vegetables, and fruit to be provided for elsewhere; and as the second of the two new markets will be smaller than the first, the two buildings combined will apparently not afford as much stall accommodation as already exists in the present old Western Market.
As a supplementary market the first new building when completed would fill a long felt want by enabling the Government to clear the streets of the so-called hawkers who now infest the Western district. but as a part substitute for the present Western Market it will I fear be entirely inadequate.
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