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PRICES OF LIVE STOCK 

 Returned under the Weighing of Cattle Act. 



Returns of prices collected under the Markets and Fairs 

 (Weighing of Cattle) Act, 1891, for the second quarter of 

 1898 are now availa,ble for comparison with the previous 

 data supplied under this statute to the Board of Agriculture. 

 As indicated in the last number of the Journal, the 

 number of returning markets has been increased in iSgS by 

 the addition of Carlisle and Falkirk to the 19 places 

 scheduled in the Act. The aggregate number of animals 

 shown at the 21 places fronl which returns cire now received 

 is thus considerably enhanced, there being 23,534 more 

 cattle, 84,234 more sheep, and 3,670 more swine recorded at 

 the new places named above. 



The increase shown in the number of sheep entering the 

 markets of Great Britain, in the second three months of 

 1898, compared with the like period of 1897, is thus more 

 than accounted for ; but the totals of the following compara- 

 tive statement indicate that the new markets are not suih- 





2nd 



2nd 



2nd 



Animals. 



Quarter, 



Quarter, 



Quarter, 





189S. 



1897. 



1896. 



Cattle : 



No. 



No. 



No. 



Entering markets 



323,3*39 

 33,484 



280,275 



268,864 



Weighed - - - - 



29,685 



28,859 



Prices returned - - - . 



30,656 

 23,888 



27,728 



27,201 



Prices returned with quality dis- 



20,94 [ 



19,737 



tinguished. 









Sheep : 









Entering markets - 



1,200,032 



1,119,015 



1,136,350 



Weighed ----- 



16,609 



i3o3'>3 



13,130 



Prices returned with quality dis- 



13,342 



12,060 



11,425 



tinguished. 









Swine : 









Entering markets - - - 



76,760 



30,423 



58,670 



Weighed - - - - - 



298 



471 



1,634 



Prices returned with quality dis- 



251 



213 



620 



tinguished. 





Note. — The figures for 1898 include the returns from Carlisle and Falkirk. 



