Prices of Meat. 



Average Wholesale Prices of Cattle and Sheep, per 

 8 lbs., sinking the offal, at the METROPOLITAN 

 Cattle Market, during each Quarter of 1901, with the 

 Mean Prices for the year. 







Cattle. 









Sheep. 

























Period. 

























Inferior. 



Second. 



First. 



Inferior. 



Second. 



First. 







. $. d. 



s. d. 



s. 



</. 



s '- 



d. 





s. d. 



1st Quarter, 



1901 



2 4 



3 11 



4 



7 



1 3 



4 



5 2 



6 0 



2nd Quarter, 



}' 



2 4 



3 11 



4 



6 



3 



3 



4 9 



5 7 



3rd Quarter, 



j> 



r 2 4 



4 0 



4 



7 



3 



2 



4 9 



5 r 



4th Quarter, 



>» : 



I 2 5 



4 0 



4 



9 



3 



2 



4 10 



5 7 



Year 





i- 2.4- 



3 11 



4 



7 



.. 



I 3 



3 



4 10 



5 8 



Average Wholesale Prices of Beef and Mutton, per 

 8 lbs., by the Carcase, at Liverpool and 

 Glasgow, during each Quarter of 1901, with the Mean 

 Prices for the year. 



Period. 



Liverpool.* 



• 



Glasgow. + 



Beef. 



Mutton. 



Beef. J Mutton. 



1 



1st Quarter, 1901 

 2nd Quarter, ,, 

 3rd Quarter. ,, 

 4th Quarter, ,, 



Year 



s. d. s. d. 

 2 8 to 3 11 



2 10 „3 8 



3 0 „ 3 11 

 2 4 4 0 



-s. d. s. d. 1 



3 6 to 5 4 



4 8 „ 5 8| 

 3 8 » 5 0 



3 4 „ 4 10 



s. d. s. d. 

 3 0 to 3 10 



3 4 » 3 10 

 3 0 ,, 3 10 



3 0 3 10 



s. d. s. d. 

 4 4 to 5 4 

 4 2 ,, 5 2 

 3 8 ,,4 8 

 3 0 ,, 4 4 



2 8 ,, 3 10 



II 



3 9 » 5 2 3 1 „ 3 10 



3 9 » 4 10 



* Compiled from information furnished by the Medical Officer of Health, Liver- 

 pool. The prices quoted are for Carcases of Animals slaitghtered at the Liverpool 

 Abattoir, and do not apply to Imported Meat. 



t Compiled from information furnished by the Principal of the Veterinary College, 



Glasgow. 



