for Consumption in the Metropolis. 457 
Mutton — continued. 
1854. 
1855. 
1856. 
1857. 
^ 
1858. 
s. a. 
s. d. 
S. O. 
s, a. 
5. u. 
T r • 
3 4 
3 6 
3 6 
3 10 
3 2 
Miflfll in or 
A C\ 
4 U 
1 4 
J. 9 
5 0 
5 0 
5 4 
6 0 
5 2 
1859. 
1860. 
1861. 
1862. 
1863. 
s. rf. 
s. d. 
s. d. 
s. d. 
s. d. 
3 4 
3 10 
3 8 
3 6 
3 10 
4 8 
5 2 
5 0 
4 6 
4 8 
5 10 
6 2 
5 10 
5 4 
5 6 
The total imports of foreign stock into London have amounted 
to 120,581 head, shipped from the following ports : — 
Imports of Foreign Stocli. 
From 
Beasts. 
Sheep. 
Lambs. 
Calves. 
Pigs. 
Amsterdam . . 
78 
Antwerp 
19 
250 
1,167 
Boulogne 
27 
2 
34 
589 
2,118 
3 
25 
**59 
,64 
2T9 
Corunna 
542 
Cuxhaven 
470 
563 
3,805 
2,192 
36 
Dunkirk 
6 
Guernsey 
4 
Hamburg 
1,021 
53,093 
29 
859 
Harlingen 
5,864 
9,812 
304 
683 
207 
32 
8 
488 
328 
43 
54 
352 
Rotterdam . . 
6,333 
14,389 
4,541 
9,077 
99 
Vigo 
633 
Total .. .. 
16,701 
84,113 
7,093 
11,445 
1,229 
Of the 53,000 sheep imported from Hamburg, a few have 
appeared in fair condition ; but at least nine-tenths have shown 
very little improvement either in weight or quality. They have 
made from 17s. to 29s. each. Several cargoes of stock reported 
from Spain, &c., have reached the outports, and some have been 
forwarded to the London market. The comparative statement of 
imports into the metropolis runs thus : — 
