ON THE PRICE OF GRAIN. 265 



In each column, the first entry denotes the price, the second 

 the number of entries from which the average has been 

 calculated, the third the number of localities which have 

 supplied the evidence. 



II. The second table contains the decennial and general 

 averages of all the above, except rye. The averages are two- 

 fold, one for the whole period, the other for the last hundred 

 years. 



III. The third table is a contrast between the wheat rents 

 at Cambridge (St. John's) and the purchases for the bake- 

 house. 



IV. The fourth is a similar calculation for Eton. 



V. The fifth is the averages from Houghton's collections, 

 the whole being divided into six districts. Here the first 

 entry in the column is the number of localities, the second 

 the average prices. 



VI. The sixth is a general average for the whole twelve 

 years in the various kinds of grain given by Houghton. 



VII. The seventh is that of the averages taken from 

 Houghton of the prices in the Home, Southern, and Eastern 

 districts. 



VIII. The eighth is of the averages of wheat and malt 

 from the four centres, Oxford, Cambridge, Winchester, and 

 Eton, during the last twelve years. 



, The following are the statistics of the first table : 



Evidence of wheat is given in 5692 entries from 556 localities. 

 barley 443 149 



malt 3278 490 



oats 1841 487 



oatmeal 330 154 



rye 135 37 



beans 477 213 



peas 788 225 



wheat-flour,, 284 no 



