March 1896.] 



PRICES OF LIVE STOCK. 



491 



Total Number of Cattle, Sheep, and Swine, entering the Markets and 

 Marts of the under-mentioned Places in England and Scotland, with 

 the number Weighed, as received from the Market Authorities in the 

 Fourth Quarter 1895, under the Markets and Fairs (Weighing of 

 Cattle) Act, 1891 (54 & 55 Vict. c. 70.). 





Cattle. { 



Sbeep. 



Swine. 



Places. 



Total 

 Number 

 entering 



the 

 Markets 



or 

 Marts. 



Number 

 Weighed. 



Number 

 Weighed 

 for 

 which , 

 Prices 

 were 

 given. 



Total 

 Number 

 entering 



the 

 Markets 



or 

 Marts. 



Number 

 Weighed. 



Number 

 Weighed 

 for 

 which 

 Prices 

 were 

 given. ! 



Total 

 Numbei 

 entering 



the 

 Markets 



or 

 Marts . 



Number 

 Weighed. 



Number 

 Weighed 



for 

 which 

 Prices 

 were 

 given. 



England. 



No. 



No. 



1 



No. 



! 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



Ashford 



3,213 



9 







23,421 











7,382 







Birmingham - 



5,603 



1 



1 



13,739 



- 



- 



],079 



- 



- 



Bristol - 



18 690 





~ i 



24 099 







49 







Leicester 



13,334 



233 



149 



20,555 



29 



13 



2,803 



- 



- 



Leeds - 



8,146 



450 



369 



22,830 







3,058 



568 



— 



Lincoln 



2,191 







15,417 







4,336 



— 



— 



Liverpool 



27,480 



1,695 



1,695 



107,282 



204 



204 



— 



— 



— 



London 



27,330 



4,414 



1,327 



171,000 



1,152 



155 



1,360 



— 



— 



Newcastle-upon-Tyne 



29,040 



131 



131 



73,851 







15,812 



128 



tl28 



Norwich 



34,495 



195 



195 



34,625 







7,358 



1 



tl 



Salford - 



39,450 



223 



223 



108,013 



- 



- 



1,031 



- 





Shrewsbury - 



9,286 



1,347 



1,312 



11,984 







4,676 







Wakefield 



24,390 



40 





40,095 







3,943 







York - 



23,844 



8 



1 



69,345 



— 



— 



2,623 



— 



- 



Scotland. 





















Aberdeen 



18,711 



4,957 



4,957 



28,000 



2,997 



2,90S 



5,122 







Dundee 



3,789 



2,476 



2,476 



5,543 



670 



647 



678 



11 



11 



Edinburgh 



20,481 



7,706 



*3,484 



52,346 







2,259 







Glasgow 



17,891 



771 



601 



142,656 



45 



45 



2,683 







Perth - 



18,266 



2,223 



*522 



78,438 



1,430 



1,395 



2,359 



100 



tlOO 



Total for England 



266,492 



8,746 



5,403 



736,256 



1,385 



372 



55,510 



697 



tl29 



Total for Scotland 



79,138 



18,133 



*12,040 



306,983 



5,142 



4,995 



13,101 



111 



nil 



Total - 



345,630 



26,879 



*17,443 



1,043,239 



6,527 



5,367 



68,611 



808 



1240 



* Prices for 4,198 cattle in addition to the above were quoted from Edinburgh, and for 1,701 cattie from Perth 

 but without distinguishing breed or quality. ' 

 t Prices given but details insufficiently furnished. 

 X The details for 11 swine only were furnished in the form prescribed. 



