June 1895.] CONTAGIOUS DISEASES OF ANIMALS. 



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PRICES OF WOOL. 



III. — Average Prices of English Wool, per Pack of 240 lbs., in 

 the months of March and April 1895. 



(Compiled from the Economist.) 



Description. 



March. 



April. 



Fleeces, South Down hoggs - 

 Half-bred hoggs - . - 

 Half-bred wethers 



Kent fleeces - - - - 

 South Down ewes and wethers 

 Leicester „ „ 



£ s. £ s. 

 9 10 to 10 10 

 9 10 „ 10 5 

 9 0 „ 9 15 

 9 10 „ 10 0 

 9 10 „ 10 0 

 9 0 „ 9 10 



£ s, & s. 

 9 10 to 10 10 

 9 10 „ 10 .5 

 9 0 „ 9 iry 

 9 10 „ 10 0 

 9 10 „ 10 0 

 9 0 „ 9 10 



CONTAGIOUS DISEASES OF ANIMALS. 



i. — Diseases of Animals in Great Britain. 



Number of Cattle returned as Slaughtered, by order of the 

 Board of Agriculture, on account of Pleuro-Pneumonia, 

 and Number of Swine returned as having Died from 

 Swine-Fever, or as having been Slaughtered, by order 

 of the Board of Agriculture, in Great Britain in each of the 

 under-mentioned periods. 





Pleuro-Pneumonia. 



Swine-Fever. 



Quarter 



ENDED 



Cattle 

 Slaug:htered 

 as Diseased, 

 including 

 those which 

 were found 



after 

 Slaughter 



to be 

 diseased. 



Cattle 

 Slaughtered 

 as having 

 been in 

 Contact 

 with Cattle 

 affected or 

 as having 



been 

 otherwise 

 exposed to 

 infection. 



Cattle 

 Slaughtered 

 as 



Suspected, 

 but found 

 free from 

 Pleuro- 

 pneumonia. 



Swine 

 that Died 

 of Swine- 

 Fever. 



Swine 

 Slaughtered 

 as 



Diseased, 

 or as 

 having been 



exposed 

 to infection. 



Swine 

 Slaughtered 

 as 



Suspected, 

 but found 

 free from 

 Swine- 

 Fever. 



March 1894 - 



No. 



No. 



No. 

 13 



No. 

 1,862 



No. 

 14,057 



No. 1 

 221 



June 1894 - 



8 



303 



16 



2,186 



22,306 



374 



September 1894 



7 



88 



7 



1,971 



12,311 



435 



December 1894 







.5 



1,212 



7,622 



290 



March 1895 - 





43 



2 



1,914 



9,584 



190 



