Dec. 1896.} 



PRICES OF WOOL, 



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PRICES OF WOOL, 



Prices of English Wool, per Pack of 240 lbs., in the months 

 of September and October 1896. 



(Compiled from the Economist.) 



Description. 



September. 



October. 



South Downs - 

 Half-breds - ' 

 Leicester - 

 Kent fleeces - 



£ s. £ s. 

 9 0 to 11 0 



9 0 „ 10 5 



9 0 „ 10 0 



9 0 „ 10 0 



£ s. £ s. 

 9 0 to 11 0 



9 0 „ 10 0 



9 0 „ 10 0 



9 0 „ 10 0 



DISEASES OF ANIMALS, 

 i.— Diseases of Animals in Great Britain. 



Number of Outbreaks of Pleuro-Pneumonia and of 

 Swine-Fever, with the Number of Cattle and Swine 

 Slaughtered by order of the Board of Agriculture, in 

 Great Britain in each of the under-mentioned periods. 





Fleuro-Pneumonia, 



Swine-Fever. 



Quarter 

 ended 



Outbreaks 

 Confirmed. 



Cattle 

 found 

 Diseased. 



Cattle 

 Slaughtered 

 as having 



been 

 exposed to 

 Infection. 



Outbreaks 

 Confirmed. 



Swine 

 Slaughtered 

 as 



Diseased, 

 or as 

 having been 



exposed 

 to Infection. 



June 1895 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 

 1,634. 



No. 

 15,096 



September 1895 - 









1,578 



18,293 



December 1895 - 









1,787 



26,958 



March 1896 



1 



8 



78 



1,524 



19,596 



June 1896 



1 



1 



105 



1,72a 



24,855 



September 1896 - 







1 



1,104 



19,329 



