No. 4.] CATTLE COMMISSIONERS. 



461 



The foregoing table does not include 254 animals which 

 have been condemned, and warrants for which are now in 

 the process of settlement. The estimated amount due for 

 condemned cattle not paid for, and other outstanding bills, 

 amount to $10,712.40. 



The financial statement is as follows : — 



Number cattle paid for as tuberculous, 5,275 ; amount paid, $179,867 52 

 Number cattle paid for, no lesions found, IGO ; amount paid, 5,581 04 



Quarantine expenses ; amount paid, 2,928 11 



Arbitration, amount paid, 27 75 



Killing and burial expenses, amount jxaid, .... 125 93 



Average per head for 5,435 cattle, $34.12 ; total amount paid, $188,530 35 



Amount carried forward, $188,530 35 



* These figures include 185 animals paid for in 1897 but quarantined and con- 

 demned in 1896. 



