118 ANIMAL FOOD RESOURCES OF DIFFERENT NATIONS. 



The fluctuations in the price of butchers' meat in the 

 Metropolitan Cattle Market (at per stone of 8 lbs. sink- 

 ing the ofFal) has been as follows : — 



1871. 

 d. 



m 



Inferior beasts ... 



2nd class 



3rd class, large prime 

 4th class, Scots ... 

 Coarse calves 

 Small prime 



1861, 

 s. d. 

 3 3i 

 

 6 



lOJ 

 3* 

 2J 



3 

 4 

 5 

 5 

 4 

 6 



8*. 

 4f 



1882. 



s. d. 



3f 



^ 



m 

 iif 



In 1883 the prices were as follows for live meat :- 

 Beep. 



Inferior 

 Second ... 

 First ... 



Inferior... 

 Second ... 

 First ... 



Mutton. 



Foreign, 



s. d. 



4 3 



5 1 

 5 6 



5 6 



6 

 6 5 



British, 



p. d. 



4 4 



5 7 



6 1 



6 2 



6 9 



7 3 



Taking the prices by the carcass, they were as follows 

 in the London Central Meat Market, per lb. : — 



1864. 1883. 



Beef 4|d. to Bid 5d. to 8i|d. 



Mutton 6fd. to 7d 5fd. to 9|d. 



The imports into the United Kingdom of preserved 

 meat, which in 1860 were only 6,131 cwt., advanced in 

 1870 to 83,081, and rose in 1880 to 655,800 ; much of 

 this was, however, mutton. 



The following were also other Foreign supplies we 

 received in the same periods : — 



1860 

 1870 

 1880 



Salted Beef. 



cwts. 



261,269 



215,748 



1,017,956 



Fresh or slightly 



salted Meat. 



cwts. 



936 



34,300 



149,060 



The beef product of the United States in 1873 was 

 stated at 2,926,571 tons, of which 2,866,365 tons were 



