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TABLE XIV. — Number of Beasts exhibited, and the Prices realised 
FOR THEM per STONE, AT THE CHRISTMAS MARKETS IN EACH OF THE 
LAST Forty Years. 
[I'Vvm the " Mark Lane Ua-jjress."] 
Years 
Beasts 
Prices 
Years 
Beasts 
Prices 
d. s. 
d. 
s. 
d. s. 
d. 
1849 
6 76.5 
6 341 
3 
4—4 
0 
1869 
6 728 
3 
6—6 
2 
1850 
3 
0—3 
10 
1870 
6 425 
3 
6—6 
2 
185 1 
6 103 
2 
8—4 
2 
1871 
6 320 
3 
10—6 
2 
1852 
6 271 
2 
8—4 
0 
1872 
7 560 
3 
8—6 
0 
1853 
7 037 
3 
2—4 
10 
1873 
6,170 
4 
4—6 
6 
1854 
6 181 
3 
6—5 
4 
1874 
6,570 
4 
4—6 
8 
1855 
7,'000 
3 
8—4 
1875 
7,'C60 
4 
6-6 
6 
1856 
6,748 
3 
4—5 
0 
1876 
7.0^0 
4 
4—6 
4 
1857 
6,856 
3 
4—4 
8 
1877 
7,510 
4 
6—6 
0 
1858 
6,424 
3 
4—5 
0 
1878 
6,830 
4 
6—6 
0 
1859 
7.560 
3 
6—5 
4 
1879 
6,620 
4 
0—6 
4 
1860 
7,860 
3 
4—5 
6 
1880 
7,660 
4 
0—6 
0 
1861 
8,840 
3 
4—5 
0 
1881 
8,160 
4 
0—6 
2 
1862 
8,430 
3 
4—5 
0 
1882 
7,370 
4 
6—6 
4 
1863 
10,372 
3 
6—5 
2 
1883 
6,940 
4 
0—6 
4 
1864 
7.130 
3 
8—5 
8 
1884 
5,300 
4 
0—6 
2 
1865 
7,530 
3 
4—5 
4 
1885 
7,550 
3 
6—5 
4 
1866 
7,340 
3 
8—5 
6 
1886 
6,010 
3 
6-5 
0 
1867 
8.110 
3 
4—5 
0 
1887 
6.420 
2 
6^5 
4 
1868 
5,320 
3 
4—5 
8 
1888 
7,800 
2 
4—5 
2 
TABLE XV.— Average Annual Number of Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs 
BROUGHT into THE LONDON METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, 4ND INTO 
THE Foreign Cattle Market, in the undermentioned Periods, and 
IN THE Year 1887. 
[From Agricultural Iictu7ms of Great Britain.'] 
Years 
KuMBER OP Animals 
Per- 
centage of 
Foreign 
Animals 
Home 
Foreign 
Total 
Metropolitan 
Cattle 
Market 
Metropolitan 
Cattle 
Market 
Foreign 
Cattle 
Market 
Total 
Cattle.' 
1872-75 
1876-80 
1881-85 
1886 
1887 
Number 
180,568 
179,263 
148,983 
186,680 
201,600 
Number 
107,375 
68,179 
34.279 
37,930 
33,140 
Number 
20,486 
70,399 
118,878 
86,969 
80,106 
Number 
127,861 
138,578 
153,167 
124,899 
113,246 
Number 
308,419 
317,831 
302,140 
311,479 
314,846 
Per ceut. 
41 
44 
51 
40 
36 
Sheep.' 
1872-75 
1876-80 
1881-85 
1886 
1887 
870,887 
789,200 
588,298 
674,090 
740,450 
653,173 
210,464 
44,828 
68,960 
28,890 
52,887 
651,487 
684,595 
707,631 
729,198 
706,060 
761,951 
729,423 
776,491 
768,088 
1,576,947 
1,561,151 
1,317,721 
1,450,581 
1,498,538 
45 
49 
65 
54 
51 
Pics. 
1872-75 
1876-80 
1881-85 
1886 
1587 I 
6,391 
1,618 
602 
280 
1,110 
206 
255 
10 
1 
9,748 
18,203 
16,687 
17,284 
18,680 
9,954 
18,4.68 
16,697 
17,284 
18,680 
16,345 
20,076 
17,299 
17,664 
19,790 
61 
92 
97 
98 
94 
' Including Calves, but exclusive of Milch Cows. 
' Including Lambs. 
