for Consumption in the Metropolis. SGi) 
Average Prices of Beef and Mutton. 
\ 1857. 
1 QRLQ 
' loco 
lobU. 
1 QC1 
lobl. 
1 QCO 
s. d. 
s. d. 
s. d. 
s. d. 
s. d. 
3 2 
3 0 
3 2 
3 6 
3 4 
3 0 
4 0 
3 10 
4 0 
4 C 
4 4 
4 0 
5 0 
4 6 
5 0 
5 6 
5 0 
4 8 
Mutton : — 
3 10 
3 2 
3 4 
3 10 
3 8 
3 6 
5 0 
4 2 
4 8 
5 2 
5 0 
4 6 
6 0 
5 2 
5 10 
6 2 
5 10 
5 4 
The dead markets have been well supplied with each kind of 
meat, in which a good business has been transacted. Beef has 
sold at from 25. 8c?. to 4s. Qd. ; mutton, 3s. 6<f. to 4s. lOd. ; 
lamb, 4s. 8t?. to 7s. 4cZ. ; veal, 4s. to 5s. ; and pork, 3s. \0d. to 
5s. 4rf. per 8 lbs. by the carcase. 
As regards the future course of the trade a few observations 
are necessary. That the country has recovered from the effects 
of a great scarcity of stock in 1860 must be obvious from a 
perusal of our statistics ; nevertheless, and although the con- 
sumption of meat in the manufacturing districts is likely to be 
small during the continuance of the cotton famine, it is not 
equally clear that production is in advance of consumption. We 
are of opinion, therefore, that prime stock will command steady 
currencies for some time ; but, on the other hand, there appears 
to be room for a decline in the value of inferior beasts and 
sheep. There are, however, two features in favour of firm quota- 
tions, viz., the great abundance of money for commercial pur- 
poses, and the healthiness of most branches of trade, except 
those connected with the production of cotton goods. 
4; Argyle Square, St. Pancras, London. 
XXVII. — Report of the Stewards of Stock at the Battersea Show. 
A YEAR so exceptional in its character hardly admits of compa- 
rison, except in some cardinal points, with any of its prede- 
cessors. In order to make the meeting in strict accordance with 
the " World's Fair," of which it formed part, old classes were 
subdivided, and new ones formed ; and if the pecuniary success 
of this twenty-fourth anniversary did not fulfil expectation, the 
entries in the English classes prove that the exhibitors quite 
caught the spirit of a great occasion, which induced Scotland to 
carry her national gathering 300 miles ov^r the border, and 
brought cherished favourites — the flower of the herd — from the 
pastures of Normandy and the slopes of the Alps. 
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