. Annual report of the Governor of the Panama Canal for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1919. , ^ Passenger business did not start until November. The revenue shown on general cargo and specie is the grossamount, the cattle industrys proportion being 50 per cent. Thetotal net revenue to commercial steamship business is shown in re-capitulation below: General cargo, net $57, Specie 7, Mail 1 Passenger business 7 705. go Total 73, SALES. The sales of live stock and poultry during the year were as follows: Beef cattle head. Bulls, head Calves, head Pigs, head Hogs,
. Annual report of the Governor of the Panama Canal for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1919. , ^ Passenger business did not start until November. The revenue shown on general cargo and specie is the grossamount, the cattle industrys proportion being 50 per cent. Thetotal net revenue to commercial steamship business is shown in re-capitulation below: General cargo, net $57, Specie 7, Mail 1 Passenger business 7 705. go Total 73, SALES. The sales of live stock and poultry during the year were as follows: Beef cattle head. Bulls, head Calves, head Pigs, head Hogs, head Sows, head Goats, head ChiclvS, head Chickens, , , head To com-missary To HEALTH. The general health of the fat and lean stock was excellent through-out the year; 131 deaths occurred from anthrax, the majority shortlyafter arrival from Colombia. During the dry season 10,000 doses ofantianthrax serum were shipped to Colombia, and the vaccinationtook place there 20 days prior to shipping. This did not, however,materially reduce the deaths from this disease after arrival. The breeding herds at ISIiraflores and Monte Lirio have been inexcellent health during the entire year, the only deaths occurringbeing the results of accidents. Mongrels 1, 363 Turkeys 1, 445 Ducks 480 148 THE PANAMA CANAL. The health of the stock at the hog farm was comparatively goodthroughout the year. During the months of November, December,January, and February 501 deaths occurred from cholera broughtin by stock from Colombia, and in addition 48 deaths occurred enroute. One hundred and ninety-one other deaths occurred at thefarm from various causes. The stock at the poultry farm was fair
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