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Prices of Meat. 



Average Wholesale Prices of Cattle and Sheep, per 

 8 lb., sinking the offal, at the METROPOLITAN CATTLE 

 Market, during the under-mentioned Quarters of 1902 

 and 1903. 



Period. 



Cattle. 



Sheep. 



Inferior. 



Second. 



First. 



Inferior. 



Second. 



First. 





S. (t. 



St d. 



rf.. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



5. £ 



3rd Quarter, 1902 



3 1 



4 7 



5 1 



3 8 



5 0 



5 9 



4th Quarter, 



2 9 



4 4 



5 1 



3 6 



5 0 



5 11 



1st Quarter, 1903 



3 2 



4 5 



4 11 



3 8 



5 5 



6 2 



2nd Quarter, ,, 



2 9 



4 0 



4 7 



3 8 



5 1 



5 9 



3rd Quarter, 



2 10 



4 1 



4 7 



3 8 



4 11 



5 8 



Average Wholesale Prices of Beef and Mutton, per 

 8 lb., by the Carcase, at LIVERPOOL and GLASGOW, 

 during the under-mentioned Quarters of 1902 and 1903. 



Period. 



Liverpool.* 



Glasgow. t 



Beef. 



Mutton. 



Beef. 



Mutton. 





s. 



d. s. d. 



s. d. s. d. 





a 7 . d. 



s. d. s. d. 



3rd;Quarter, 1902 



2 



8 to 4 8 



3 4 to 5 0 



4 



2 to 5 6 



4 0 to 5 8 



4th Quarter, ,, 



2 



8 „ 4 4 



3 4 33 5 2 



3 



8 „ 5 0 



4 4 „ 5 8 



1st Quarter, 1903 j 



2 



8 „ 4 2 



4 0 ,, 6 0 



3 



8 ,, 4 10 



5 0 „ 6 4 



2nd Quarter, | 



2 



10 „ 4 2 



4 0 ,, 5 10 



4 



2 ,,4 8 



5 4 >, 6 8 



3rd Quarter, ,, 



3 



0 „ 3 i° 



3 2 » 5 2 



3 



8 „ 4 10 



4 0 6 2 



* Compiled from information furnished by the Medical Officer of Health, Liver- 

 pool. The prices quoted are for Carcases of Animals slaughtered at the Liverpool 

 Abattoir, and do not apply to Imported Meat. 



t Compiled from information furnished by the Principal of the Veterinary College, 

 Glasgow. 



