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2()"j^d. each. In 1882 they rose to 3176^., but in 1885 fell 

 back to 29-12^^. From 1885 up to the present time there has 

 been a steady decrease, and the average price for 1894 is 

 24-20^., 18 per cent, less than that for 1881. No figures are 

 available by which any accurate estimate can be made of the 

 prices of British skins ; but in all probability their value is 

 approximately the same as that of the skins which are 

 imported. 



The following table will show what has been the total 

 number available for consumption in the United Kingdom 

 throughout the whole period 1881-1894, and also what pro- 

 portion the home and foreign supplies bear to one another. 

 In estimating the latter, it has, of course, been necessary to 

 deduct from the gross amount the number of skins exported 

 or re-exported, as the case may be. 



881 

 882 

 883 

 884 

 8S5 

 886 

 887 



693 

 891 

 892 

 893 

 894 



Total number of 

 Undressed Sheepskins 

 available for consump 

 don in the United 

 Kin2[dom. 



6,584,074 

 8,029,534 

 12,439,159 

 13,661,677 



15.375,175 

 11,616,064 

 14,426,122 



10,776,357 

 13,644,281 

 14,310,587 

 i8,345>790 

 15,933 051 

 17,127,179 

 17,398,477 



Number of ditto 

 British and Irish. 



Number of ditto 

 Foreign and 

 Colonial. 



1,231,838 



665,205 



5*352,236 



7,364,329 



5»39i,oo3 



7,048,156 



6,401,528 



7,260,149 



8,125.487 

 4,467,514 



7,249,688 



7,148,550 



6,445>375 



7,980,747 



2,785,690 



7,990,661 



3 955.951 



9,688,330 



5>043 627 



9,266,960 



7,804,338 



10,541,452 



7,719,152 



8,213,899 



8,129,319 



8,997,860 



8,156,104 



9,242,373 



French Margarine Law. 



The French Journal Officiel of the 17th April last contains 

 the text of the new law concerning the repression of fraud in 

 the butter trade and in the manufacture of margarine. The 

 chief points of this law are as follows :— 



It is forbidden to designate, sell, expose for sale, import, or 

 export, under the name of butter (with or without qualifying 



