Dec. 1895.] 



DISEASES OF ANIMALS. 



393 



PRICES OF WOOL. 



Average Peices of English Wool, per Pack of 240 lbs., in 

 the months of September and October 1895. 



(Compiled from the Economist.) 



Description. 



September. 



October. 





£ s. d. £ s. 



J. 



£ 



s. £ s. 



Fleeces, South Down hoggs - 



10 5 0 to 12 2 



6 



10 



10 to 12 10 



Half-bred hoggs - _ - 



10 5 0 „ 11 15 



0 



10 



10 „ 12 10 



Half-bred wethers - - - 



9 17 6 „ 11 2 



6 



10 



0 „ 11 10 



Kent fleeces - 



9 15 0 „ 11 12 



6 



10 



0 „ 12 0 



South Dowm ewes and wethers 



9 17 6 „ 12 2 



6 



10 



0 „ 12 10 



Leicester „ „ 



10 2 6 „ 11 12 



6 



10 



10 „ 12 0 



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-Pneiimonia, 

 and Number of Swine returned as having Died from 

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

 of the Board of A^griculture, in Great Britain in each of the 

 under-mentioned periods. 





Pleuro-Pneumonia. 



Swine-Fever. 







Cattle 













Cattle 



Slaughtered 











Quarter 



Slaughtered 



as having 



Cattle 





Swine 



Swine 



as Diseased, 



been in 



Slaughtered 





Slaughtered 



Slaughtered 





including 



Contact 



as 



Swine 



as 



as 



ENDED 



those which 



with Cattle 



Suspected, 



that Died 



Diseased, 



Suspected, 





were found 



affected or 



but found 



of Swine- 



or as 



but found 





after 



as having 



free from 



Pever. 



having been 



free from 





Slaughter 



been 



Pleuro- 





exposed 



Swine- 





to be 



otherwise 



pneumonia. 





to infection. 



Pever. 





diseased. 



exposed to 















infection. 













No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



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 - 





48 



2 



1,914 



9,584 



190 



June 1895 







8 



2,812 



15,096 



570 



September 1895 







3 



2,449 



18,293 



540 



