3,782 5,769 tons. 53 tons.
1861 8,852 8,324 8,041 tons. 127 tons.
1862 6,281 4,518 9,392 tons. 76 tons.
1863 9,623 4,163 9,395 tons. 58 tons.
1864 7,624 3,551 9,840 tons. 2 tons.
1865 9,031 4,558 10,074 tons. 61 tons.

Taking the year 1865, there were 10,074 tons of dead meat sent by rail,
and 61 tons by sea. Calculating that 6 cwt. was the average weight of
the cattle, this will show that 33,783 cattle were sent away from
Aberdeen as dead meat, against 9031 live cattle by rail and 4558 by
sea, so that 20,194 more were sent away dead than alive. The live
cattle would weigh 7 cwt., or 1 cwt. more than the dead.[4]

[4] Since the amalgamation between the Caledonian
Railway and the Scottish North-Eastern took place, the returns of
cattle and dead meat sent to London and elsewhere have not been
given to the public. The Caledonian Company refused repeatedly to
give them, and when pressed by myself, offered to let me have
access to the accumulated pile of forwarding-notes for the last
four years! The following valuable statistics, compiled by Mr
James Valentine, Aberdeen, show that the proportion of dead meat
sent to London is on the increase:--

1. The _cattle and dead meat sent by sea_ during the past
three years stood:--

CATTLE. DEAD MEAT.
Year. Number. Tons.
1866, 5483 499
1867, 2770 487
1868, 6313 380

2. _Of dead meat booked "through" per Great North of Scotland
Railway_, the amount for five years was:--

Year. Tons.
1864 1848
1865 2874
1866 3346
1867 3414
1868 3544

3. The number of _cattle-hides_ passing through the hands
of the dealers in Aberdeen during 1867 was, in whole, 49,181.
In 1868 the number was 42,115, besides 13,167 from the county,
and 3125 from Kincardineshire. If we set down each animal
slaughtered at 6 cwt., this would give a total of 17,500 tons;
or, deducting the town's consumption (say 2500 tons), 15,000
tons sent south for the year. Probably, however, tho