Prices of Meat. 



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Average Wholesale Prices of Cattle and Sheep, per 

 Stone of 8 lbs., sinking the offal, at the Metropolitan 

 Cattle Market, during the undermentioned Quarters 

 of 1898 and 1899. 



1 



i 



Period. 



Cattle. 





1 



Sheep. 





Inferior . 



Second. 



First. 



Inferior. 



Second. 



First. 





s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



j. <?. 



1st Quarter, 1898 



j- 2 4 



3 9 



4 4 



3 4 



5 1 



5 9 



2nd Quarter 



2 4 



3 7 



4 2 



2 10 



4 5 



5 2 



3rd Quarter , , 



1 2 4 

 1 



3 8 



4 3 



3 1 



4 8 





4th Quarter 



2 5 



3 9 



4 5 



3 3 



4 10 



5 7 



1st Quarter, 1899 



2 6 



3 n 



/ 4 6 



3 5 



4 11 



5 8 



Average Wholesale Prices of Beef and Mutton, per 



.Stone of 8 lbs., by the Carcase, at LIVERPOOL and 

 GLASGOW, during the under-mentioned Quarters of 1898 

 and 1899. 



Period, 



Liverpool.* 



Glasgow, t 



Beef. 



Mutton. 



Beef. 



Mutton. 





s. 



d. s. d. 



j d. s. 



d. 



s. 



d. s. d. 



S. 



d. s. 



rf. 



1st Quarter, 1898 



2 



0 to 3 6 



3 4 to 4 



8 



2 



4 to 3 8 



3 



0 to 4 



8 



2nd Quarter 



2 



4 » 3 2 



3 8 ,, 4 



10 



2 



8 „ 3 6 



3 



4 >, 4 



8 



3rd Quarter ,, 



i 2 



4 >, 3 6 



3 2 ,, 4 



8 



2 



4„36 



3 



4 „ 4 



6! 



4th Quarter ,, 



i 2 



4 >> 3 8 



3 4 „ 4 



8 



2 



8 „ 3 10 



3 



0 4 



6 



1st Quarter, 1899 



It- 2 



6 „ 3 9 



4 2 ,, 4 



10 



2 



10 ,, 3 8 



3 



8 „4 



4 ' 



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

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

 Abattoir^ and do not apply to Imported Meat. 



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

 Glasgow. 



