214 ON THE PRICE OF GRAIN. 



rather higher near London. Barley, &c. are also enhanced, though 

 not to so great an extent. Oats are dearer. Rye is hardly propor- 

 tionate to wheat. Beans, 8cc. are not affected to the same extent as 

 other kinds of grain. 



1373. The evidence is somewhat scantier. Wheat prices are 

 considerably lower, and with one exception generally uniform. The 

 largest sales are at Wye and Lullington ; in the former at 6s. 8d., in 

 the latter at 6s. The same localities give the fullest evidence of 

 barley prices, which is 4.9. at Wye, and $s. nd. at Lullington. Oats 

 are moderate. Rye is very cheap, but the information is very slight. 

 Beans, &c. are decidedly low. 



1374. The information is considerable. Wheat prices are much 

 higher both north and south. The highest price in Durham is ns. t 

 near London uj. 6d. The rates, though fluctuating in the sUme 

 locality, are generally uniform. Barley does not rise to the same 

 extent as wheat, though the price is enhanced. Oats are propor- 

 tionate. The price of rye is hardly as high as one would expect. 

 Beans, &c. are dear, but are quite relative to other kinds of produce. 



1375. The information is large. Wheat, though not quite so dear 

 as before, is still high-priced, the fullest rates being found near 

 London. The market, however, is declining from the prospect of 

 the ensuing harvest, the average being higher than the produce 

 would have suggested in consequence of the high price of seed- 

 wheat. Barley follows wheat, though it is proportionately rather 

 high. Oats are at the rates of the previous years. Rye prices are 

 few, and very different in the localities found. Beans, &c. are 

 declining, though dear in some places. This year concludes a 

 remarkable series of fourteen dear years, during which the price 

 of wheat has in no case fallen to the average rate. 



1376. Though the evidence from this year becomes scanty in 

 quantity, it has the advantage of being derived year after year from 

 nearly the same localities. The price of wheat is considerably lower 

 than in previous years. Barley, too, participates in the reduction. 

 Oats are also much cheaper. Rye prices are supplied from one 

 place only, but the quotation gives no information of a practical 

 character. Beans, &c. are equally reduced. 



1377. Wheat prices are very low, lower indeed than they have 

 been for upwards of 30 years; the lowness of price, as far as the 

 evidence goes, being general. Barley is also very cheap, the largest 

 (Oxford and Wolrichston) sales being effected at 2s. 8</. and 2s. \d.. 

 respectively. Oats are not so low as might have been expected, but 



