580 Statistics of Live Stock and Dead Meat 



Imports ill Six Months. 



Oxen, Bulls, and Cows 



Calves 



Sheep and Lambs 

 Pigs 



1865. 



1866. 



74,392 



18,785 



250,212 



38,706 



72,812 



9,122 



411,729 



29,873 



1867. 



69,110 



11,558 



268,478 



13,776 



The supplies of meat in Newgate and Leadenhall have been 

 extensive, business steady, and prices moderate. Beef has 

 ranged from 3^. 2d. to 4^. lOcl. ; mutton, 3s. 4:d. to 5^. ; lamb, 

 4:S. Ad. to 7s. ; veal, 3^. lOd. to bs. 2d. ; and pork, 3s. 2d. to 5^. 

 per 8 lbs. by the carcase. 



The Wool Trade. 

 A further decline has taken place in the value of all kinds of 

 wool. At the large public sales of colonial held in London the 

 quotations gave way ^d. to l^d. per lb. ; and in the private con- 

 tract market a similar decline has taken place. The fact is, that 

 production has overtaken the wants of Europe, and that, without 

 a good export inquiry for France, Belgium, and Germany, even 

 present rates are not safe. The quantity of colonial wool adver- 

 tised for sale in August and September was 119,399 bales, to 

 which about 30,000 bales were added, bringing the total quantity 

 up to about 150,000 bales. The oppressively high duties levied 

 in America on wool and woollen goods have, no doubt, partly 

 tended to depress the value of wool in this country. Our im- 

 pression is, however, that the consumption of British manufac- 

 tured cloth in the United States will steadily increase. The last 

 clip of English wool was large and of full average quality. The 

 following are the present values of English wool in London : — 



Per 210 lbs. 



Fleeces: — £. s. £. s. 



Southdown liog2;etts 16 10 to 17 



Half-bred hoggetts 17 10 to 18 



Kent fleeces " 17 to 17 10 



Southdown ewes and wethers .. .. 15 to IG 



Leicester ditto 16 to 17 



Sorts :— 



Clothing and picklock 18 to 18 10 



Prime 16 10 to 17 



Choice 15 10 to 16 



Super 14 to 15 



Combing : — 



Wether matcliius: 19 to 19 10 



Picklock .. ". 16 to 17 



Common 14 to 15 



Hop matching 20 to 20 10 



Picklock matching 16 to 17 



Super ditto .': 14 C to 15 



