( XVI ) 



THE PEIOE OF PROVISIONS. 



The AVERAGE Prices of Consols, of Wheat, Meat, and Potatoes ; also the averagk 

 Quantity of Wheat sold and imported weekly, iu each of the Nine Quarters 

 ending December 31st, 1858. 



Quarters 

 ending 



1856 

 Dec. 31 



1857 

 Mar. 31 



June 30 



Sept. 30 



Dec. 31 



1858 

 Mar. 31 



June 30 



Sept. 30 



Dec. 31 



Col. 



Average 



Price 



of 



Consols 



(for 

 Money), 



92i 



93i 

 93 i 



90J 

 89J 



97g 

 96^8 

 98J 



Average 



I'rice of 



Wlieat per 



Quarter 



iu 

 England 



and 

 Wales. 



S. d. 



63 4 



56 10 



56 9 



59 II 



52 o 



46 5 



44 I 



44 7 



41 9 



Wheat and 



Wheat Flour 



entered for 



Home 



■\Vheat sold 

 in the 290 

 Cities and 

 Townsin (. . 



England and ^^ Chief Ports 

 Wales malting ^^ ^,^^^^ 



Britain.* 



Returns.* 



Average number of 

 Quarters weekly. 



112,909 { 103, 32f 



102,433 



51,310 



107,850 ; 42,178 



92,156 



101,025 



55,384 

 95,587 



99,604 j 64,652 

 92,955 i 86,551 



Average Prices of 



Meat per lb. at Leadenhall 



and Newgate Markets 



(by the Carcase). 



Mutton. 



Potatoes 



(York Regents) 



per Ton 



at ^Vatcrside 



Market, 

 Southwark. 



3f r2.-6ft/. 4f J.— 6f^. 

 Mean 5 Jrf. ' Mean 5^0?. 



97,307 



*2,373 



110,437 I 54,413 



^Id.—^ld. I 

 Mean 5|d. 1 



Aid.-^U. i 

 Mean yld. j 



Mean 5^^. 



4j^.-6K 

 Mean 5^^^. 



4jrf.-6iJ. I 

 Mean ^\d. \ 



4i(/.— 6(i. 

 Mean i,\d. 



Ahd.-kid. 

 Mean 5^^. 



4^. — t^d. 

 Mean 5^^. 



^Id.-ild. 

 Mean d-^d. 



4f</.— 6|c/. 

 Mean 5 If/. 



4^t/.— 7rf. 

 Mean 5f(/. 



Ahd.— id. 

 Mean 5f(/. 



4frf.— 7d. 



Mean 5jrf. 



4^(/.— 6iJ. 

 Mean 5!^. 



\^d.-k^d. 

 Mean 5|«/. 



4irf.-6|rf. 

 Mean i\d. 



90s. — iios. 

 Mean iocs. 



loos. — 120S. 

 Mean iics. 



105s. — 150S. 

 Mean 12"] s.dd. 



95s. — 115s. 

 Mean 105 s. 



15OS. — 15 OS. 



• Mean 140s. 



130S. — 175s. 

 Meani52s.6rf. 



140S. — 185s. 

 Meani62s.6rf. 



65s. — 90*. 

 Mean 7 7s. 6c?. 



80s. — 95s. 

 Mean 87s. 6rf. 



* Note. — The total number of quarters of wheat sold in England and Wales for the 13 weeks end- 

 ing December 31st, 1856, was 1,467,810 ; for the 13 weeks ending March 31st, 1857, 1,331,623 ; 

 for the 13 weeks ending June 30th, 1857, 1,402,051 ; for the 13 weeks ending September 

 30th, 1857, 1,198,029; for the 13 weeks ending December 31st, 1857, 1,313,321 ; for the 

 13 weeks ending March 31st, 1858, 1,294,855; for the 13 weeks ending June 30th, 1858, 

 1,208,420; for the 13 weeks ending September 30th, 1858, 1,264,996 ; and for the 13 weeks 

 ending December 31st, 1858, 1,435,678. The total number of quarters entered for Home Con- 

 sumption was respectively, 1,446,588 (14 weeks) ; 667,027; 548,315; 719,992; 1,242,628; 

 840,475; 1,125,165; 1,070,845 ; and 707,367. 



