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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. 



s. d. 





s. d. 



s. d. 



3rd Quarter, 1896 



2 4 



3 9 



4 4 



32 



4 3 



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 I 



5 9 



2nd Quarter ,, 



2 5 



4 0 



4 7 



3 10 



4 11 



5 8 



3rd Quarter ,, 



2 4 



1 



4 0 



4 7 



3 7 



5 o 



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, t 



Beef. 



Mutton. 



Beef. 



Mutton. 





j s. 



d. s. 



d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 







s. 



£ £• d. 



3rd Quarter, 1896 



2 



6 „ 3 



4 



3 4 „ 



4 10 



2 



4 » 3 8 



3 



4 » 4 6 



4th Quarter ,, 



2 



2 „ 3 



6 



28,, 



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 



2 



8 „3 



6 



2 8 „ 



5 4 



2 



8 „ 4 0 



3 



4 4 10 



3rd Quarter ,, 



2 



8 to 3 



8 



3 4 to 



4 8 



2 



4 to 3 8 



3 



4 to 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. 



