IpO ON THE PRICE OF GRAIN. 



1279. Localities very numerous. The prices of wheat are very 

 various, but are generally low in the eastern counties. The highest 

 price is found in Oxfordshire. In Ireland prices are low, and, con- 

 sidering that new wheat was sold, the harvest was probably early. 

 Barley is moderate and drage cheap. Oats are low-priced, especi- 

 ally Irish. Beans are rather dear. 



1280. Information from the east, south, and west. Prices are 

 moderate, except in Ireland, where wheat and oats are very dear, 

 especially in the spring. Barley is abundant and cheap in almost 

 all places. Beans are dear. Peas and vetches moderate. 



1281. Information as before. Wheat rather high, especially in 

 the midland counties. Barley cheap. The Irish prices are low. 

 Beans rather high. Peas and vetches rather lower. 



1282. Information very general. Prices of wheat are high in 

 the summer, but very low in Ireland. Barley is generally cheap. 

 Oats are low. Beans, &c. are low on the whole, but vary con- 

 siderably. 



1283. Information from east, south, and midland counties. 

 Wheat, except in Ireland, high, reaching gs. %d. in Oxfordshire. 

 Barley rather cheap in proportion. Oats high. Some of the entries 

 of oats are taken from an account of travelling expenses, and re- 

 present inn charges. Peas are dear. 



1284. The localities are rather less numerous, but still scattered. 

 Prices are considerably lower, the highest being Irish. The dearest 

 rate in England is found in Kent. Barley is cheap. Oats are cheap, 

 except in Ireland. Beans, &c. are very low. 



1285. Information derived from the east, west, and south. Prices 

 rather rising. Irish wheat is rather high. The dearest English rate 

 is found in Wilts and near London. Barley is cheap. Oats, except 

 in Ireland, low. Beans, &c. moderate. 



1286. Localities numerous. Wheat low, except in Sussex and 

 Bristol : the highest price in spring. Irish wheat cheap. Barley 

 cheap. Oats low. Beans, <fcc. proportionate. Malt, however, is 

 dear. 



1287. The crop of this and the following year deserve particular 

 attention. The average price of wheat in this year is lower than 

 at any harvest in the period contained in these volumes. The evi- 

 dence, too, is wide, though it does not embrace any of the northern 

 counties. Irish prices, moreover, are very low. The rate appears 

 to have been lowest after the spring commenced, suggesting that 

 the prospects of the next harvest were uninterruptedly good. In 



