IN ASSEMBLY, January 29, 1833. ANNUAL REPORT Of Ebenezer Platt, Inspector of Green Hides and Skins in the city of Troy. To the Honorable the Legislature of the State of New-York. The undersigned, inspector of green hides and skins in the city of Troy, reports, that he has inspected during the year ending on the first day of January, 1833, one thousand seven hundred and forty hides, and three hundred and fifty eight calf skins, damages charged for cuts or hacks, eighteen dollars and seventy-five cents. Fees allowed by law fifty-five dollars and seventy-eight cents. That at the request of the parties interested, he has weighed all the hides inspected by him, deducting the estimated weight of all bones, filth, or other improper matter attached to them, and furnished the parties an account of the weight and deduction so made, and also the estimated damage by cuts or hacks in the process of skinning. That as far as his experience extends, the effect has been to improve the value of hides, by inducing greater care on the part of butchers in skinning, knowing that carelessness or inattention only injured themselves. Respectfully submitted. [Assem. No. 141.] EBENEZER PLATT. IN ASSEMBLY, January 29, 1833. ANNUAL REPORT Of Ebenezer Platt, an Inspector of Leather for the city of Troy. To the Honorable the Legislature of the State of New-York. The undersigned, inspector of leather in the city of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer, reports, that during the year ending on the 1st day of January, 1833, he has inspected seven thousand two hundred and forty-one sides of sole leather, weighing one hundred and one thousand, four hundred and seventy-one pounds, estimated value, nineteen thousand and fifty-eight dollars and and sixty-seven cents, as follows, to wit; Stamped good, 6,114, weight 85,562 lbs. at 19 cts. $16,252 78 Fees received as compensation, two hundred and twenty dollars and fifty-five cents, Respectfully submitted. EBENEZER PLATT. [Assem. No. 142.] 1 |