Live Weight Prices of Cattle. 551 



Markets. 



Percentage of Number Weighed to Number Entering. 



1893-1895. 



1 896-1 898. 



1899-1901. 



I902. 



England. 



Per Cent. 



Per Cent, 



Per Cent. 



Per Cent. 



Ashford 





I 'O^ 



I " IQ 



1 '09 



Birmingham 



o*o8 



0*04 



O 'O7 





Bristol 



O'OI 



0*21 



0-09 



— 



Carlisle 





* 1 2-38 



I4-93 



15-22 



Leicester 



1-48 



I '11 



2'CK 



2-82 



Leeds ... 



3*48 



4'3° 



4'3 2 



8-62 



Lincoln... 



0-13 



0*49 



0-08 



— 



Liverpool 



6'i6 



10*41 



14-48 



16-09 



London... 



12 '47 



17-41 



17-83 



22*64 



Newcastle 



i*34 



2*04 



2-89 



2-64 



Norwich 



0*50 



0-32 



o*i6 



0*12 



Salford ... 



0*28 



0-92 



2*55 



3H8 



Shrewsbury 



8*8i 



12-83 



26-05 



43'50 



Wakefield 



0-41 



1-03 



7-24 



10*42 



York 



0*05 



o'o8 



0*02 





Scotland. 











Aberdeen 



31*08 



40- 00 



42'93 



47-28 



Dundee... 



46-68 



72 79 



53-42 



54-52 



Edinburgh 



41-89 



35 52 



40-65 



42-55 



Falkirk 





*32*35 



35'75 



29*66 



Glasgow 



2*05 



io-88 



18-75 



1991 



Perth 



20*68 



20-45 



I5-84 



20*90 



England 



Scotland 



273 

 26-83 



3*99 

 30-39 



6-49 

 3I-I4 



8*69 

 33-o8 



Total 



8-oo 



10-34 



12*20 



14*16 



* For the year 1898 only. 



Generally speaking, it would seem that the use of the weigh- 

 bridge in connection with the sale of cattle has tended to increase 

 in favour in those markets where it has once been to any extent 

 adopted, but it appears also that at five out of the twenty-one 

 scheduled markets practically no use has been made during the 

 past ten years of the weighbridges provided in accordance with 

 the Act. The places so distinguished are Birmingham, Bristol, 

 Lincoln, Norwich and York, while at Ashford the numbers 

 weighed have been so insignificant that it might be added to the 

 list of markets at which no advantage has been taken of the 

 facilities provided. 



At Leicester, Newcastle, and Salford, the proportion weighed 

 has increased, although it still remains very small. At Leeds 

 the number in previous years has not exceeded 5 per cent, but 



