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Stock should be consig-ned so as to arrive in Johannesburg' on 

 Tuesdays, Wednesdays, or Thursdays, and not on Saturdays, Sundays, 

 or public holidays. 



Commission charged on sales is 4 per cent, (four per cent.), which 

 includes all market dues. All slaughter stock sold on the market is 

 sold with a Johannesburg Abattoir guarantee, i.e. in the event of any 

 stock being condemned for disease in the Abattoir, the buyer does not 

 pay for these. To cover the vendor in the case of condemnation, all 

 slaughter stock, forwarded to the Director for sale, is insured, as per 

 following table showing premiums and indemnity: — 



As pigs are sold by live weight (with the exception of very small 

 sucking pigs), a charge of Is. per 25 pigs, or part of 25, is made for 

 weighing, and a weight certificate issued. All weighing of pigs is 

 done by municipal officials. 



There are two methods by which stock may be disposed of : — 



(1) At so much per head "on hoof " in the live stock market 



by public auction. 



(2) Slaughter of the animals and the sale of the carcasses, hide, 



offal, fat, etc., separately. 



For animals sold by No. 1 method, 4 per cent, commission on 

 price realized covers all charges, and by No. 2 method, the following 

 are the abattoir and slaughtering charges, in addition to 4 per cent, 

 commission : — 



Abattoir Charge. 



Cattle ... ... 2s. Gd. per head 



Sheep ... ... 6d. „ „ 



Goats... ... ... 9d. „ „ 



Calves ... ... Is. „ ,, 



Pigs Is. 



Slaughteritig <Jharge. 



4s. 9d. per head. 

 7d. „ „ 



Is. (jd. per head. 

 Is. 6d. per 100 lb. and ik\. 

 each 100 lb. over. 



for 



In the event of a reserve price not being realized, animals may be 

 slaughtered, the hide, offal, fat, etc., sold at once, and the jareus^es 

 placed in the Abattoir Cold Storage for sale at a later date, for which 

 the charges would be as follows, in addition to 4 per cent. coinTnission 

 and above-mentioned abattoir and slaughtering charges: — 



For every quarter of beef. Is. 6d. per week or part thereof. 



Sheep carcass, 6d. per week or part thereof. 



Calf carcass, 6d. per week or part thereof. 



Pig carcass, 6d. per 100 lb. per week or part thereof. 



All pigs forwarded for sale are examined before sale in the Live 

 Stock Market for visible infection of measles, and any found so iufected 



