384 Statistics of Live Stock, fyc.for Consumption in the Metropolis. 
The direct imports of foreign stock in the port of London were 
as follows : — 
Imports in the first Six Months. 
From 
Amsterdam 
Antwerp 
Boulogne 
Bremen .. 
Cadiz 
Calais . . 
Corunna 
Dordt . . 
Dunkirk 
Gibraltar 
Gluckstadt 
Hamburg 
Havlingen 
Havre .. 
Oporto . . 
Ostend . . 
Rotterdam 
Schwening 
Vigo . . 
Total 
Beasts. 
229 
441 
511 
41 
358 
585 
144 
134 
2,121 
12,723 
454 
1,470 
9,328 
414 
501 
29,400 
Sheep. 
55 
82 
46 
70 
3,903 
947 
44,816 
10,631 
180 
5,550 
16,493 
310 
83,083 
Lambs. 
399 
663 
26 
749 
2,837 
Calves. 
15 
r93 
28 
40 
21 
32 
872 
1,268 
7,323 
10,392 
Pigs. 
592 
1,646 
928 
44 
2,065 
33 
3,806 
80 
86 
1,900 
3,026 
14,212 
In previous years the importations in the first six months into 
London only were as follows: — 
Year. 
Beasts. 
Sheep 
and Lambs. 
Calves. 
Pigs. 
1855 .. .. 
18,526 
19,930 
8,872 
409 
1860 .. .. 
17,193 
76,415 
7,905 
2,492 
1801 .. .. 
22,045 
40,074 
0,187 
4,309 
1802 .. .. 
11,462 
49,332 
9,459 
883 
1803 .. .. 
16,701 
91,206 
11,445 
1,229 
Immense supplies of meat were on sale in Newgate and Leaden- 
hall, chiefly from Scotland and the north of England. Beef 
averaged from 3s. to 4s. Ad., mutton 3s. 4c/. to 4s. 8d., lamb 5s. Sd. 
to 6s. 10<7., veal 3s. lOd. to 4s. Sd., and pork 3s. Ad. to 5s. per H lbs. 
by the carcase. 
Although the imports of foreign and colonial wool during the 
first six months were on a liberal scale, the demand for English 
qualities has been active, and prices have had an upward ten- 
dency. In this period the aggregate imports into England thus 
compare with last season : — ■ 
1863. 1864. 
Colonial 
Foreign . 
Bales. 
249,997 
93,891 
Bales. 
283,102 
87,9G7 
Total 
343,888 
371,129 
