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Income.
	£.	s.	d.
Tolls arising from slaughtering cattle, &c.	39,286	13	0
Tolls„ arising from„ melting tallow	2,062	5	0
Tolls„ arising from„ washing and dressing tripes, &c..	6,046	18	0
Tolls„ arising from„ rent of slaughter-houses	213	0	0
	47,608	16	0
To which must be added the revenue derived from the sale, by public auction, of blood, manure, and sewage, as these belong to the syndicate [1]	1,203	0	0
Total of Income.	£48,811	16	0
Expenditure
The expense of the agents and labour for the abattoirs	2,117	15	0
The expense of materials for the service of the abattoirs.	1,826	17	0
Restitution of undue and overpayments	200	0	0
Repair of slaughter-houses, stalls, stables, and other works	814	0	0
	4,958	12	0
To which must be added the payments of the syndicate for salaries of inspectors, petty expenses, charity, pensions, &c.[1]	1,203	0	0
Total Expenditure	6,161	12	0
SUMMARY
Revenue of all the abattoirs.	48,811	16	0
Expenditure	6,161	12	0
	£42,650	4	0

The following are the receipts at all the abattoirs for the three years up to and including 1846 :-

	£.	s.	d.
1844	44,077	14	0
1845	46,822	19	0
1846	47,608	16	0

The Author was induced to undertake this inquiry, with a view to the general introduction of abattoirs into this country, as a branch of the sanitary system, and he has also endeavoured to dis- cuss the question of their applicability as a commercial undertaking.

He has here given such a selection from the information current on this subject as he conceives to be most interesting and consistent with the objects of the Institution. The Paper is illustrated by an engraving of the Abattoir Mont- martre, impressions of which are permitted to be taken for the use of the Minutes of Proceedings.

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1. From the "Almanach du Commerce de la Boucherie, 1846.