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the fact that the first deal almost exclu- 

 sively with native cattle. 

 The summary is as follows: 



SALTING SHEDS 



1908 Bullocks 181.688 Cows 20.294 Tuberculous olo 



1904 » 212.954 22.781 » 



1905 » 302.205 » 28.329 » 0.01 

 1908 » '-15.103 39.945 » 0.C3 



1907 » 323.925 » 68.683 0.04 



1908 » 245.429 » » 



FRIGORIFICS 



1903 Bullocks 228.374 Cows 1.721 Tuberculous olo 



1904 j> 306.332 • 1.476 0.64 



1905 » 517.036 » 3.130 » 1.49 



1906 » 563.217 » 956 > L1.02 



1907 » 548.545 » 10.033 » 1. 1 



1908 » 526.202 » » > 2.46 



As may be observed, the proportion of 

 tuberculosis is so small amoug our cat- 

 tle, that there is no justifiable reason for 

 the alarm of those at home who consume 

 our chilled meats nor for the mistrust 

 of the European markets. 



