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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 



I AuGt'ST, 



Total .. 483,291 1,995,354 372,987 



The whole number of cattle in 1847 will therefore be as follows, 

 allowing for the incompleteness of the returns : — 



Cattle, 500,000 

 Sheep, 2,000,000 

 Swine, 390,000 



Total, 2,890,000 



Making: nearly three million Lead of stock. The falling-off in 

 swine arose from the Irish famine. 

 The number of calves carried in 1847 was as follows : — 



Total .. £183,400 



The total receipts for cattle traffic in each year were as follows : 



1845, £103,000 

 1840, 167,200 



1847, 183,400 



The great advance in cattle traffic was made in 1846 ; but the 

 progress was not so great in 1847, as there was a positive falling-off 

 in the number of swine carried. The greatest increase is in the 

 conveyance of fat stock and sheep. 



The following are the proportions of cattle carried in each 

 year : — 



Cattle. Sheep. Swine. 



1845, 236,000 1,200,000 550,000 



1846, 370,000 1,250,000 850,000 



1847, 500,000 2,000,000 390,000 



The cattle carried to 

 reckoned as follows : — 



the London market in 1847, may be 



Total, 132,500 705,000 lOS.OnO 



The number of cattle sold in Sniithfield in 1846 was 213,525, and 

 of sheep 1.527,221), so that the railways must have engrossed a 

 considerable part of tlie cattle traffic. For the conveyance of 

 cattle to the London market the railway companies receive at least 

 £75,000. 



Great reductions have been made in the charges for the convey- 

 ance of cattle since 1815. The charges are as follows : — 



London and North Western, 



Eastern Counties: Cambridge, 



)» 

 Eastern Counties: Colchester, 



Great Western, 



1' 

 York and North Midland, 



Lancashire and Yorkshire, 



London and South Western, 



No reduction has taken place on the York and North Midland 

 Railway, because the rates were already low. 



The largest cattle traffics in 1846 were as follow: — 



London and North Western, 

 Eastern Counties : Norfolk and \ 

 Eastern Union, ., \ 



Great Western, 

 York and North Rlidland, and \ 



Hull and Selby 

 Great North of England, 

 Lancashire and "V'orkshire, 

 South Western, 

 North Union, 

 Newcastle and Carlisle 

 South Eastern, 

 Newcastle and Darlington, 

 Manchester and Sheffield, 



J 



Cattle. 

 96,612 



77,804 



20,389 



40,319 



27,025 



10,448 



6.390 



5,990 



11,009 



3,892 



16,521 



416 



Sheep. 

 277,800 



216.775 



165,860 



109,992 



32,466 

 66,029 

 62,454 

 25,679 

 49,263 

 48,344 

 36,505 

 30,030 



Swine. 

 358,087 

 14 430 

 53,702 

 5,225 



3 300 

 40,340 

 5,412 

 7,790 

 8291 

 5,224 

 3,376 

 6,240 



The gross amounts received in 1846 for cattle traffic range as 

 follows : — 



London and North Western, £62,820 



Eastern Counties, &c., 28,971 



North Union ,, 20 919 



Great Western, .. 17,531 



Midland, .. 8,960 



York and North Midland, &c. 0,534 



Great North of England, 4,591 



London and South Western, 3,813 



Lancashire and Yorkshire, 3,739 



South Eastern, .. 3,079 



The largest cattle traffics in 1847 were as follows : 



Cattle. Sheep. 



London and North Western, 101,171 399,998 



Eastern Counties, .. 82,491 463,721 



Great Western, .. 28,231 201,901 



York and North Midland 41,931 84,656 



York and Newcastle, .. 41,399 88,287 



Lancashire and Yorkshire (M & L) 22,449 75,011 



South Western, .. 13,565 75,305 



Newcastle and Carlisle .. 14,699 66,628 



North Union, .. 5,996 25,679 



South Eastern, ., 3,592 48,344 



London and Brighton, .. 2,617 28,858 



Newcastle and Berwick, 1,908 32,224 



Swine. 

 1.50,674 



48,359 



14,300 

 7,014 

 9,142 



20,733 

 3,402 

 9,759 

 7,796 

 5,224 

 3,018 

 697 



The following wiU show the progress of the cattle traffic of the 

 principal companies ; 



Cattle, Sheep. Swine. 



61,466 229,245 315,989 



96,612 277,800 358,087 



161,171 399,998 160^674 



London and North Western, 



184S, 



1846, 



1847, 



