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Prices of Meat. 



Chicago. 



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

 the under-mentioned Months of 1897. 



Months. 



Good Dressed Beef 

 and 



Shipping Steers. 



Export Cattle. 



Extra Prime 

 Cattle. 



1897. 



September 



October - 

 November 



s. d. s. d. 



21 6 to 24 6 



19 7 23 10 

 19 7 M 23 7 



s. d. s. d. 



21 6 to 25 0 



20 6 ,, 24 3 

 20 I ,, 24 6 



s. d. s. d. 

 25 0 to 26 2 



23 4 25 8 



23 10 ,, 26 2 



Compiled from the Live Stock Reports issued by Messrs. Clay, Robinson, and 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 the under- 

 mentioned Quarters of 1896 and 1897. 



[Co7nputed from the Trade and Navigation Accounts.) 



Period. 



Beef. 



Mutton. 



Pork. 



Bacon. 



Hams. 



Fresh. 



Salted. 



Fresh. 



Fresh. 



Salted. 





s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



X. d. 



s. d. 





s. d. 



3rd Quarter, 1896 - 



38 5 



23 6 



33 7 



47 0 



20 5 



34 5 



43 I 



4th Quarter ,, - 



36 II 



23 8 



31 3 



45 7 



22 10 



35 6 



45 7 



1st Quarter 1897 - 



39 4 



25 9 



27 4 



44 II 



23 4 



33 5 



41 9 



2nd Quarter ,, - 



40 I 



23 10 



32 0 



43 II 



20 10 



35 II 



43 5 



3rd Quarter ,. - 



37 2 



24 7 



30 9 



43 3 



20 3 



35 10 



43 5 



