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COEX : Importations, Sales, and Prices. 



Quantities of Wheat, Wheatmeal and Flour, Barley, Oats, Peas and 

 Beans, Imported into the United Kingdom in the Year 1873. 



1873. 



Wheat 



Wheatmeal 

 and Flour. 



Barley. 



Oats. 



Peas. 



Beans. 



January 



February 



March 



Ai)ril 



May 



June 



In first Six 



cwts. 



3,952,570 

 3,184,340 

 2,820,809 



2,338,370 

 2,903,904 

 3,451,275 



first Six) o , .,0 

 Months I 18^65^^ 



July.. 

 Augiist . . 

 September 

 October .. 

 November 

 December 



4,850,564 

 4,242,303 

 3,015,270 

 4,514,103 

 3,969,900 

 4,508,222 



cwts. 



684,371 

 674,191 



645,971 

 448,475 

 468,373 

 472,613 



3,393,994 



509,358 



365,444 

 380,288 

 510,011 

 422,212 

 622,953 



cwts. 



1,260,075 



1,023,944 



1,192,149 



866,506 



832,209 



269,950 



cwts. 



506,771 

 658,526 

 794,951 



836,446 

 1,283,460 



1,424,937 



cwts. 



72,612 



60,607 



85,674 



126,080 



161,675 

 187,495 



5,444,833 



398,829 

 319,006 



635,239 

 888,179 

 691,681 

 854,718 



5,505,091 



2,026,873 



1,284,938 



831,992 



479,603 

 787-739 



1,006,500 



694,143 



75,860 



95,895 



114,564 



52,970 



58,261 



119,375 



cwts. 



230,429 



210,152 



263,175 



186,679 



283,530 



204,642 



1,378,607 



146,327 

 360,546 



288,323 

 331,561 

 176,473 



294,663 



^^^Jontlfg^} 25,100,362 2,810,266 3,787,652 i 6,417.645 : 516,925 |i, 597. 893 



Year .. 43,751,630 6,204,260 19,232,485 



I I 



11,922,736 1,211,068 2,976,500 



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Note. — The average weights per quarter of com, as adopted in the office of the 

 Inspector-General of Imports and Exports, are as follows : — For wheat, 485^ lbs., 

 or 41 cwts. ; for barley, 400 lbs., or 3| cwts. ; for oats, 308 lbs., or 2f cwts. Corn 

 has been entered and charged with duty by weiglU instead of measure since Sep- 

 tember, 1864. 



Computed Real Value of Corn Imported into the United Kingdom in each 

 of the Five Years, 1869-73. 



1869. 



1870. 



1871. 



1872. 



1873. 



Wheat 19,515,758 



Barley 



Oats 



Maize 



Other kinds .. 

 Wheat Flour . . 

 Other kinds of Flour 



Total of Com .. 



3,379,775 

 3,340,494 

 5.935,665 

 1,376,087 



3,792,939 

 6,640 



16,264,027 23,345.630 

 2,831,844 3,407,425 



4,381,607 

 5,790,550 

 1,498,043 

 3,383,751 

 19,822 



4,141 ,68; 



6,470,789 



1,729,048 



3,502,784 



10, 712 



37,347,358 I 34,169,644 42,403,575 



26,046,876 



6,194,155 

 4,212,086 

 8,696,362 



1,747,073 



4,092,189 



9.883 



28,446,689 

 4,oro,344 

 4,804,118 

 6,621,720 

 1,788,716 



5,839,197 

 10,570 



50,998,624! 51,521,354 



