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The quantity of fresh, or salted dead meat, imported in 187 5 was 
300,535 cwts., against 381,124 cwts. in the previous year. 
The falling oft' in preserved meat in 1875 was still mure striking, 
only 171,373 cwt. being imported, against 205,223 in 1874. 
The following remarks relating to Irish and Foreign Butter and 
to Cheese are extracted from ' The Grocer ' : — 
Irish Butter. — In the first week of January, prices for Clonmels 
were 138s. to 148s., and continued so until the last week, when 
thoy were 138s. to 150s. ; the average prices of best Clonmels, and 
best first and second Corks were about 10s. lower than those of 
the corresponding time last year ; with Limerick butter there was 
little doing. In the month of February, the quantity offered for 
account of shippers was small, but there were stale parcels sent 
from the country for re-sale on best terms, thus causing a wide 
range in prices : first Corks were 135s. to 148s. in the middle of the 
month, after that they were not quoted for the remainder of the 
season ; Limericks throughout the month were at 115s. to 120s. 
The transactions in the month of March were so limited, that 
quotations were nearly nominal. Clonmels, &c, were quoted for 
the first two weeks at 120s. to 150s.; no quotations afterwards: 
Limericks were quoted only for the first week at 115s. to 125s. 
The transactions throughout the month of April were a mere 
nothing ; neither Clonmels, Limericks, nor first and second Corks, 
were quoted. The transactions during the entire month of May 
were few, and confined almost entirely to low-quality Corks, for 
workhouse and other contracts ; there were no quoted prices for 
either Clonmels or Limericks. There was a slight improvement in 
the demand in the month of June ; the chief demand still rested 
upon low-quality Corks ; the opening price for first Corks was 130s., 
closing at 128s. In the month of July Irish butter was taken 
sparingly ; the quoted rates for Clonmels, &c, 126s. to 128s., 
advancing gradually to 130s. to 134s.; Cork firsts began at 128s., 
and closed at 133s. The transactions in the early part of the 
month of August were very limited ; the quoted rates for Clonmels, 
&c, in the first week of the month were 132s. to 130s., gradually 
advancing to 142s. to 150s. at the close ; first Corks began at 
136s., and finished at 148s. Cooler weather for the moving of 
