102]. ANNUAL REGISTER, 1795. 
ce. 6. by which the assize of bread 
is regulated, is not efficient to the 
purpose of obtaining the true prices 
of all the wheat. and flower within 
the jurisdiction of the city of Lon- 
don ; and they propose that a pro- 
* per person collect from the meters 
office an account of all wheat de- 
livered for making bread, and de- 
mand of the different sellers of 
wheat, the price at which each pare 
cel was sold, the average price of 
the quantity delivered in a week, 
may become the return on which 
the assize of bread for the next week 
may be fixed, and that the price of 
ali flower delivered to bakers within 
the bills of mortality in a week be 
the average whereon to fix the 
assize of bread for the subsequent 
week. ‘This report was not at- 
tended to, because the assize is regu- 
lated by the price. of flour, not of 
wheat, amd the eflicacy of the mea- 
sure was doubtful. In the month of 
June, the usual quantity of wheat 
broughtinto the London market, fell 
_ off full one-half, and flour, as be- 
lieved, in the same proportion, 
The whole quantity of wheat that 
could be exported from the Baltic, 
was 200,000 quarters ; of which our 
governinent purchased 120,000 ; of 
the remaining $0,000, part would go 
to France direct, and part thither 
through Denmark. Very little ex- 
pectation of importation trom Ame- 
rica from the old harvest, and trom 
the new uone before November. 
The lords of the council met regu- 
Jarly every Wednesday from that 
tiine, received amounts of wheat 
and other grain imported or taken 
on board neutral or other vessels, 
and distributed to the best of their 
judgment to the different parts of 
the country that wanted it, many 
places being reduced to three or 
four days consumption. The lord- 
mayor and the city members at- 
tended with their plan of relieving 
their jurisdiction by subscription, as 
did the bakers company, to state the 
difficulty in setting the assize of 
standard wheaten bread, so as to 
make it answer to the bakers to 
sell it. By July 8, there bad ar- 
rived 22,000 quarters of foreign 
wheat ; 6000 were disposed of to 
the millers near London from, 82s. 
to 84s. per quarter, and one quarter 
at 86s. The disuse of hair-powder 
was deemed not-of sufficient conse- 
quence; itis made of starch, and 
sometimes of ground rice ; the quan- 
tity of starch so applied is about 
one-third ; very little starch is made 
at present. The soldiers used flower 
for powder. In consequence of a 
report from the attorney and so- 
licitor-general, and serjeant Adair, 
the lords of the council stated, that 
many difficulties had presented them- 
selves with respect to any measuré 
for fixing the assize of standard 
wheaten bread, contrary to that 
settled by the 13th of his present 
majesty, so as to induce the baker 
to sell it, so that they had come to 
no resolution thereon. — Subscrip- 
tions were therefore substituted. 
The lords were, however, clearly of 
opinion, that the lord-mayor and 
court of aldermen should set the as- 
size of standard wheaten bread, 
and that it should be publicly known 
that it 1s so set, agreeably to 31 
Geo. II. § 3. 
The whole quantity of wheat in 
hand, July 22, 64,340 quarters ; 
flour, 12,055 barrels. There being 
a disposition to stop corn and flour 
in their passage to different parts of 
the kingdom, the lords declare that 
there 
