Prices of Meat. 



Average Wholesale Prices of Cattle and Sheep, per 

 Stone of 8 lbs., sinking the offal, at the METROPOLITAN 

 Cattle Market, during the undermentioned Quarters 

 of 1896 and 1897 • — 



Period. 



Cattle. 



Sheep. 



Inferior. 



Second. 



First. 



Inferior. 



Second. 



First. 





s. d. 



s. d. 



. d. 



s. d. 



i-. d. 



s. d. 



2nd Quarter, 1896 



2 4 



3 8 



4 4 



3 3 



4 9 



5 3 



3rd Quarter 



2 4 



3 9 



4 4 



3 2 



4 8 



5 4 



4th Quarter 



2 4 



3 9 



4 6 



3 2 



4 10 



5 5 



1st Quarter, 1897 



2 5 



3 II 



4 6 



3 9 



5 I 



5 9 



2nd Quarter 



2 5 



4 0 



4 7 



3 10 



4 II 



5 8 



Average Wholesale Prices of Beef and Mutton, per 

 Stone of 8 lbs., by the Carcase, at Liverpool and 

 Glasgow, during the undermentioned Quarters of 1896 

 and 1897 : — 









Liverpool.* 





Glasgow, t 



Period. 





























Beef. 



Mutton. 



Beef. 



Mutton. 







s. 



d, . 





s. 



d. s. d. 



s. 



^. J. 



d. 



s. 



fl'. ^. d 



2nd Quarter, 1896 





2 



0 to 3 



4 



3 



0 to 5 0 



2 



4 to 3 



6 



3 



8 to 4 10 



3rd Quarter 





2 



6 3 



4 



3 



4 ,, 4 10 



2 



4 3 



8 



3 



4 5, 4 6 



4th Quarter ,, 





2 



2 3 



6 



2 



8 „ 4 6 



2 



0 „ 3 



8 



3 



0 4 4 



1st Quarter, 1897 





2 



8 „ 3 



6 



3 



4 „ 5 2 



2 



8 „ 4 



0 



4 



0 5 0 



2nd Quarter ,, 



2 



8 „ 3 



6 



2 



8 „ 5 4 



2 



8 „4 



0 



3 



4 ,, 4 10 



* Compiled from information furnished by the Medical Officer of Health, Liver- 

 pool. The prices quoted are for Carcases of Animals slaiighte)-ed at the Liverpool 

 Abattoir^ and do not apply to Imported Meat. 



t Compiled from information furnished by the Principal of the Veterinary College, 

 Glasgow, 



