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MISCELLANEOUS. 



CATTLE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 



There is uo cattle-breeding of any consequence whatever in the Phil- 

 ippines, only a few cattle being kept for draft purposes, while iu all 

 other respects buffaloes, a similar breed to the regular black African 

 kind, are universally employed for farming and hauling. These also 

 furnish the milk in use hereabouts; consequently there are no dairy 

 products of any description. Sheep do not thrive here, and are sparingly 

 imported from China for bur butchers. 



JULIUS G. VOIGT, 



Commercial Agent. 

 U. S. Commercial Agency, 



Manila, December 15, 1883. 



CATTLE IN MAURITIUS. 



I have the honor to acknowledge the receijjt of circular bearing date 

 July 18, 1883; also the memoranda accompanying the same, relating 

 to the breeding of cattle in Mauritius. 



In reply I have to state that the information required is not applica- 

 ble to this island. 



We have a few cows from France and the Cape of Good Hope, and 

 the native breed is a cross between the, two. 



Beef for consumption is imported from Madagascar. 



THOMAS T. PEENTIS, 



Consul. 



United States Consulate, 



Port Louis, Mauritius, December 17, 1883. 



CATTLE IN THE SEYCHELLES ISLANDS. 



I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of circular bearing date 

 of July 18, 1883, inviting a report on the domesticated animals of the 

 country to which I am accredited. I beg respectfully tn inform the De- 

 partment that the cattle of Seychelles number barely three hundred, 

 and that they are descendents of the wild African hump-backed cattle. 

 These animals are very small and are comparatively worthless for either 

 milk or beef. Four or five quarts of milk per day is a fair average ot 

 the quantity given by the better animals. No butter or cheese is made , 

 here. The beef is hard, stringy, and tasteless, and the fresh meat supply 

 of Seychelles is augmented by importations of bullocks from the eastern 

 noast of Madagascar. No statistic^ in regard to the domesticated ani- 



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