Sept. 1894.] 



PRICES OF LIVE STOCK. 



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XYni— PRICES OF LIVE STOCK AS RETURNED UNDER 

 THE MARKETS AND FAIRS (WEIGHING OF 

 CATTLE) ACT, 1891. 



The subjoined statements relate to the information collected 

 under the provisions of the Markets and Fairs (Weighing of 

 Cattle) Act, 1891, respecting the numbers of cattle, sheep, and 

 swine entering certain scheduled markets in Great Britain, and 

 the number, weight, and prices of those weighed in the markets 

 or auction marts to which the provisions of this Act applied. 

 The data now furnished are in continuation of the statistics laid 

 before Parliament for the year 1893 in the paper entitled Prices 

 of Live Stock, C. 7314. 



In 14 towns in England, and five in Scotland, the market 

 authorities of every market and fair, and the auctioneers selling 

 at any mart where cattle are habitually or periodically sold, are 

 required to furnish returns of the number of animals entering, 

 and the number and weight of those animals weighed, and the 

 prices at which they were sold, so far as the authorities and 

 auctioneers can ascertain the same. 



The total number of animals entering the 19 scheduled 

 markets, and the number returned as weighed and priced in the 

 first six months of the current year, compared with the similar 

 details for the corresponding period of 1893, was as under : — 



Description. 



First Half Year 

 1893. 



First Half Year 

 1894. 



Cattle : 



Entering markets - 



"Weighed _ .. - _ 



Priced - - - - - 



602,895 

 47,368 

 42,814 



577,383 

 47,911 

 43,685 



Sheep : 



Entering markets - - - 

 Weighed - 



Priced - - - - - 



2,226,450 

 20,615 

 14,426 



2,228,033 

 23,094 

 14,700 



Swine : 



Entering markets - 



Weighed _ _ . . 



Priced _ - - - - 



96,321 

 597 

 135 



69,539 

 950 

 123 



The following table supplies a statement compiled from the 

 returns sent to the Board of Agriculture by the market 

 authorities and auctioneers, which will suffice to indicate the 

 varying extent to which resort was had to the weighbridge in 

 each of the 19 scheduled markets, and the number of cases 

 where prices were ascertained in the places indicated during the 

 half year ended 30th June 1894. 



