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PRICES OF LIVE STOCK. 



Returned under the Weighing of Cattle Act. 



The number of Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs returned as entering 

 the twenty-one markets of Great Britain scheduled under the 

 Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Act, 1891, during the 

 third quarter of the current year showed, in each case, a 

 reduction as compared with the corresponding period ot 

 1900. In the case of sheep the number weighed, which is 

 never large proportionately, was considerably less, but on the 









3rd 



3rd 



Animals. 







Quarter, 



Quarter, 









1 901. 



1900. 



Cattle : 







No. 



No. 



Entering markets 







224,506 



245.762 









33.534 



29,817 



Prices returned - 







27,948 



25.991 



Prices returned with 



quality 



dis- 







tinguished 





22,771 



21,764 



Sheep : 











Entering markets 







1,482,746 



1,491,025 









9,014 



12,381 



Prices returned with 



quality 



dis- 







tinguished 





7,898 



io.375 



Swine : 











Entering markets 







7i,367 



83,424 



Weighed - 







630 



635 



Prices returned with 



quality 



dis- 







tinguished 





630 



635 



other hand it may be noted that the percentage of cattle 

 returned as weighed during the quarter was slightly larger 



