ON THE PRICE OF GRAIN. 2,1 J 



year. Oats, too, are slightly dearer. Rye is still very cheap, and 

 beans, &c. are very low. 



T 395- Wheat prices are rising on the whole. Barley remains 

 very cheap. Oats are somewhat dearer. Rye is still low. Beans 

 are wanting. Peas and vetches are cheap. 



1396. A considerable rise takes place in wheat, espe'cially in the 

 neighbourhood of London. Barley is not, however, correspondingly 

 affected. Oats are a good deal dearer. Rye corresponds to wheat. 

 Peas and vetches are not equally raised. 



1397. Wheat prices are slightly lower, but still above the average. 

 The rates, however, are very uniform. Barley is dearer. Oats are 

 much higher. Rye follows wheat. Vetches are wanting. Beans 

 occur only once, and the evidence is not important. Peas are dear. 



1398. Wheat prices have fallen to the general average, rates 

 being very uniform. Barley is cheaper, and oats are much lower. 

 Rye follows wheat. Beans are wanting. Peas and vetches are low. 



1399. Wheat prices are slightly higher, the lowest prices being 

 found in the midland counties. Barley is also correspondingly 

 dearer. Oats are slightly raised. Rye corresponds to wheat. Beans 

 and peas are low. Vetches are wanting. 



1400. Wheat prices are high, especially in the midland and 

 western counties. Barley is also high. Rye is not so dear. Oats 

 are not much dearer than in the previous year. The rise takes 

 place in the spring and summer. Beans, &c. are correspondingly 

 enhanced. Grain was this year, on the whole, nearly as dear as 

 in 1390. 



During the whole period the following are years of famine, 

 the average price of wheat having risen above IGJ. the 

 quarter: 1315, 1316, 1321, 1351, 1369. Of these the price 

 was highest in 1316, lowest in 1351. 



It rose above 9*. in 1294 and 1370, and was within a small 

 fraction of 9*. in 1322. 



It rose above Ss. in 1293, 1 3 1 4, i35 3 J 3 6 3> J 3 6 7> *374 5 I 39- 



It rose to and above Js. 6d. in 1309, 1331, 1362, 1372 



J 375> HOO- 



It rose above js. in 1310, 1323, 1324, 1330, 1352, 1364. 



It rose above 6s. 6d. in 1271, 1274, 1283, 1295, 1308, 1329, 

 1346, 1347, 1357, 1366, 1368, 1371. 



