for Cmsiimption in the Metropolis. 203 
Imports at Corresponding Periods. 
Boasts. 
Sheep and Lambs. 
Calves. 
I'Igs. 
I860 .. .. 
59,817 
243,804 
19,. 594 
21,510 
1861 .. .. 
59,04!) 
206,249 
19,715 
25,919 
1862 .. .. 
57,356 
250,140 
19,610 
17,279 
186.3 .. .. 
61,4.35 
241 ,209 
17,497 
18,936 
1864 .. .. 
70. 9:22 
238,121 
16,793 
30,803 
1865 .. .. 
88,775 
399,220 
19,535 
50,445 
1866 .. .. 
92,839 
251,545 
14,544 
19,252 
Rough fat was abundant and low in price — the average quota- 
tion having been 25. 2(1. per 8 lbs. 
Newgate and Leadenhall markets were heavily supplied with 
meat. The trade generally Avas very inactive. Beef sold at 
from 3s. to 4s. 6(?. ; mutton, 3s. 2d. to 4s. Qd. ; veal, 3s. lOd. to 
4s. 8(Z. ; pork, 3s. to 4s. 4(/. per 8 lbs. by the carcase. 
The production of wool in England in 1867 was very large — 
viz., 125,000,000 lbs. or 18,000,000 lbs. more than in 1866. 
This heavy growth, added to enormous importations from our 
colonies, had a most depressing influence upon the trade. Prices 
fell from 2d. to Zd. per lb., with every prospect of a further 
decline in them, as we learn that the last clip in Australia and 
at the Cape was considerably in excess of 1866. The high 
duties upon wool and woollen goods in America tell seriously 
against the trade as a whole. In order to show the extent of the 
arrivals, we insert the annexed return of importations in the last 
five years : — 
1867. 
1866. 
1865. 
1864, 
1863. 
Bales. 
Bales. 
Baks- 
Bales. 
Bales. 
Australian 
412,641 
348,628 
332,560 
302,177 
241,630 
Cape of Good Hope . . 
128,418 
107,184 
99,991 
6 9,. 309 
68,922 
47,010 
79,732 
54,228 
58,909 
64,458 
15,865 
40,475 
24,696 
32,684 
31,853 
2,770 
710 
876 
3,419 
1,305 
8,135 
14,205 
12,085 
8,2.58 
0,935 
21,258 
45,021 
37,147 
37,829 
34,693 
149,703 
1.54,497 
123,451 
158,122 
145,530 
Total .. ., 
785,800 
790,458 
685,0.34 
670,707 
595,326 
The closing prices of wool in 18G6 and 1867 were as 
under : — 
