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 1896 and 1897 : — 



Period. 





Cattle. 



1 



Sheep. 



Inferior. 



Second. 



First. 



Inferior. 



Second, 



First. 







s. d. 



*. d. 



s. d. 



s. d 



s. cZ. 



s. d. 



1st Quarter, 1896 





2 4 



3 10 



4 5 



3 4 



5 2 



5 8 



2nd Quarter ,, 





2 4 



3 8 



4 4 



3 3 



4 9 



5 3 



3rd Quarter „ 





2 4 



3 9 



4 4 



3 2 



4 8 



5 4 



4th Quarter 





2 4 



3 9 



4 6 



3 2 



4 10 



5 5 | 



1st Quarter, 1897 





2 5 



3 11 



4 6 



3 9 



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 undermentioned Quarters of 1896 

 and 1897 : — 



Period. 



Liverpool.* 



GLASGOW.f 



Beef. 



Mutton. 



Beef. 



Mutton. 



1 



s. 



d. s. 



d. 



s. 



d. S. (?. 



s. 



<J. s. d. 



s. 



d. s. d. 



1 



1st Quarter, 1896 



2 



0 to 3 



2 



3 



0 to 4 JO 



2 



8 to 3 8 



3 



0 to 4 6 



2nd Quarter 



2 



0 „ 3 



4 



3 



0 ,, 5 0 



2 



4 3 6 



3 



8 4 10 



3rd Quarter „ 



2 



6 „3 



4 



3 



4 „ 4 10 



2 



4 „3 8 



3 



4 >> 4 6 



4th Quarter 



2 



2 „ 3 



6 



2 



8 „ 4 6 



2 



0 3 8 



3 



0 „ 4 4 



1st Quarter, 1897 



2 



8 „ 3 



6 



3 



4 y 5 2 



2 



8 ,,4 0 



4 



0 „ 5 0 



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

 pool. The prices quoted are for Carcases of Animals slaughtered at the Liver [col 

 Abattoir, and do not apply to Imported Meat. 



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

 Glasgow. 



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