XXlil 
Horseflesh.—So far as this item appears in the budgets it is included 
under “other meat,” and probably also to some extent under “sausage.” The 
following Tables based on the official reports issued by the municipal authorities 
of the towns investigated, summarise such data as are available in respect of the 
consumption of horseflesh in the towns investigated. It should be observed, 
however, that in some cases the municipal slaughter-house serves a somewhat 
larger area than that of the municipality. Where there are no entries exact 
data are not available. 
Consumption of Horsefesh, 1904 and 1905. 
Aachen 
Berlin... 
Bochum 
Brunswick 
Crefeld 
Dortmund 
Essen ... 
Hamburg 
Leipzig 
Munich 
Plauen 
Solingen 
Stassfurt 
Stuttgart 
Zwickau 
Population in 
11)05. 
144,048 
2,040,148 
118,464 
136,397 
110,344 
175,577 
231,396 
802,793 
503,672 
538,983 
103,810 
50,209 
18,310 
246,988 
68,502 
Number of Horses Slaughtered. 
1905. 
1904 
445 
11,192 
572 
234 
5171 
805 
848 
4,436 
o70(tons) 
2,592 
332 
951 
215+ 
174 
609 
13,752 
321 
596* 
916 
1,125 
5,360 
817 (tons) 
2,898 
359 
1,132 
195 
2845 
285 
* In 1905-6. 
t In 1904-5. 
Î Weighing 55 tons. 
§ Weighing 72 tons. 
Population in 
1905. 
Per capita Consumption of Horseflesh 
per annum. 
Barmen 
Bremen 
Breslau 
Chemnitz 
Dresden 
Königsberg 
Plauen 
Stettin 
156,147 
211,861 
470,751 
244,927 
511,050 
223,770 
1904. 
lb. 
II 
5,2 
4 
1 
3 
103,810 
224,119 
H 
2 
1905. 
lb. 
2 
6 
4 
24 
1 
31 
In reference to this consumption of horseflesh it may be remarked that the 
meat may be sold only in the shops of butchers dealing in that commodity 
alone, and under the same strict municipal supervision as other meat. The 
prices are very much lower than those of other meat (the maximum price beino- 
in October, 1905, rarely more than b^d. a lb. for the best cuts, and the minimum 
being as low as 2¿tí?. a lb. in Mülhausen, Nuremberg and Plauen) ; but whilst 
this consideration is doubtless of importance in promoting the sale there is 
evidence also that in some cases the meat is eaten because of a real taste for it 
Turning to other articles of consumption, it will be seen that the number 
of Eggs rises steadily with the increase of income, from 4*2 in the lowest income 
class to 14 4 in the families with incomes of 40s. and above ; the average 
weekly expenditure thereon rising from 3\d. to Is. The rise in the amount of 
Fresh Milk is also very marked : the consumption per family with incomes under 
20s. a week is 8| pints, and it rises to 14J pints in the highest income class but