March 1896 .] 



DISEASES OF ANIMALS. 



PRICES OF WOOL. 



Average Prices of English Wool, per pack of 240 lbs., in 

 the year 1895 and the month of January 1896. 

 (Compiled from the Economist.) 



Description. 



The YEiR 1895. 



January 1896. 



Soutli Down . - - 



£ s. & s. 

 9 10 „ 11 10 



As. £ s. 

 9 10 „ 12 0 



Half-breds 



9 5 „ 11 0 ■ 



9 10 „ 12 0 



Leicester . . _ 



9 10 „ 10 10 



10 0 „ 12 0 



Lincoln - 



— 12 0 



— 15 10 



DISExiSES OF ANIMALS. 



I. — Diseases of Animals in Great Britain. 



Nl^mber 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. 







Cattle 













i Cattle 



Slaughtered 











Qfaetee 



j Slaughtered 



as having 



Cattle 





Swine 



Swine 



j as Diseased, 



been in 



Slaughtered 





Slaughtered 



Slaughtered 



as 





including 



Contact 



as 



Swine 



as 



Ended 



j those which 



with Cattle 



Suspected, 



that Died 



Diseased, 



Suspected, 

 but found 





were found 



affected or 



but found 



of Swine- 



or as 





i 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. 



September 1894 



7 



88 



7 



1,971 



12^311 



435 



December 1894 







5 



1,212 



7,622 



290 



March J 895 - 





43 



2 



1,914 



9,584 



190 



■June 1895 







8 



2,812 



15,096 



570 



September 1895 







3 



2,449 



18,293 



540 



December 1895 







3 



j 3,742 



1 



26,958 



550 



