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. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



d. 



s. d. 



3rd Quarter, 1896 



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 X 



5 9 



2nd Quarter ,, 



2 5 



4 0 



4 7 



3 10 



4 II 



5 8 



3rd Quarter ,, 



2 4 



1 



4 0 



4 7 



' 3 7 



5 0 



5 8 



Average Wholesale Prices of Beef and Mutton, per 

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

 Glasgoav, during the undermentioned Quarters of 1896 

 and 1897 : — 



Period. 



Liverpool.* 



Glasgow. + 



1 



j Beef. 



Mutton. 



Beef, 



Mutton. 





1 



d. s. 



d. 



s. 



d. 



s. d. 



S. 





s. 



^. d 



3rd Quarter, 1896 



2 



6 3 



4 



3 



4 , 



, 4 10 



2 



4 „ 3 8 



3 



4 »5 4 6 



4th Quarter ,, 



2 



2 55 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 



3rd Quarter ,, 



2 



8 to 3 



8 



3 



4 to 4 8 



2 



4 to 3 8 



3 



4 to 4 4 



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

 pool. The prices quoted are for Carcases of Animals slaughtered at the Liverpool 

 Abattoir^ and do not apply to Imported Meat. 



t Compiled from information furnished by the Principal of the ^'cterinary College, 

 Glasgow. 



