for Consumption in the Metropolis. 
20D 
Whilst the supplies drawn from Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, 
and Northamptonshire, and some other parts of England, as well as 
those from Ireland, have gradually increased, those Irom Norfolk, 
Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshiie, and Scotland have, in the past 
year, fallen off. This comparison, however, as regards Norfolk 
and the adjacent counties, does not refer to what is termed the 
" season." Our impression is, that quite as large a number of 
really prime beasts were fattened in Norfolk in 1862 as in most 
previous years. The increase in the receipts from Ireland in 
1861 and 1862 may be chiefly attributed to the limited demand 
for butcher's-meat in the manufacturing districts, which led 
many of the Irish graziers to forward their stock direct to the 
metropolis. A few really good crosses have been received from 
Ireland ; but the general quality of the stock has certainly not 
improved. 
The supplies of foreign stock imported in the last six months 
of last year were a fair average. Tlie annexed return shows the 
quarters from whence they were derived : — 
Imports of Foreign Stock into London, 
From 
Beasts. 
Sheep. 
Lambs. 
Calves. Pigs. 
Amsterdam . . 
67 
7,94G 
Antwerp 
492 
2 
Boulogne 
158 
1,499 
45 
22 
61 
Carril 
520 
Corunua 
422 
2,926 
15,429 
4,519 
66 
704 
Guernsey 
4 
Hamburg 
1,0G1 
27,496 
1,001 
Harlingeu 
2,568 
28,244 
1,159 
1,231 
10,205 
9 
Medemblik . . 
492 
23,810 
20 
Nien Diep 
136 
3,124 
3 
17 
616 
41 
174 
Rotterdam 
5,515 
54,146 
3,603 
9,348 
320 
170 
900 
126 
Tonning 
20,019 
17,254 
2,859 
3 
682 
1 
Vigo 
1,090 
1 
37,843 
178,5:)4 
12,279 
11,436 
12,232 
According to the returns issued by the Board of Trade, the 
imports of foreign stock into the United Kingdom in the last 
six months of the following years Avere — 
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