424 The fVinter of 1S85-SQ. 
The above statements show at a glance that 1885 showed the 
lowest average of prices for the past sixteen years. 
But it was not sheep alone that showed a reduction, for beef 
also showed a lower range of values than for some years past. I 
have been unable to obtain any comparative prices running 
over a series of years for any English market, but the figures 
for the metropolitan markets are given in each volume of the 
' Journal,' and the reader may well be referred to these. At 
Aberdeen, however, prices for both beef and mutton were the 
subject of the following Table in the ' Free Press ' of that 
city :— 
Beep, per cwt. 
Mutton, per lb. 
1880. 
s. 
d. 
d. 
1880. 
d. 
d. 
January . . 
. 77 
0 
to 78 
0 
81 
to 
March 
. 76 
0 
.. 101 
11 
June .. 
. SO 
0 
83 
0 
.. 10| 
11 
September 
. 78 
0 
80 
0 
September 
8 
9 
December . . 
75 
0 
',' 76 
0 
.. 8f 
1881. 
1881. 
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73 
0 
„ 75 
0 
January . . 
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68 
0 
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March 
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June . . 
'. 67 
0 
)',' 69 
0 
.. 101 
September 
. 70 
0 
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0 
September 
.. 91 
December . . 
. 71 
0 
77 
Q 
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1882. 
1882. 
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. 72 
0 
70 
0 
9 
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. 74 
0 
'■ 77 
0 
101 
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83 
0 
85 
Q 
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10 
. 83 
0 
86 
Q 
September 
.. 10 
. 82 
0 
„ 85 
0 
9i 
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1883. 
1883. 
January . . 
. 79 
0 
„ 81 
6 
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March 
. 77 
6 
„ 80 
0 
.. 10| 
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June .. 
. 82 
0 
„ 84 
0 
10 
„ 
September 
. 82 
0 
„ 83 
6 
September 
.. 101 
December .. 
. 80 
0 
„ 83 
0 
.. di 
10 
1884. 
1884. 
January . . 
. 79 
0 
„ 80 
0 
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10 
March 
. 74 
0 
„ 75 
9 
March 
.. 91 
April . . 
. 75 
0 
„ 77 
0 
9 
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10 
June .. 
. 77 
0 
„ 80 
0 
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October 
. 78 
0 
„ 79 
0 
.. 8f 
9 
December .. 
. 74 
0 
» 75 
0 
8 
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1885. 
1885. 
January . . 
. 72 
0 
„ 75 
0 
.. 7J 
March 
. 68 
0 
„ 71 
0 
.. 7f 
June . . 
. 70 
0 
„ 73 
0 
.. 7i 
September 
. 68 
0 
„ 70 
0 
September 
.. 7J 
October 
. 68 
0 
„ 71 
0 
7 
November . . 
. 68 
0 
„ 70 
0 
.. 7 
December. 
Early 
. 67 
0 
„ 69 
18tli 
. 60 
0 
„ 68 
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7f 
. 08 
0 
„ 09 
