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 1897 and 1898. 



Period. 



Cattle. 



Sheep. 



Inferior. 



Second. 



First. 



Inferior. 



Second. 



First. 





s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



d. 





s. d. 



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 



3rd Quarter 



2 4 



4 0 



4 7 



3 7 



5 0 



5 8 



4th Quarter ,, 



2 4 



3 10 



4 5 



3 4 



4 II 



5 7 



1st Quarter, 1898 



2 4 



3 9 



4 4 



3 4 



5 I 



5 9 



Average Wholesale Prices of Beef and Mutton, per 

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

 Glasgow, during the undermentioned Quarters of 1897 

 and 1898. 



Period. 



Liverpool.* 



Glasgow, t 



Beef. 



Mutton. 



Beef. 



Mutton. 





s. 



d. s. d. 



s. 



d. s. d. \ 



j 



s. 



a'. ^. 



S. 



d. s . d 



1st Quarter, 1897 



2 



8 to 3 6 



3 



4 to 5 2 



2 



8 to 4 0 



4 



0 to 5 0 



2nd Quarter ,, 



2 



8 „ 3 6 



2 



8 „ 5 4 1 



2 



8 ,, 4 0 



3 



4 ,, 4 10 



3rd Quarter ,, 



2 



8 „ 3 8 



3 



4 4 8 [ 



2 



4 „ 3 8 



3 



4 4 4 



4th Quarter ,, 



1 2 



0 3 5 



2 



10 4 10 



2 



4 „ 3 8 



3 



0 ,, 4 6 



1st Quarter, 1898 



2 



0 3 6 



3 



4 4 8 



2 



4 3 8 



3 



0 ,, 4 8 



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

 pool. The prices quoted are for Carcases of Animals slaiightej-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. 



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