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Statistics of Live Stock and Dead Meat 



Here we have a total supply from abroad of no less than 

 362,709 head, an increase of 23,630 head on 1863. It will be 

 perceived that nearly 29,000 beasts were shipped from Tonning-, 

 but of this large number about 20,000 were only fit for grazing 

 purposes. Rotterdam comes next in importance. The Dutch 

 stock, however, was very inferior in quality to that imported in 

 1862 and 1863. The same remark may be applied to the 

 arrivals from most other quarters ; consequently, the addition to 

 our supply of animal food was comparatively small. Rather a 

 large business has been passing in foreign pigs. For the most 

 part they have arrived in fair condition, but the prices realised 

 for them have been very low, viz. from 3^. Sd. to 4^. 2d. per 8 lbs. 

 The imports of foreign stock into the United Kingdom during 

 the last six months of the under-mentioned years were : — 



Imports into the United Kingdom. 



Last half of year. 



Beasts. 



1803 

 1862 



leci 



1800 



61 ,435 

 57,350 

 .59,049 

 59,817 



Sheep 

 and l^nil>s. 



241,209 

 250,140 

 266,249 

 243,804 



Calves. 



17,497 

 19,610 

 19,715 

 19,594 



rigs. 



18,936 

 17,279 

 25,919 

 21,510 



The aggregate supplies of each kind of stock cxliibited in 

 the great Metropolitan Cattle Market in the last six months 

 were : — 



Head. 



Beasts 177,944 



Cows 3,221 



Sheep and lambs 769,814 



Calves 17,967 



Pigs 19,306 



In the four previous seasons, ending with 1863, the show of 

 stock was as follows : — 



Total Supplies of Stocic Exhibited. 



The lowest average value of inferior beasts in 1864 was 3^. 6d. ; 

 of middling stock, 4^. Qd. ; and prime, 55. Qd. per 8 lbs. The 

 heavy arrivals from the Continent prevented any rise of moment 

 in the former quotation ; but in the latter there was an advance 



