Prices of Meat. 



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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. 



d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



i-. ^. 



2nd Quarter, 1897 



2 5 



4 0 



4 7 



3 10 



4 II 



5 8 



3rd Quarter 



2 4 



4 0 



4 



3 7 



5 0 



5 8 



4th Quarter 



2 4 



3 10 



4 5 



3 4 



4 II 



5 7 



1st Quarter, 1898 



i 2 



3 9 



4 4 



3 4 



5 I 



5 9 



2nd Quarter ,, 



j 2 4 



3 7 



4 2 



2 10 



4 5 



5 2 



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.^ 



I 



Glasgow, t 





Beef. 





Mutton. 



Beef. 



Mutton. 







s. 



d. 



d. 



d. 



s. 



^. 



s. 



i". d. 



2nd Quarter, 1897 



2 



8 to 3 



6 



2 8 to 5 4 1 



2 



8 to 4 0 



3 



4 to 4 10 



3ra Quarter ,, 



2 



8 55 3 



8 



3 4 , 



, 4 8 



2 



4 „ 3 8 



3 



4 4 4 



4th Quarter 



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 , 



1 



,48; 



2 



4 „ 3 8 



3 



0 4 8 



2nd Quarter ,, 



2 



4 3 



2 



3 S , 



, 4 10 1 



2 



8 „ 3 6 



3 



4 4 8 



* 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 Veterinary College, 

 Glasgow. 



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