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Statistics of Live Stock and Dead Meat 



nislied good supplies ; bvit from Ireland and Scotland the receipts 

 were limited, as will be seen from the annexed figures : — 



District Bullock Arrivals. 



Average Prices of Beef and Mutton in the Six Months. 

 Beef.— Per 8 lbs. to sink the Offal. 



Mutton.— Per 8 lbs. to sink the Offal. 



Although trade in the manufacturing- districts has been some- 

 what heavy this year, the consumption of animal food in the 

 United Kingdom is fully as large as at any former period. 

 Prices, however, as we have shown above, are now considerably 

 lower than they were in 1866. But the fact appears to be that 

 the rates current in that year were too high to be lasting. 



The total imports of foreign stock into London during the six 

 months were as under : — 



