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is made at Lullington at 8s., and another sale at a doubtful place 

 reaches 9-$-. \d. Barley is cheaper than in the previous year. Oats, 

 too, are sold at lower rates. The evidence about rye is scanty. 

 Beans are dearer, but peas and vetches are low. 



1360. The evidence of the same character. Wheat has slightly 

 risen on the whole, though lower in some places than in the previous 

 year. At Lullington the sale is at 7-r. It stands at 6s. 8d. in several 

 places, as at Apuldrum in Sussex, at Oxford, at Staundon in Herts, 

 at Finchale in Durham, Tarente in Dorset, and Troy in Glamorgan 

 or Monmouthshire, some of the sales being considerable. Barley is 

 also slightly affected, but presents a similar uniformity. Oats are 

 rather dearer. Rye follows wheat, considerable evidence being 

 supplied. Beans, &c. are dearer. 



1361. The evidence is scanty and of rather difficult interpreta- 

 tion. Generally prices of wheat are considerably lower, large sales 

 taking place at Elham, Wolrichston, and Lullington. But there are 

 certain entries of malt in four kinds from Clare Castle, the rates of 

 which are exceedingly high. This is especially the case with barley 

 and oat malt. These entries of wheat and oats being so exceptional 

 are omitted from the average. Barley is rather high ; the Lullington, 

 Elham, and Market Overton rates being equal to that of wheat. Oats 

 are dear, and the Market Overton account states expressly that the 

 high prices were due to scarcity. Rye is low, but there are only two 

 localities which supply information. The evidence about beans, &c. 

 is slight, but prices appear to have been high. 



1362. The evidence is more abundant. Wheat prices are much 

 higher. It is clear that prices rose with the summer from anticipa- 

 tion of scanty harvests. At Apuldrum wheat reached ys. 4^., and 

 the Lullington sales were at 9.?. At Harlaxton, near Grantham, it 

 touched 1 3 s. ; this price having been given for a small quantity of 

 new wheat. Barley participates in the rise. The Oxford sales are 

 large. There are again malt sales from Clare, but the rate is not 

 so excessive as in the previous year. Oats are still dearer. Rye is 

 rather low. Beans, &c. are very dear. 



1363. The evidence is scanty, but sufficient. Wheat prices are 

 very high throughout the country, the lowest rate having been 

 realized at Farley. The Lullington sale is at Ss. Sd., near upon the 

 general average. Though the Elham rates are undated, they seem 

 to have been continuous, and therefore to suggest clearly the course 

 of the market. Barley is not so high, and very uniform. The Elham 

 sales are very instructive. Oats are sold at very various prices. Rye 



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