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Prices of Meat. 



Chicago. 



Prices of Cattle at Chicago per Cwt. (Live Weight in 

 the under-mentioned Months of 1897. 



Months. 



Good Dressed Beef 

 and 



Shipping Steers. 



Export Cattle. 



Extra Prime 

 Cattle. 



1897. 

 September 



October - 



November 



s. d. s. d. 

 21 6 to 24 6 



19 7 ,, 23 10 



19 7 i, 23 7 



s. d. s. d. 

 21 6 to 25 0 



20 6 ,, 24 3 



20 1 ,, 24 6 



s. d. s. d. 

 25 0 to 26 2 



23 4 , 25 8 



23 10 ,, 26 2 



Compiled from the Live Stock Reports issued by Messrs. Clay, Robinson, and Co. , 

 of the Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois. 



Average Values, per Cwt., of various Kinds of Dead 

 Meat Imported into the United Kingdom from Foreign 

 Countries and British Possessions in the under- 

 mentioned Quarters of 1896 and 1897. 



[Computed from the Trade and Navigation Accounts.) 



Period. 



Beef. 



Mutton. 



Pork. 



Bacon. 



Hams. 



Fresh. 



Salted. 



Fresh. 



Fresh. 



Salted. 





s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



a. 



„* 



s. d. 



3rd Quarter, 1896 - 



38 5 



23 6 



33 7 



47 0 



20 5 



34 5 



43 1 



4th Quarter ,, - 



36 11 



23 8 



3i 3 



45 7 



22 10 



35 6 



45 7 



1st Quarter 1897 - 



39 4 



25 9 



27 4 



44 " 



23 4 



33 5 



41 9 



2nd Quarter ,, - 



40 1 



23 10 



32 0 



43 11 



20 10 



35 11 



43 5 



3rd Quarter ,. - 



37 2 



24 7 



3° 9 



43 3 



20 3 



35 10 



43 5 



