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DANTZIG.

mean  of  the  prices  of  the  different  cuts  of  beef  at  October,  1906,  is  found  to  be
8d.,  and  that  of  the  different  cuts  of  pork  about  8%d.  per  lb.,  and  it  is  worthy  of
note  that  these  prices  are  practically  identical  with  the  mean  prices  of  beef  and
pork  in  Dantzig  in  1906,  as  ascertained  by  the  Prussian  Government  and  cited
further  back  on  the  authority  of  the  Statistiches  Jahrbuch  für  das  Deutsche
Reich.
It  may  be  stated  in  conclusion  that  the  meat  prices  shown  in  the  table  are
based  on  returns  from  private  dealers  only,  and  do  not  take  into  consideration
the  low  prices  at  which  meat  officially  condemned  by  the  slaughterhouse
authorities  as  inferior  can  be  bought  at  the  Municipal  Meat-stall  provided  for  the
purpose  of  selling  such  meat,  i.e.,  at  the  Freibank.  Some  99  tons  of  meat
forming  parts  of  the  carcases  of  animals  found,  on  inspection,  to  be  suffering
from  some  disease,  were  sold  at  the  Freibank  in  Dantzig  in  1904,  after
precautions  had  been  taken  (by  boiling  or  otherwise)  to  render  the  meat  safe  for
human  consumption.  People  who  w T ere  unable  or  unwilling  to  pay  the  usual
shop  prices  were  able  to  buy  beef  at  the  Freibank  for  3d.  to  4d.  per  lb.,  and  pork
at  about  5\d.  Where  the  beef  has  been  boiled,  a  portion  of  the  liquor  is
supplied  with  the  meat.