344 



Prices of Provitiotu. 



1771 



17H;> 



SALT. 



THE evidence of the price of Salt during the eighteenth century is not 

 very satisfactory. Nearly all the entries are drawn from the Cambridge 

 records, and the uniformity of the price after 1711, combined with the 

 regularity with which an almost equal amount is bought every quarter of 

 the year, forcibly suggests that the purchases were made by a contract 

 extending over a long period of time. The London prices are, of course, 

 taken from the market quotations in the newspapers. In the Brandsby 

 accounts alone we get an indication of the cost to the ordinary consumer. 



Unless otherwise given, the price is that of a quarter. 



1703 



1706 



1703. 



CAMBRIDOE. 

 1st quarter. 



and quarter. 



1.6 . . @ 567. 



3rd quarter. 



4th quarter. 



17O4. 



CAMBRIDC 

 1st quarter. 



and quarter. 

 1.6 . . 6 6/. 



$rd quarter. 

 1-5 @ 5/. 



4th quarter. 

 1.6 .. @ 5 6/. 



1705. 



CAMBRIDOE. 

 1st quarter. 



1.6 



2nd quarter. 



