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is 50.$-. The Portsmouth assise in April, generally the cheapest time 

 of the year, is 38^. The Winchester grants are at 46,?. Sd., the pur- 

 chases at 43 s. Sd., the average of the rents being 42*. ioj</. Two 

 entries at Foxcomb give an average of 58 s. 5j</., the dearest price of 

 the year. Malt also has not fallen proportionately. The rent average 

 at Cambridge is 25*., at Eton 36 j. 5^., the purchases being made at 

 33.?., at Oxford 34^., the grants at Winchester being at 27*. 6d., the 

 purchases at 31*. 4</., and the rents at 30*. +d. -Some malt is sold at 

 Harting in November, the dearest time of the year, at 321. New 

 College buys at an average of 32 s. 6\d. Some seed barley is bought 

 at 30.?. Oats at Cambridge give an average of 13*. Sd., in Winchester 

 of 125. i\d. A large quantity is bought at los. in November at 

 Foxcomb, and another quantity in London at an average of 145". 

 At Eton, as usual, the price is high. Oatmeal is a fair price. Peas 

 and beans are rather dear, in some localities very dear. Vetches are 

 found at Foxcomb, and one at a moderate price. 



1700-1. The price of all kinds of grain falls considerably. The 

 Cambridge corn rents arc at an average of 29*. 4 J</., the bakehouse 

 purchases being effected in November at 26s. Sd. The Eton rents 

 are unchanged through me^year^a^S^, and the purchases are at 

 33*. $d. The Oxford , rents are^alsomicrianged, at^Gf. The Ports- 

 mouth assises in October and June give an average~oT^ 2 7 s. Besides 

 these, the price at Cuckfield is 27*. ; at Foxcomb, seed wheat is at 30^. 

 The Winchester grants are at 44^, the punJiases_at^^^g^the rents 

 at 36^. 5^</. The Cambridge malt rents give an average of 17*. *j\d. ; 

 the Eton rents an average of 27*. 4^., and the purchases are made at 

 241. id. The Oxford averagels"^., and New College buys between 

 October and March at 21*. $$d. The Winchester grants are at 22*., 

 the purchases at 22*. s\d., and the rents at 2 is. g\d. Oats are cheap 

 in Cambridge (9*. 6d.) and London ( 1 2 s.) ; at Eton they are dear, 1 7 s. 6d. ; 

 and at Winchester rather dear, 1 5*. &d., the Lady Day oat rent being 

 at 141. Peas are not found, and beans at Cambridge only, at igs. 



1701-2. A further considerable fall occurs. The Cambridge 

 wheat rent is at 231. ^d., and the bakehouse purchases at 2is. 4</. 

 The Eton average is 311. 8d., and the purchases at 27*. nd. The 

 Oxford average is 281., and that of the Portsmouth assise in October 

 and April is unchanged at 241. The Winchester grants are at 37*. 4</., 

 the purchases at 28*. 4\d., and the rents at 28*. g\d. Malt on the 

 whole is at last year's prices. The Cambridge rents give an average 

 .-,*. 8J</., but that of Eton is 26s. Sd., the purchases being made at 

 26s. 3</. The Oxford average is 225. Sd. The Winchester grants 



