MUNICIPAL ABATTOIR.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1058, 22 February 1911, Page 2

MUNICIPAL ABATTOIR.

REPORT.'.y/;^'.: A report on the. working of the City; Corporation Abattoir during '.month v; of January last shows ;that durmg: that;;; period there .were; sbughtered-2j ; cows,;;; 517 bullocks and heifers, S .ibuUs,_.3B3B.-. : sheep, 172 lambs, 50 calves, and 6 pigs.; Oat of this number -1 cows, IS_bullocks, ,- and 13 sheep were condemned as. unnt for human consumption. The :.iees .re- :■• ceived on stock •• slaughtered at the Abattoir amounted, to iUI; 13s. : a-decree of M Ms. 2d. on' last month. The fees:. received from 'meat .• export -.slaughterhouses, and meat sold withm the city amounted to .£l3l 85.,: a decrease on lasc y month of £S os. 4d. The sum collected: for the sale: of offal and'runners was: : £126 14s. Id.,' a decrease of \£l IK-; on;, the previous month. . ••■ -■• :■ •-v- ■"■•'"■ The total amount for the month.was ; : JEDS9 15s. lid., being a decrease of -Al4 i Bs. 6d. for January. :. ~ : , i, '■' There was an increase m. the slaughtering for the, month of 73 cattle, : 307 sheep, and a decrease Of 819 lambs,-11-.;' pigs, and 13 calves. The stock slangh....". tered for tho month was of prime quality,, , with the exception of 11 head of cattle, : which was slaughtered ' for boning purPt Th S e increase of' stock slaughtered:.for : January, Mil, as against January, 1910,; ; was 323 cattle, 1813 sheep, 867 lambs, 10 calves, and a decrease of 124 pigs., Ihe fees on stock slaughtered increased by," '£59 16s Bd. The decrease in fees from: ■}.- moat export slaughterhouses for above:--months amounted to £102 os.- 3d.,v while an increase of i'sß 3s. Scl.was shown v on the sale of offal.,, The total increase '. for January, 1911, over. 1910, was £15 ; lls.- Id. "■" -"•"-'"'■ ' ■-■••'- ■■■ i/ ■■- v .i;-.:- .