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Average Pkices of Bkitish Cork per Quarter (imperial measure) as received 

 from the Inspectors and Officers of Excise according to the Act of 27tli 

 & 28th Victoria, caj). 87, in each of the Fifty-two Weeks of the 

 Year 1873. 



Note. — The system of preparing the Monthly Trade Accounts of the United 

 Kingdom has been altered since the commencement of the year 1871, with the 

 view of providing earlier and more accurate information. 



The quantities of articles imported are now taken from the " Importers' 

 Entries," instead of from the " Landing Accounts," which are not completed 

 until a much later date : the figures given for the Imports in January, 1871, will 

 not, therefore, compare with those given for the months of January, 1869 and 

 1870 — the former showing the complete Importations of the month, and the latter 

 only the Returns of the Landing Accounts so far as received within the month, 

 by which method the last seven to ten days' Importations of the month were 

 excluded. So great a divergence will not occur in subsequent months. 



The Import Account for the mouth of December, 1871, will in many cases- 

 exhibit a considerable deficiency when compared with the month of December in 



