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2975a?. each. In 1882 they rose to 3176^., but in 1885 fell 

 back to 29-12^. From 1885 up to the present time there has 

 been a steady decrease, and the average price for 1894 is 

 24*20^., 18 per cent, less than that for 1881. No figures are 

 available by which any accurate estimate can be made of the 

 prices of British skins ; but in all probability their value is 

 approximately the same as that of the skins which are 

 imported. 



The following table will show what has been the total 

 number available for consumption in the United Kingdom 

 throughout the whole period 1 881-1894, and also what pro- 

 portion the home and foreign supplies bear to one another. 

 In estimating the latter, it has, of course, been necessary to 

 deduct from the gross amount the number of skins exported 

 or re-exported, as the case may be. 





Total number of 









Undressed Sheepskins 

 available for consump- 



Number of ditto 

 British and Irish. 



Number of ditto 

 Foreign and 





r ion in the United 



Colonial. 





Kingdom. 







1881 



6,584,074 



1,231,838 



5,352,236 



1882 



8,029,534 



665,205 



7,364,329 



1883 



12,439,159 

 13,661,677 



5,391,003 



7,048,156 



1884 



6,401,528 



7,260,149 



I8S5 



15.375,175 



8,125.487 

 4,467, 5H 



7,249,688 



1886 



11,616,064 

 14,426, 122 



7,148,550 



1887 



6,445,375 



7,98o,747 



1888 



10,776,357 



2,785,690 



7,990,661 



1889 



13,644,281 



3 955,951 



9,688,330 



1893 



14,310,587 



5,043 627 



9,266,960 



1891 



l8,345>790 



7,804,338 



10,541,452 



1892 



^5,933 051 



7,7i9,i5 2 



8,213,899 



1893 



17,127,179 



8,129,319 



8,997,860 



1894 



17,398,477 



8,156,104 



9,242,373 



French Margarine Law. 



The French Journal Officiel of the 17th April last contains 

 the text of the new law concerning the repression of fraud in 

 the butter trade and in the manufacture of margarine. The 

 chief points of this law are as follows — 



It is forbidden to designate, sell, expose for sale, import, or 

 export, under the name of butter (with or without qualifying 



