X<>. 4.] 



CATTLE COMMISSIONERS. 



489 



The above table includes the amount paid this year for 

 227 animals which were condemned and killed last year, the 

 warrants for which were in process of settlement at date of 

 last report. This table, however, does not include 6 animals 

 which have been condemned this year, for which claims have 

 not been approved. 



The financial statement is as follows : — 



Paid for cattle condemned, killed and found tuberculous, 

 506 head, average price $27.13, .... 



for cattle condemned, killed and no lesions found, 12 

 head, average price $24.45, 



for quarantine expenses, 



for killing and burial expenses, .... 



for arbitration expenses, 



Total for 518 head, average cost per head $27.36, 



Paid for salaries of commmissioners (to 



May 1), $2,875 00 



for salaries of agents (to May 1), . 3,061 21 



for salaries of clerks and stenogra- 

 phers 2,206 16 



for expenses of commissioners (to 



May 1), 1,458 24 



for expenses of agents (to May 1), . 2,092 36 



for expenses of office, . . . 913 57 



for expenses of laboratory and ex- 

 perimental work, .... 563 10 



for expenses of quarantine stations 



(to May 1), 1,325 55 



for expenses of glanders (killing and 



burial), 87 60 



$13,732 12 



293 50 



70 70 



77 96 



2 00 



$14,176 28 



14,582 79 



Total payments, $28,759 07 



