Prices of Meat. 



2 7S 



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. 



Period. 



Cattle. 



Sheep. 



Inferior, j 



Second. 



First. 



Inferior. 



Second. 



First. 





*■ d - 



s. d. 



y. d. 



1 



d. 



1 



s. d. 



s. d. 



2nd Quarter, 1898 



2 4 



3 7 



4 2 



2 10 



4 5 



5 2 



3rd Quarter ,, 



2 4 



3 8 



4 3 



3 1 



4 8 



5 5 



4th Quarter ,, 



' 2 5 



3 9 



4 5 



3 3 



4 10 



5 7 



1st Quarter, 1899 



2 6 



3 11 



4 6 



3 5 



4 " 



5 s 



2nd Quarter ,, 



l 2 7 



3 11 



4 6 



3 4 



5 1 



5 9 



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. 



1 



Teriod. 



1 



Liverpool.* 







Glasgow 



.+ 







Beef. 



Mutton. 



Beef. 



Mutton. 





s. 



d. s. d.. 







d. 





d. 





s. 



J; 



</. 



2nd Quarter, 1 898 



2 



4 to 3 2 



3 



8 to 4 



10 



2 



8 to 



3 6 



3 



4 to 4 



S 



3rd Quarter ,, 



2 



4 » 3 6 



3 



2 „ 4 



8 



2 



4 „ 



3 6 



3 



4» 4 



6 



4th Quarter ,, 



2 



4 3 8 



3 



4 » 4 



8 



2 



8 „ 



3 10 



3 



0 4 



6 



1st Quarter, 1899 



2 



6 „ 3 9 



4 



2 „ 4 



10 ! 



2 



10 ,, 



3 8 



3 



8 „ 4 



4 



2nd Quarter 



2 



i 



4 „ 3 8 



4 



0 „ 5 



4 



3 





4 2 



4 



4 » 5 



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 Con riled from information furnished by the Principal of the Veterinary College, 

 Glasgow. 



