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DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS. 



The meat-inspection tag or brand was placed upon 19,694,665 quar- 

 ters, 250,141 pieces, and 3,820 sacks of beef; 7,419,287 carcasses of 

 sheep, 554,016 carcasses of calves, 1,253,083 carcasses of hogs, and 

 793,471 sacks of pork. 



The meat-inspection stamp was afBxed to packages of meat products 

 that had received the ordinarj^ inspection as follows: 7,166,490 of 

 beef, 39,229 of mutton, 8 of veal, 15,835,520 of pork, and 638 of horse- 

 flesh, a total of 23,041,885. 



The number of ears sealed containing inspected meat products for 

 shij)ment to official abattoirs and other places was 64,730. 



The number of certificates of ordinary inspection issued for meat 

 products for export, exclusive of horseflesh, was 32,744. Of beef, 

 there were 1,571,305 quarters, 19,728 pieces, 3,845 bags, and 1,582,549 

 packages, with a weight of 416,990,762 pounds; of mutton there were 

 85 carcasses and 26,942 packages, weighing 1,145,248 pounds; of 

 pork there were 94,962 carcasses and 658,139 packages, weighing 

 188,360,011 pounds. These figures show a decrease from the previous 

 year of 35,839,611 pounds of beef and 42,784,927 pounds of pork. 



There were 11 certificates issued for horseflesh, the export consist- 

 ing of 638 packages, weighing 170,968 pounds. 



The following table shows for several years the quantities of beef, 

 mutton, and pork for export which received the certificates of inspec- 

 tion, not including microscopicallj^ examined pork: 



Quantities of beef, vmtton, and pork for export upon which certificates of ordi- 

 nary inspection were issued, 1898 to 1902. 



Fiscal year. 



Beef. 



Mutton. 



Pointrl.i. 



1898 --- :«t.ll.')ll.ll91 



1899 - --- »',(I.S4o.S;-x; 



1900 -- -- - ---- 4:>i.i:if<.:i:e 



1901 --- --- - 4r)2,cs:w.373 



1902 ._ -- — - 416,990,762 



Pork. 



Poimds. 

 334.996 

 535,705 

 680,897 j 

 894,648 1 



1,14.5,348 I 



Pounds. 



244,956,482 



278,69(),4a5 



272,05(1,66:5 



231,144.9:*^ 



188,360,011 



Expenditures on account of the foregoing amounted to $638,592.79. 

 The cost of each of the 59,158,648 ante-mortem inspections averaged 

 l.OS cents. 



The following shows the cost of each ante-mortem inspection from 

 1893 to 1902, inclusive: 



1893 . 

 1894 

 189.') . 

 1896. 

 1897. 



Cents. 

 . 4.75 

 . 1.75 

 1.10 

 . .95 

 . .91 



1898. 



1899. 



1900 



1901 



1903 



Cents. 

 . 0.80 



.95 

 1.01 

 1.08 



MICROSCOPIC INSPECTION OF PORK. 



The number of carcasses examined was 681,865, classified as fol- 

 lows: Class A (free of all appearance of trichinae), 664,288, or 97.42 

 per cent; Class B (containing trichina-like bodies or disintegrating 

 trichinae), 10,085, or 1.48 per cent; Class C (containing living trichinae), 

 7,492, or 1.10 per cent. 



During the first half of the year livers were examined separately 

 from the carca.sses, and 350,800 examinations were made. The num- 

 ber of livers so examined was 892,191, of which 869,073 were in Class 

 A and 23,118 in Class C. As three livers Avere usuall}' examined : 



