In addition to the carcasses condemned as above, and to those condemned for trichinosis, the number tanked for other reasons is given in the table below. These were the carcasses of animals that had died in the cars or pens at abattoirs, or that died after inspection in the stock yards, or that were killed by city inspectors:

The total number of carcasses and parts condemned and tanked, with the causes of condemnation, and including the animals found dead and those killed by city inspectors, is shown in the following:

Causes of condemnation of carcasses and parts of carcasses, fiscal year 1903.

Causes of condemnation of carcasses and parts of carcasses, fiscal year 1903—Continued.

For the purpose of comparison, the number of animals inspected at time of slaughter for abattoirs having inspection, for the fiscal years 1891 to 1903, is given below:

Number of animals inspected at slaughter for abattoirs having inspection, fiscal years 1891

The meat-inspection tag or label was placed upon 21,124,318 quarters, 362,689 pieces, and 186 sacks of beef, 8,571,643 carcasses of sheep, 667,259 carcasses of calves, 880,945 carcasses of hogs, and 696,279 sacks of pork.

The meat-inspection stamp was affixed to packages of meat products that had received the ordinary inspection, as follows: 7,520,854 of beef, 59,314 of mutton, 14,601,202 of pork, and 70 of horseflesh-a total of 22,181,440.

The number of cars sealed, containing inspected meat products for shipment to official abattoirs and other places was 67,046.

The number of certificates of ordinary inspection issued for meat products for export, exclusive of horseflesh, was 30,152. Of beef there were 1,388,633 quarters, 20,422 pieces, 401 bags, and 1,352,291 packages, with a weight of 371,920,737 pounds; of mutton there were 35,394 carcasses and 22,527 packages, weighing 2,729,013 pounds; of pork there were 24,380 carcasses and 506,311 packages, weighing 133,122,610 pounds.

The decrease in the certified exports of beef and pork, noted in the last report, continued, the figures showing a decline from the last year of 45,070,025 pounds of beef, and 55,237,401 pounds of pork. The exports of mutton were nearly two and a half times as much as last year, when there were 1,145,248 pounds certified.

There was one shipment of horseflesh, 70 packages, weighing 28,000 pounds.

The following table shows for several years the amounts of beef,

pork, and mutton for which certificates were issued, not including microscopically examined pork:

Quantities of beef, mutton, and pork for export upon which certificates of ordinary inspection were issued, 1898 to 1903.

The cost of the work of the ordinary meat inspection for the year was $711,546.18.

MICROSCOPIC INSPECTION OF PORK.

The number of carcasses examined was 489,667, classified as follows: Class A (free of all appearances of trichina), 477,195, or 97.45 per cent; Class B (containing trichina-like bodies or disintegrating trichina), 7,394, or 1.51 per cent; Class C (containing living trichina), 5,078, or 1.04 per cent.

There were 5,136 trichinous carcasses disposed of during the year; these weighed 1,093,376 pounds, and about 41 per cent was tanked and the rest made into cooked meat.

The number of certificates issued for microscopically inspected pork products for export was 3,132; the number of packages stamped and exported was 62,779, weighing 19,108,341 pounds. The exports decreased 14,572,888 pounds.

The following shows the exports of pork to countries requiring a certificate of microscopic inspection, from 1892 to 1903:

The cost of the microscopic inspection was $78.179.63, being an average of 16 cents for each examination, and for each pound exported, 0.41 cent.

INSPECTION OF VESSELS AND EXPORT ANIMALS.

The number of certificates of inspection issued for American cattle exported to Europe was 960. The number of clearances of vessels carrying live stock was 634. The number of sheep exported to Europe

decreased from 211,224 in 1902 to 111,448 this year. The exports of horses fell off very considerably, also, being 3,910 this year, as against 10,967 in 1902. All of the animals shown in the following table were exported to Great Britain, except 1,752 cattle, 832 sheep, and 88 horses to Belgium, and 191 horses to Germany:

Number of inspections, etc., of American and Canadian animals, fiscal year 1903.

There were also inspected for export to other countries, 1,797 cattle, 1,847 sheep, 1 horse, and 12 mules; they were distributed as follows: 1,645 cattle, 1,702 sheep, and 1 horse to Bermuda; 145 sheep to Barbados; 140 cattle to Brazil; 12 cattle and 12 mules to Jamaica.

The number of American and Canadian animals landed alive at the foreign-animal wharves in London, Liverpool, and Glasgow, and inspected by inspectors of this Bureau stationed at these ports, together with the number and percentages lost in transit, is shown in the table following:

Number of animals inspected at time of landing in London, Liverpool, and Glasgow, and lost in transit, fiscal year 1993.

The inspection of animals imported from Mexico is shown in the table following: