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not so much as prices ; thus in the last seventeen years the 

 lowest average price was los. 2\d., and the highest average 

 price was i is. lod. a quintal, 1 and by an odd coincidence 

 the lowest price was current when the export was least (1897), 

 and the highest price when the export was most (1906). 



QUINTALS OF ANNUM. EXPORTS OF COD x icoo 



1811-20 1821-50 1851-90 1891-1906 1907-8 

 Minimum catch 711 726 688 947 



Maximum catch 1086 1175 1392 i4 Sl 



Average 921 875 1016 1331 1509 



N.B. Where returns are wanting, e.g. in 1818 and 1892, and in 

 several years between 1821 and 1840, decennial averages have 

 been taken from available returns. 



AUTHORITIES 

 See end of Chapters VIII and X. 



1 Comp. ante, p. 155. 



