ON THE PRICE OF GRAIN. 22$ 



is 225. The Winchester grants are at 19.?., the purchases are 

 at 195-. gd., while the rents are at 19^. $d. Oats are at a full 

 price at Biggin, but are cheap at Cambridge, only 8s. gd. on an 

 average. But they are I2S. gd. on the Winchester purchases. 

 Oatmeal is a fraction cheaper. No peas have been found. But 

 beans come from four localities, and the price is fairly uniform 

 and quite proportionate. In all cases throughout this year, the general 

 average, both that derived from the locality and that derived from the 

 aggregate of localities, is heightened by Michaelmas prices, for the 

 farmers or the public had not interpreted the amount of the home 

 supply. 



1680-1. All grain prices are slightly higher. The Cambridge 

 corn rents give an average of 415. i\d., while the bakehouse purchases, 

 made in the spring, are at 34*. Sd. The Eton corn rents are at 

 45,$-. Sd., the purchases at 42^. The Oxford corn rents are at 42^. 8</. 

 The Portsmouth assise is the cheapest: taken on the first of 

 October and the first of April, it is at 34*. The Winchester grants 

 are at 40^., and the purchases at the same rate : the rents are also 

 at 40J. The highest price of the year is at Midsummer. The Cam- 

 bridge malt average is iSs. $$d. ; that of Eton is 2 is. g\d. ; of the pur- 

 chases, the same rate. The Oxford average is 19^. 4</. The Win- 

 chester grants are high, at 27*., the purchases at 2is. 2\d. The 

 rents are at 24*. iod., the dearest of the series, owing to the high 

 rate at Midsummer, some scare at this time having it seems been 

 general. Oats are cheap in the Eastern Counties and dear at Win- 

 chester, the only two districts from which prices are supplied, though 

 the Winchester oat rent is not high. Beans are a little dearer, but 

 peas are cheap. 



1 68 1-2. There is a fall in the price of wheat, but all other kinds 

 of grain are dearer. The wheat rents at Cambridge give an average 

 of 32J. 3</., while the bakehouse purchases, in April and May, are at 

 31*. id. The Eton rate, 45*. 4</., is high; and the purchases, made at 

 361. id., seem to imply that the general quality of the harvest was 

 inferior, the quantity abundant The Oxford average is 401. 4</., ami 

 flour is cheap. The Portsmouth assise has been preserved for April 

 at 30*. The Winchester grants are at 45*. 4</., the purchases at 38*. ; 

 while the averages of the rents are at 35*. n}</., the bakehouse, ap- 

 parently, not having purchased prudently. The Cambridge average 

 of malt rents is 2is. 7$</., that of Eton is 28*., while the purchases are 

 at 271. The Oxford average is unchanged through the year at 261. 

 The Winchester grants are at 24*., the purchases at 27*. oj</., the rents 



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