March 1897.] 



PRICES OF WOOL. 



45£ 



PRICES OF WOOL. 



Average Prices of English Wool, per pack of 240 lbs., in 

 the Year 1896 and the month of January 1897. 



(Compiled from the Economist.) 



Description. 



The Year 1896. 



January, 1897. 



South Down - 

 Half breds 

 Leicester - 

 Kent Fleeces - 



£ s. £ s. 

 9 3 to 11 4 



9 3 „ 10 15 



9 13 „ 10 19 



9 5 „ 10 11 



£ s. £ s. 

 9 Otoll 0 



9 0 „ 10 3 



9 0 „ 10 10 



9 0 „ 10 3 



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. 



Quarter 

 ended 



Pleuro-Pneumonia, 



Swine-Fever. 



Outbreaks 

 Confirmed. 



Cattle 

 found 

 Diseased. 



Cattxe 

 Slaughtered 

 as having 



been 

 exposed to 

 Infection. 



Outbreaks 

 Confirmed. 



Swine 

 Slaughtered 

 as 



Diseased, 

 or as 

 having been 



exposed 

 to Infection. 





No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



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 



1,723 



24,855 



September 1896 - 









1,104 



19,329 



December 1896 - 









815 



15,806 



