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PRICES OF MEAT, CORN, ETC. 



[March 1897. 



i. — Prices of Meat — continued. 

 Chicago. 



Prices of Cattle at Chicago per Cwt. (Live Weight) in the 

 under-mentioned months of 1896, with the Mean. Prices for 

 the Year. 



Months. 



Good Dressed Beef 

 and 



Shipping Steers. 



Export Cattle. 



Extra Prime 

 Cattle. 



1896. 

 October - 



November 



December 



Mean of the Year 



s. d. s. d. 



18 0 to 22 2 



19 10 „ 22 10 

 18 0 „ 23 10 



s. d. s. d. 



17 9 to 23 4 



18 8 „ 23 10 

 18 8 „ 25 2 



s. d. $, d. 



23 4 to 24 9 



24 0 „ 25 0 

 23 4 „ 27 6 



18 2 „ 21 1 



18 7 „ 21 10 



21 7 „ 23 2 



Compiled from the Live Stock Reports issued by Messrs. Clay, Robinson, & Co., 

 of the Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois. 



Average Values, per Cwt., of various Kinds of Dead Meat 

 Imported into the United Kingdom from Foreign Countries 

 and British Possessions in each Quarter of 1896, with the 

 Average Value for the Year. 



(Computed from the Trade and Navigation Accounts.) 



Period. 



Beef. 



Mutton. 



POIIK. 



Bacon. 



Hams. 



Fresh. 



Salted. 



Fresh. 



Fresh. 



Salted. 



1st Quarter 1896 - 



s. d. 

 37 7 



s. d. 



26 0 



s. d. 



33 2 



s. d. 



45 7 



s. d. 

 25 11 



s. d. 



33 3 



s. d. 

 41 9 



2nd Quarter „ - 



38 7 



24 10 



32 6 



46 5 



21 6 



35 1 



41 6 



3rd Quarter „ - 



38 5 



23 6 



33 7 



47 0 



20 5 



34 5 



43 1 



4th Quarter „ - 



36 11 



23 8 



31 3 



45 7 



22 10 



35 6 



45 7 



The Year - 



37 10 



24 7 



32 7 



45 11 



22 10 



34 6 



43 0 



