350 



PRICES OF LIVE STOCK. 



[March 189;5. 



XII.— PRICES OF LIVE STOCK AS RETURNED UNDER 

 THE MARKETS AND FAIRS (WEIGHING OF 

 CATTLE) ACT, 1891. 



Under the Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Act, 1891, 

 the Board of Agriculture receive weekly, from nineteen scheduled 

 places, returns intended to show the number of animals entering 

 the public markets or auction marts, and the number of those 

 whereof the live-weights were ascertained on the weighbridges 

 provided in accordance with the requirements of the Weighing 

 of Cattle Acts, 1887 and 1891. These returns are further meant 

 to show, so far as can be ascertained by the market authorities and 

 auctioneers respectively, the current prices per live stone or live 

 cwt. These statistics have now been collected for two years, and 

 the total number of cattle, sheep, and swine reported to the 

 Board as entering, as weighed, and as priced within the scheduled 

 places stands as under : — - 



Animals. 





1893. 



1894. 



Cattle : 



Entering markets _ . _ 

 Weighed _ - _ » 

 Prices returned 



Prices returned with breed and quality 

 distinguished. 



Sheep : 



Entering markets _ » - 

 Weighed - . - _ 

 Prices returned with breed and quality 

 distinguished. 



Swine : 



Entering markets _ . _ 



No. 

 1,219,208 

 92,492 

 84,403 

 57,323 



No. 

 1,203,533 

 96,344 

 84,593 

 58,559 



4,854,732 

 38,177 



28,180 



4,649,277 

 39,210 

 26,072 



191,376 



139,187 



Weighed _ _ » „ 

 Prices returned - 

 Prices returned with breed and quality 

 distinguished. 



1,450 

 401 



6 



2,498 

 523 

 56 



It was to be expected that in view of the reduced number of 

 live stock shown in the Agricultural Returns to have existed on 

 the farms of Great Britain in 1894, fewer would have come to 

 market during the year. 



An increase, although not a great one, is shown in the 

 numbers weighed, the weighing of cattle having been reported in 

 96,344 cases against 92,492 in 1893. This is, however, only eight 



