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Quantities of British "Wheat Sold in the Towns from wlncli Picturns are 

 received under ttie Act of tiie 27th and 28th Yictoria, cap. 87 ; and their 

 Average Prices : in each of the last Six Months of the Yeara 1861-65. 



Average Pbices per Quarter. 



1861. 



1862. 



1863. 



1864. 



! s. d. s. J. 



Seventh month | 50 8 57 o 



Eighth month I 50 8 I 57 8 



Ninth month (five weeks) . . 54 7 56 i 



Tenth month I 56 10 49 5 



Eleventh month ! 59 10 | 49 o 



Twelfth month (^five weeks) ! 60 lo [46 8 



s. d. 



46 7 



46 2 



44 6 



40 10 



39 II 



40 9 



i 42 



! 43 



42 o 

 38 9 

 38 10 

 3« 3 



1865. 



s. d. 



42 10 



43 3 



44 o 

 41 10 



45 7 



46 8 



Average Prices per Quarter of Wheat, Barley and Oats in the Third and 

 Fourth Quarters of 1865. 



Third quarter 

 Fourth quarter 



■\Vbeat. 

 s. d. 



43 3 



44 10 



Barley. 

 S. d. 

 29 o 

 32 3 



Oats. 



d. 



10 



Value of Wheat Imported in each of the Twelve Years, 1854-65. 



1854 

 1855 

 1856 

 1857 



11,693,737 

 9,679,578 



12,716,349 

 9,563,099 



1859 

 i860 



■ • 9,050,467 



,. 8,713,532 



.. 16,554,083 



,. 19,051,464 



The payment for wheat in 1865 was below that of any year in 1S60-64; not 

 equal to half of the payment in 1862. 



1862 



1864 

 1865 



23,203,800 



12,015 ,oc6 



10,674,654 



9,775,6x6 



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