246 Statistics affecting British Agricultural Interests. 
Table X. — Number of Cattle, Sheep, and Swine reported as 
entering the Scheduled Markets of Great Britain under 
the Markets and Fairs ( Weighing of Cattle) Act , 1891, 
together with the Numbers Weighed and Priced. 
[ From the Board of Agriculture Journal , Vol. xi., p. 730.] 
Animals 
1902 
1903 
1904 
Cattle : 
Entering markets 
Weighed ..... 
Prices returned . . 
Prices returned with quality ] 
distinguished j 
No. 
1,302,601 
184,499 
145,996 
121,453 
No. 
1,262,301 
183,466 
147,903 
123,946 
No. 
1,177,717 
165,105 
140,075 
119,951 
Sheep : 
Entering markets 
Weighed ..... 
Prices returned with quality] 
distinguished j 
4,508,045 
42,832 
34,695 
4,223,877 
36,679 
30,810 
4,041,428 
35,551 
24,360 
Swine : 
Entering markets 
Weighed ..... 
Prices returned with quality 1 
distinguished j 
414,351 
2,722 
2,585 
483,232 
3,034 
2,996 
506,853 
2,603 
2,305 
Table XI. — Average Prices of Fat Cattle per cwt. {Live 
Weight) for 1903 and 1904. Compiled from the Returns 
received under the Markets and Fairs ( Weighing of Cattle) 
Act , 1891. 
Places 
Inferior 
or third quality 
Good 
or second quality 
Prime 
or first quality 
1903 
1904 
1903 
1904 
1903 
1904 
Per cwt. 
Per cwt. 
Per cwt. 
Per cwt. 
Per cwt. 
Per cwt. 
England : 
s. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
s. d. 
Carlisle 
27 
6 
27 
2 
30 
8 
31 
4 
35 
6 
35 4 
Leeds . 
— 
31 
10 
30 
10 
35 
6 
34 8 
Leicester 
— 
31 
0 
27 
8 
34 
2 
33 0 
Liverpool 
26 
6 
24 
8 
30 
2 
29 
8 
34 
6 
34 2 
London 
28 
8 
26 
0 
33 
10 
33 
10 
37 
10 
37 2 
Newcastle . 
— 
— 
33 
4 
32 
8 
37 
6 
36 8 
Shrewsbury . 
30 
0 
28 
2 
33 
10 
33 
2 
36 
2 
34 4 
Scotland : 
Aberdeen 
26 
6 
25 
2 
34 
6 
33 
6 
37 
2 
36 10 
Dundee 
25 
0 
24 
4 
34 
6 
33 
8 
37 
8 
36 10 
Edinburgh . 
32 
0 
■ — 
35 
4 
34 
8 
37 
8 
36 2 
Falkirk 
30 
8 
30 
6 
34 
10 
34 
2 
37 
2 
36 6 
Glasgow 
34 
4 
32 
6 
35 
10 
35 
0 
36 
8 
36 2 
Perth . 
31 
2 
30 
6 
34 
4 
33 
6 
37 
4 
36 2 
