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week after the Epiphany, to give in upon oath the 

 average price of a bufhel or quarter of wheat, on 

 each market-day, in the feveral months of October, 

 November, and December. In thefe months farm- 

 ers generally threfh out great part of their grain, 

 particularly wheat : for as to oats and barley, they 

 generally contrive to threfh, fo as for the ftraw to 

 be given frefh to their cattle, when the grafs is 

 gone, and they live in the farm-yard. The feflions 

 being fo foon after, the jury, or any perfons who 

 attend the court, will have an opportunity of ob- 

 ferving, whilft the market-prices are frefh in their 

 memory, whether the average is a fair one. The 

 average price of each market-day in thofe months 

 being known, the whole may be added together, 

 and being divided by the number of market-days, 

 will give the average price of wheat the preceding 

 year, in each market refpectively. 



Suppofe the markets for regulating the prices of 

 wheat, in Wiltfhire, are, Salifbury, Marlborough, 

 Devizes, and Warminfter; ancl that the average 

 price of wheat found as aforefaid is, 



At Salifbury 052 

 A A Li r thorough 5 o 



£. s. J. 

 At Devizes -054 

 At Warminfter 056 



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