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CHEMNITZ.

the  meat.  In  the  case  of  pigs,  the  fat  is  sometimes  melted  down  before  being
sold.  There  is  a  considerable  "  run  ”  on  this  inferior  class  of  meat,  so  much  so,
that  it  has  been  found  necessary  to  limit  the  quantity  which  may  be  sold  to  any
one  purchaser.  This  rule  is,  however,  partly  intended  to  prevent  people  buying
with  the  object  of  re-selling,  and  it  is  further  provided  that  none  shall  be  sold
to  any  person  carrying  on  the  trade  of  a  butcher.  Owners  of  carcases  condemned ­
  to  be  sold  at  the  Freibank  receive  the  amount  realised  on  the  sale  of
the  meat  subject  to  a  deduction  for  the  expenses  incurred.  They  are,  moreover,
protected  from  loss  by  the  system  of  compulsory  insurance  of  cattle  which  is
in,  force  in  Saxony.  The  total  sales  of  “  inferior  ”  meat  at  the  Freibank  in
Chemnitz  in  1905  amounted  to  2,430  cwts.,  on  which  a  sum  of  £6,234  was
realised.
It  may  be  mentioned  that  horse  and  dog  flesh  are  not  sold  at  the  Freibank
though  both  are  subject  to  the  same  rigid  inspection  as  other  kinds  of  meat.  It
was  found,  for  instance,  that  no  less  than  293  of  a  total  of  611  dogs  and  127  of
the  982  horses  slaughtered  for  consumption  in  1905  were  more  or  less  diseased,
but  only  five  of  the  dogs  and  nine  of  the  horses  were  so  badly  affected  as  to
necessitate  the  destruction  of  the  entire  carcase.

The  average  prices  charged  at  the  Freibank  were  as  follows  :—

Description  of  Meat

Price  per  lb

Boiled

Raw

4%d.
5  Id.

34d

Beef
Veal
Mutton
Pork...
Hog  fat  (melted  )

4  4d.

5  \d.

54d.

64d.

In  the  case  of  beef  and  pork,  which  are  the  only  kinds  of  meat  to  be
considered  in  relation  to  the  dietary  of  working  class  families,  the  Freibank
prices  for  raw  meat  are  just  about  half  those  charged  in  the  ordinary  retail
shops  as  will  be  seen  from  the  accompanying  summary  table  of  the  predominant
prices  paid  at  such  shops  in  Chemnitz,  as  ascertained  from  personal  inquiries
made  of  the  proprietors  :—

Description  of  Cut.

Beef  :—
Itit)  ...  ...  ...
Silverside
Shin  I  V*  bone
(  without  bone  ...
Steäk  ...  ...  ...
Flank
Mutton  :—

Leg
Shoulder
Breast
Neck
Chops

Veal  :—
Hindquarter
Shoulder  {"ne o -

Loin
Shin
Pork  :—
Leg
Foreloin
Belly
Spare  rib
Chops

Predominant  Price  per  lb.

October,  1905.

8#
9¿d.
8#
9§d.
9|d.
8#
9#d.
9#
9Id.  to  9§d.
9\d.  to  9|d.
9#
9|d.
9#
Is.  to  Is.  2\d.
9#d.
8%d.
lid.  to  Is.  Id.
9|d.  to  lid.
9#
11  d.
1  Id.

September,  1906.

8#
9¿d.
8\d.
9#
9§d.

4 c
8#

9#
9K
9Id.  to  9|d.
9|d.  „  9\d.
9f  d.
9*d.
9#
Is.  to  Is.  2\d.
9#
8#
lid.  to  Is.  Id.
9|d.  to  lid.
9#
lid.
lid.