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City of London 1934

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Table: Table showing Weight of Meat delivered, and Meat delivered to Contractors as unsound, during each Month of the Years1933and1934.

Table showing Weight of Meat delivered, and Meat delivered to Contractors as unsound, during each Month of the Years1933and1934.

Month.Meat delivered at the Market, 1933.Unsound Meat delivered to Contractors, 1933.Meat delivered at the Market, 1934.Unsound Meat delivered to Contractors, 1934.
Tons.cwts.qrs.Tons.cwts.qrs.Tons.cwts.qrs.Tons.cwts.qrs.
January41,91100519343,434007763
February35,287005011335,8710065173
March40,05400759339,948005222
April36,46300529337,467004990
May39,32800750339,714006592
June35,03700702034,624005480
July35,065009416035,3490082131
August35,0130014119135,611007531
September36,603009818035,946009702
October41,0610010719243,69700145103
November40,645007618341,866007102
December39,94500588341,2180098102
Totals456,4120095440464,74500934121

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One ton in every 486 tons of meat paying toll in the Central Markets, Smithfield, was
condemned last year, as compared with one ton in 478 in 1933.

Table: *Table showing the average deliveries at the Central Meat Market, and other details for successive quinquennial periods during the past60years:—

*Table showing the average deliveries at the Central Meat Market, and other details for successive quinquennial periods during the past60years:—

Quinquennium.Annual Average General Supply.Seizures by Inspectors.% of Unsound Meat.
Tons.cwts.qrs.Tons. cwts.qrs.
1874-1878178,373100192182.108
1879-1883218,200123282112.129
1884-1888249,58019224812.099
1889-1893304,98651461151.151
1894-1898372,44012274933.201
1899-1903410,4561811,082132.253
1904-1908414,9061111,584193.382
1909-1913427,146001,52023. 356
1914-1918324,715001,370112.422
1919-1923403,3641001,849190.459
1924-1928477,405001,21020.253
1929-1934464,8470094660.203

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* I am indebted to the Clerk and Superintendent of the Central Markets for the figures relating to the market
supplies, sources of origin, &c.

Table: *The sources of origin of the Central Markets Supplies during the past five years are here expressed in terms per cent, of the total annual deliveries.

*The sources of origin of the Central Markets Supplies during the past five years are here expressed in terms per cent, of the total annual deliveries.

British.American.Australian and New Zealand Per cent.South Africa. Per cent
Country Killed. Per cent.Town Killed. Per cent† Foreign Killed. Per centHome Killed. Per cent.American Killed.‡ Per cent.
193020.54.64.8-49.220.9
193121.13.84.90.346.623.20.1
193222.93.64.40.143.525.40.1
193322.33.53.80.342.826.50.8
193422.33.02.90.441.529.40.5

Table: The following figures suppliedbythe Superintendent of the Market are of interest:—

The following figures suppliedbythe Superintendent of the Market are of interest:—

1930.1931.1932.1933.1934.
Tons.Tons.Tons.Tons.Tons.
Average daily delivery into the Markets1,5021,5541,5111,4911,514
**Minimum delivery on any one day208523368627544
Maximum delivery on any one day3,6944,5243,8774,0613,704
The heaviest weight previously recorded on
any one day (20th December, 1926) was—5,259 tons.

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•I am indebted to the Clerk and Superintendent of the Central Markets for the figures relating to the market
supplies, sources of origin, &c.
** The minimum deliveries relate to Saturdays when practically no wholesale business at the Market is carried out.
+ Includes " General Foreign Meat and Produce." t Includes South American Imports.