ON THE PRICE OF GRAIN. 2,6$ 



1561-2. Prices are still rising. At King's College, from which a 

 few entries are derived, the average is lower than the price of the 

 single entry in the previous year, 13$. iof</. At Oxford, however, 

 the average is i6s. 8d. against the general average, i%s. 8d. A single 

 entry of barley at Oxford, and another of malt at Cambridge, gives 

 low prices for these products. The Derby accounts deal with wheat, 

 barley, and oats, or rather oatmalt, in an unintelligible measure, a 

 quarter of 16 windles, which seems to be equivalent, or nearly 

 equivalent, to a chaldron. On such a calculation the prices by the 

 common quarter would be 1 *js. 4^., 1 3^. 6d., and 4 s. gd., prices which 

 closely correspond with some of the averages. The Wardrobe price 

 of oats is high. Beans are dear at Oxford. 



1562-3. Prices are falling generally, but wheat is dearer at 

 Cambridge, some purchases of red and white wheat being made at 

 24$., and the average being 15,?. 8^d. But it is cheap at Oxford, 

 8s. lo^d. on an average. Some wheat called grey is sold at a low 

 price at Cambridge. Barley is at a fair price in Oxford. Malt is 

 dear in Cambridge. Oats are at the price which is now become 

 almost steady. Beans are dear. Peas are wanting in the accounts. 



1 5 6 3-4- Prices are much higher, especially in Oxford. The 

 average price of wheat purchased by Magdalen College is 23*. 4^., 

 nearly treble that of the previous year. The Cambridge average is 

 lower. Wheat is also dear at Basingstoke in Hampshire, where it is 

 sold at an average of 25^. gd., the general average being 19.?. \d. 

 Four quarters are actually purchased at Magdalen for 50^. the 

 quarter, a price wholly unprecedented. Barley at Oxford bears a fair 

 proportion to wheat, and malt at Cambridge corresponds to local 

 prices. Oats are dearer. Beans at Oxford reach a very high price, 

 while peas at Cambridge are comparatively cheap. 



1 5 6 4-5. Wheat has again fallen in price. Some grain is pur- 

 chased at dear rates by Pembroke College, and the average in this 

 corporation is 15^. \\\d. King's College buys a considerable 

 quantity at los. ^d. Magdalen College, Oxford, gets supplied at 

 an average of 9.$-. lof </., the general average being los. io\d. There 

 is an entry of barley and another of malt at Oxford, the price of the 

 latter being abnormally high. Oats are cheaper. Beans are not 

 found. Peas are cheaper at Cambridge. 



1 565-6. Wheat is a little cheaper, though prices are rather high 



Cambridge, and rise generally towards the end of the year. The 

 [agdalen College average is 10^., prices rising from 6s. 8d., at 

 /hich the first entries are made, to lyj. ^d. towards the conclusion of 



