IMPORTS OF LIVE STOCK AND . CHILLED MEAT AT HOME.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10179, 13 October 1894, Page 7

IMPORTS OF LIVE STOCK AND . CHILLED MEAT AT HOME.

TO THE EDITOK. .- i gut _t enclose a cutting from the Belfast News letter of August 13, showing the imports of live stock and chilled beef per week_,iuto Liverpool alone. These are great figures. Ihsn there are London; Hull, Bristol, Glasgow;* and Manchester all also importiug weekly.—l am, &c . Skeepfabmer.

AMERICAN AND CANADIAN MEAT HIFOHTS. . : The following 13 steamers landed live stock and fresh meat at Liverpool during the past week from various American and CJvuadian norts -—The Bostonian, with 500 cattle and 2801 quarters of beef; the Norseman, with 605 cattle and 2510 quarters of beef; the Oregon, with 327 cattle and 776 sheep; the Baltimore, with 506 cattle and 1127 sheep; the Bemta, with 122 cattle; the Templemore, with 493 cattle and 2028 sheep; the Rappahannock, witb 358 cattle; the Jamaican, with 4*87 cattle; the Twine, with 600 cattle; the Cambroman, with 622 cattle, 2690 quarters of beef, .and 40 carcases of mutton; the- Britannic, with 1600 quarters of beef ; the Umbria, with 1800 quar-ters-of beef; and the G-eorgiau, with 599 cattle and'2Boo quarters of beef; making a total ot 5219' cattle, 3931 sheep, 14,201 quarters of beef, and 40 carcases of mutton. As compared \yith the arrivals of the preceding week they show a decrease o£ 468 cattle and 4836 quarters of beef. .