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Staff, which had remained without change in
the number of officers since 1881, a period of
fifteen years.
In a special report to your Honourable
Court upon the subject in March last, I compiled
the following facts from the Annual
Returns of the Superintendent of the Market.
In the six years, 1875 to 1880 inclusive, the
average yearly supply was 194,336 tons,
whereas in the six years 1890 to 1895 inclusive
the supply was 322,771 tons, or 66 per
cent, more than in the first named period.
With respect to condemned meat, the
average seizures between 1875 and 1880
amounted to 215 tons per annum, whereas
between 1890 and 1895 the yearly average
seizures was no less than 517 tons, an increase
of 140 per cent.
I selected these periods because at the date
of my report they represent the first and the
last six years of my term of office.