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496 of the Acts of 1895) ; and also that " Every inspector 

 shall keep a record of all inspections made by him and his 

 doings thereon, and shall make regular returns of all such 

 inspections to the Board of Cattle Commissioners" (section 

 5, chapter 491, of the Acts of 1894). Under this provision 

 the inspectors of various towns and cities have reported the 

 following work : — 



Inspected at licensed slaughter houses at time of slaughter : — 

 Cattle (including calves),. . . 120,416 



Sheep, 388,933 



Swine, 1,411,304 



Total, 1,920,668 



Inspected at time of slaughter, under section 21 : — 



Cattle (including calves), . . 1,586 



Sheep, 118 



Swine, ...... 4,679 



Total, 6,378 



Total reported inspections at time of slaughter, . . 1,927,031 



Animals destroyed as tuberculous : — 



Cattle, 241 



Sheep, - 



Swine, 65 



Condemned for other causes : — 



Cattle, 2 



Calves under four weeks old, 71 



Sheep, 



Swine, hog cholera, 9 



Number of towns reporting licensed slaughter 



houses, 72 



Number of licensed slaughter houses reported, . 183 



It may be of interest to notice that the change in the law 

 relating to meat inspection, recommended by the Cattle 

 Commission under section 2 of chapter 451 of the Acts 

 of 1898, gave the Board of Cattle Commissioners power to 

 "make and issue rules and regulations for the guidance 

 of inspectors of animals and provisions, in the inspection 

 of meat, which shall conform to the rules and regulations 

 of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry for the 

 inspection of meat for export and interstate commerce." 



