ON THE PRICE OF HOPS. 297 



1650. A small quantity is purchased at a high price by Winchester, 

 and a large quantity at a very low one. The Winchester price in 

 this and in the next year, when it alone supplies information, only 

 varies slightly. 



1652. Eton prices are at a full average. 



1653. Eton prices are much higher, and Winchester are con- 

 siderably exalted. 



1654. There are three localities in this year. Eton and Win- 

 chester are at nearly the same price; Mounthall, which buys only 

 small quantities, gives an average of 173^. $d. 



1655. Four localities. Hops are very dear, at an average of 

 160^. 2d. at Eton, of 158*. at Horstead Keynes and Mounthall, of 

 129*. lod. at Winchester. 



1656. Hops are very dear, and almost at the same average price 

 in Eton and Winchester. 



1657. Most of the Eton purchases are at high prices, some, at 

 the later part of the year, are at much lower rates. The prices at 

 Horstead Keynes and Winchester are nearly identical, 73^. 4</. and 



75-r- 3^ 



1658. There is little difference between the Eton and Winchester 

 average. 



1659. The Eton entries are numerous, beginning with high and 

 ending with low prices. The Winchester average is low. 



1660. The average is generally low, as is also that of 1661 and 

 1662. 



1663. The early prices at Eton are high; but those of Win- 

 chester are much lower. In 1664 there is no material difference 

 between the two sources. 



1665. The prices are very high, higher at Winchester than at 

 Eton. 



1666. The Horstead Keynes entry is low. Winchester is up to 

 the average. Eton fails. 



1667-1671. For these five years low prices rule, and there is 

 no material difference in the two localities. 



1672. The entries from Eton are numerous, and the average is 

 high, 119*. 4</. At Winchester the price, though rather higher, is 

 little more than half that of Eton. 



1673. At Eton the price is high at first, and remains rather high. 

 At Winchester it is moderate. 



1 674-5. The price is high at both places. 



1676-1678. The price declines gradually. In the first year it 



