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5s. ; bulls, 6s. ; cows and heifers, 8s. ; having been raised 

 from 3S. for oxen and bulls, and from 6s. for cows and heifers, 

 which were the amounts in 1893. The insurance value is- 

 after the payment of the premium, the purchase price of the 

 animal. Compensation is also given for individual organs 

 and portions of meat condemned, provided they are not too 

 small. The compensation is paid in the case of animals that 

 are removed from the market to be slaughtered elsewhere, if 

 the seizure is made within five days. 



In Leipzig, of the cattle coming to market in 1895 there 

 were insured 19,866, of which 659 were condemned — 553 of 

 these as being not of full value, while the remaining 106 were 

 to be destroyed. 96,635 pigs were also insured, 1,127 being 

 condemned. The total compensation paid during the year 

 was 1 8,7 1 9, while another £Sgo represented slaughter-house 

 charges paid back. Premiums repaid amounted to £286 (the 

 insurance having been cancelled), and expenses of manage- 

 ment absorbed £2^2. The receipts were, /J 13,487 in 

 premiums, ;£6,656 from sales of meat or animals not of full 

 value, and £4^2 represented the proceeds of animals totally 

 condemned. 



At Dresden, 22,751 cattle were insured out of a total of 

 28,954 brought to market; the premiums were £5,566, the 

 compensation paid 11, 194. The sale of meat on the 

 Freibank* realised ;£4,486. In this instance the transactions 

 of the society resulted in a loss, so that the compensation for 

 livers has been lowered from 8s. to 6s., while the premiums 

 have been raised as above noted. 



Live Stock in Germany. 



The following table shows the number of the different 

 kinds of live stock in Germany, according to the results of a 

 census taken on the ist December, 1897, and reproduced in 



The carcases of animals condemned for tuberculosis in Germany may be steam, 

 sterilised, and the meat so treated is then sold (under certain regulations) in a special 

 building called the Freibank, where the quality of the meat must be indicated : its 

 price is usually about half the market price. 



