210 ON THE PRICE OF GRAIN. 



the price hardly varies. The highest rate reached is 7-y. Barley is 

 hardly as dear as the usual average, and the Elham sales are effected 

 at low rates. So also with those of Oxford, Wolrichston, and Wye. 

 Oats are cheaper than in the year before. Rye rises slightly, as also 

 do beans, &c. 



T 355- The information less in quantity. Wheat is decidedly 

 dearer, though subject to little fluctuations. It is higher in the 

 south-east near London, and Oxford, than in Bucks, Leicester, 

 and Warwick. Barley sustains a proportionate rise. Oats are 

 apparently dearer, in consequence of the introduction of certain 

 inn prices. Rye follows wheat. Beans, &c. participate in the 

 increase. 



1356. The evidence similar to that of the previous year. Wheat 

 on the whole rising, though not much above the past year. There 

 are no entries after Feb. in the Cuxham account, the rise up to this 

 time not having been important, from 5-r. 2d. to 6.?. The highest 

 price is found at Maldon in April, when it reached 8s., and at Greme- 

 shawe (Norf.), where the same point was reached. Barley is affected 

 in a similar way. With the exception of some seed at Boxley, where 

 the price was 6s., the highest rate is found at Maldon, 5.9. 8d. Oats 

 sustain a proportionate rise. Rye is not so fully affected in the 

 average as it probably was in fact. Beans, &c. are very much dearer, 

 vetches nearly reaching wheat prices. 



I 357 The evidence rather scanty, but widespread. Wheat is 

 still dearer, reaching gs. ^d., its highest price, in Bucks. At Cuxham, 

 at which manor the bailiff is after this year superseded for a tenant- 

 farmer, the price rises to 8.?. in May. Barley, however, is only 

 slightly affected, .and oats are slightly lower than in the previous 

 year. Rye rises proportionately. But beans, &c. fall to the natural 

 or usual proportion which subsists between them and other kinds of 

 grain. 



1358. The evidence is comparatively scanty. Prices of wheat, 

 however, are much lower than in the year before, and decrease 

 towards the summer. The highest quotations, with the exception 

 of some seed-wheat, are derived from Farley in Surrey, where we 

 have, no doubt, an illustration of London prices. In some localities 

 barley is very dear, the large sales at Ixmynge being effected at 6^. 8d. 

 Oats are rather dear. Rye is given from one locality only. Beans, 

 &c. are very low. 



1359. The evidence is more abundant. Prices of wheat are 

 slightly higher, though generally uniform. A large sale of wheat 



