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The following table compares the numbers of stock slaughtered during the past two years at meat-export slaughterhouses only :

The following table shows killings of sheep and lambs at meat-export slaughterhouses for four seasons, Ist October to 31st March (six months only):

Compensation Paid for Stock and Meat Condemned Compensation amounting to £21,715 ss. was payable during the year for animals condemned in the field under the provisions of the Stock Act, and £18,099 6s. Id. for carcasses or parts of carcasses condemned for disease on slaughter for human consumption at abattoirs, meat-export slaughterhouses, &c., under the provisions of the Meat Act. Importation op Stock The following stock were imported during the year : cattle 57, sheep 411, pigs 12, horses 115 (including the movement of thoroughbreds between here and Australia). Of the above animals the following were placed in quarantine for the respective periods required : cattle 57, sheep 39, and pigs 12. Exportation of Stock During the year under review the following animals were exported: cattle, 499 ; sheep, 421 ; pigs, 172 ; and horses, 356. Of this total of horses the movement of thoroughbred horses to Australia accounted for 318 animals. Dairy Inspection The registration of town-milk-supply premises is carried out by officers of the Division in the various centres. The supervision of these town-supply producers requires constant inspection and to obtain uniformly good results uniformity of inspection is desirable. There are thirty-six districts in New Zealand in which there are milk-treatment stations, and of these, thirty-two were visited during the year. In the smaller districts the Supervising Dairy Inspector, in company with the local Inspector of Stock, inspected practically all the dairies, and in the large centres extensive cross-sections of the farms were visited. Some of the districts have been visited on several occasions.

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1 Year Ended 31st March, Increase Class of Stock. Compared 1949. 1950. with 1949. Cattle 416,004 434,822 18,818 Calves 1,120,501 1,163,802 43,301 Sheep 3,206,370 3,283,856 77,486 Lambs 12,228,754 12,409,714 180,960 Pigs 504,661 564,162 59,501

Stock. 1946-47. 1947-48. 1948-49. 1949-50. Sheep 2,348,620 2,232,301 2,300,880 2,383,306 Of which ewes were 1,729,109 1,703,989 1,875,339 1,833,403 Lambs 8,246,064 9,243,204 9,294,635 9,554,473