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DEPAETMENTAL REPOETS. 



export to countries requiring microscopic certificates for 1892 to 1901 



are given : 



Pounds. 



1892 • 22,025,698 



1893 8,059,758 



1894 18,845,119 



1895 39,355,230 



1896 21,497,321 



Pounds. 



1897 42,570,572 



1898 . . ._" 120, 110, 356 



1899 ... 108,858,149 



1900 55,809,626 



1901 35,942,404 



The expenditures on account of this work amounted to $114,102.76. 

 This gives an average for each examination of 14 cents; for each pound 

 exported, of 0.317 cent. 



INSPECTION OF VESSELS AND EXPORT ANIMALS. 



The number of certificates of inspection issued for American cattle 

 exported to Europe was 1,563; the number of clearances of vessels 

 carrying inspected live stock was 988. There was a notable increase 

 in the number of cattle and sheep exported, the former being greater 

 than in any year since 1898 and the latter the largest since 1896. There 

 was a decline in the exportation of horses. All of the animals in the 

 following table were exported to Great Britain, with the exception of 

 80 cattle, 590 sheep, and 858 horses to Belgium, and 914 horses to 

 Germany : 



Number of inspections, etc., of American and Canadian animals, fiscal year 1901. 



a 9,780 via Canada. 



61f,552 via Canada. 



c267 via Canada. 



Besides the above-mentioned animals exported to Europe, there were 

 also inspected 800 cattle, 514 sheep, and 1 horse for Bermuda and 82 

 cattle for Brazil. 



The number of American and Canadian animals landed alive at the 

 foreign animals wharves in London, Liverpool, and Glasgow and 

 inspected by inspectors of this Department stationed at those ports, 

 together with the number and percentage lost in transit, is shown as 

 follows : 



Number of animals inspected at time of landing in London, Liverpool, and Glasgoiv 

 and loss in transit, fiscal year 1901. 



INSPECTION OF IMPORTED ANIMALS. 



The numbers and classes of animals imported from Mexico and 

 inspected at ports of entry along the international boundary line are 

 given in the table on the next page. 



