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Prices of Meat. 



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. 



Sheep. 



Inferior. 



Second. 



First. 



Inferior. 



Second. 



First. 





s. d. 



s. d. 



. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



j. <*. 



2nd Quarter, 1896 



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 



2nd Quarter ,, 



2 5 



4 0 



4 7 



3 10 



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 undermentioned Quarters of 1896 

 and 1897 : — 



Teriod. 



Liverpool.* 



Glasgow. + 



Beef. 



Mutton. 



Beef. 



Mutton. 





s. 



d. 





s. d. s. d. 







d. 



S. d. S. 



d. 



2nd Quarter, 1896 



2 



0 to 3 



4 



3 0 to 5 0 



2 



4 to 3 6 



3 8 to 4 



10 



3rd Quarter ,, 



2 



6 „ 3 



4 



3 4 » 4 to 



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 » 5 2 



2 



8 , 



, 4 0 



4 0 ,, 5 



0 



2nd Quarter ,, 



1 2 



8 3 



6 



2 8 „ 5 4 



2 



8 , 



, 4 0 



3 4 5 > 4 



10 



* 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. 



