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The claims for indemnities numbered 4,548, and of them 4,248 or 94.13 

 per cent, were justified, 129 or 2.84 per cent. (0.16 per cent more than in 

 1914) were partially so, and 138 or 3.03 per cent (2.18 per cent, less than 

 in the previous year) were unjustified. The total sum of indemnities for 

 which local funds became liable, as a result of claims not or only partially 

 recognized, was 24,431.22 marks (i), of which amount 2,169.16 marks was 

 recovered as the product of the sale of the remains of the animals. 



Of the 4,410 heads of cattle for which indemnities were paid : 



3,745 or 84.92 per cent, were slaughtered for urgent reasons, 



430 » 9.75 » » died, 



235 » 5-33 » » were slaughtered normally (insurance of live 

 stock raised for butchery by Article 40 



4,410 100.00 of the law). 



The number of cases in which animals were slaughtered for urgent 

 reasons fell by 3.15 per cent, as compared with 1914, that of those which 

 died rose by 2.62 per cent, and that of the insured animals slaughtered 

 normally rose by 0.53 per cent. 



Animals slain for urgent reasons: 



A r, , , i. • J.- -L No. of Cases Percent. No. of Cases Percent. 



After treatment or examination b}'' a _ __ _ _ 



veterinary surgeon 3,068 81.92 i 



Without treatment or examination by ^ 3,745 = 89.70 



a veternar}^ surgeon • 677 18.08 j 



Animals which died: 



After treatment or examination by a 



veterinary surgeon 118 27 44 j 



Without treatment or examination by 430 = 10.30 



a veterinary surgeon 312 72.46 ) 



4,175 = 100.00 



The number of animals treated or examined before death by a veterin- 

 ary surgeon was less by 19.30 per cent, than in the previous 3'ear, namely 

 by 8.51 per cent, of cases of slaughter for urgent reasons and by 10.79 P^^ 

 cent, of cases of natural deaths. 



The following table gives the causes of death or of urgent slaughter 

 in the case of 4,175 insured heads of live stock for which indemnities were 

 paid. 



(i) I maik = about is at par. 



