AUCKLAND MUNICIPAL HANDBOOK
The buildings erected at that time consisted of the main slaughter hall and hanging room. Substantially built of brick, 2 feet thick, and concrete covered, this hall has sufficient space for 20 slaughtermen to work, and the following stock can be conveniently hung after slaughter, pending removal to town—viz., 120 beef, 100 veal, 100 pork, 800 mutton and lamb. At both ends of this hall are large rooms used for the handling of by-products. The office block, almost as substantially built as the slaughter hail, is conveniently situated to the north-west of the main building, and consists of the manager's office, the general office, and a small laboratory, wherein first aid can be rendered to the injured. At the southern end, across the road that encircles the abattoir, is situated the wooden block, where the Government meat inspectors and contract slaughtermen have their offices, and the workmen their luncheon room. Change and bath rooms, clothes drying room, and the usual offices are under the same roof as the slaughter hall. Immediately behind the main building are the sheep and cattle drafting yards and shelter sheds. Fat stock sales are held on Wednesday of each week at the saleyards, which practically adjoin the abattoir grounds, and stock bought by the butchers are held and fed by the Council, pending slaughter. Cottages for the stockman, foreman contractor, and a two storeyed house for the Manager of the Abattoir comprise the remaining buildings on the abattoir ground. The remainder of the land is in natural grass
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