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DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS. 



slaughter, and including: the carcasses of animals found dead and 

 those killed by city inspectors: 



Causes of condemnation of carcasses and parts of carcasses for fiscal year 1901. 



The meat inspection tag or brand was placed upon 18,077,943 quar- 

 ters, 332, .309 pieces, and 2,844 sacks of beef; 0,626,729 carcasses of 

 sheep; 412,721 carcasses of calves, and 1,101,961 carcasses of hogs, 

 and 752,805 sacks of pork. 



The stamp signifjnng that the contents had received the ordinary 

 inspection was affixed to 21,496,100 packages — 6,304,065 of beef, 

 41,993 of mutton, 112 of veal, 15,059,118 of pork, and 821 of horse- 

 flesh. 



There were sealed (with numbered seals, of which a record is kept) 

 68,495 cars containing inspected meat products for shipment to official 

 abattoirs and other places. 



The number of certificates of ordinary inspection issued for moat 



