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RETURNED UNDER THE WEIGHING OF CATTLE ACT. 
The Returns furnished to the Board of Agriculture under the 
Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle ) Act, 1891, show that 
during the first quarter of the current year the numbers both 
of cattle and sheep entering the scheduled markets, were less 
than in the corresponding quarter of either 1899 or 1898. 
The number of cattle exposed for sale was 271,000 in 
these months of 1900 as compared with 283,000 and 276,000 
respectively in the earlier seasons, while sheep numbered 
only 732,000 against 746,000 in 1899 and 759,000 in 1898. 


















| Ist Ist 
Animals. Quarter, Quarter, 
1900. 1899. 
CArnUE No. No. 
Entering markets — - - - 271,069 282,696 
Weighed - - - - " - 36,034 33,067 
Prices returned - - - - - 32,668 29,690 
Prices returned with quality dis- 27,743 25,020 
tinguished - = = ° - 
SHEEP : 
Entering markets’ - - - - 732,302 746,113 
Weighed - . - - - - 9,665 9,699 
Prices returned with quality dis- 8,643 8,707 
tinguished - - - - - 
SWINE : 
Entering markets = - - - - 124,639 110,244 
Weighed - - - - - - 420 325 
Prices returned with quality dis- 348 325 
tinguished - - - : = 
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On the other hand, the number of swine appearing at 
these markets was larger than in the first quarter of any 
year since these returns have been collected. 
The number of cattle weighed exhibits a distinct advance, 
more than 13 per cent. of the aggregate number entering the 
markets having passed over the weighbridge. As appears in 
the accompanying table, information as to price is not forth- 
coming for all of these, but the proportion of those weighed 
amide priced ‘exceeded 10 per cet: of the whole: , Ehese 
