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Baltic. The quartern loaf this year was sold as high as 

 one shilling and ten pence halfpenny (Boyle). 



This season was favourable on the whole (Tooke). 



The memorable year of scarcity, in which some wheat 

 was sold as high as 25^. the bushel ; but towards autumn 

 it fell to nearly one-third of that price in consequence of 

 a bountiful harvest (Easton). 



1802 Wheat, 6gs. lod. per qr. ( Official Returns], 



Barley, 33^. ^d. ; oats, 2os. ^d. per qr. ; down wool, 

 2^\d. ; beef and mutton, $>\d. ; cheese, 6^- per Ib. 

 (Driver}. 



Favourable season. Average crops (Driver). 



July, wet and cold. Sharp frosts in June. Barley 

 crop very fine in Norfolk (Report). 



September 10. A beautiful lunar rainbow in Derby- 

 shire (Hone). 



Hot and dry August and September (Brumham). 



Total rainfall at Cathay, near Cardiff, 2277 in. 

 (Capper). 



January 21. A great storm at Manchester, Liverpool, 

 Chester, and Whitehaven. Aug. 18. A violent storm 

 throughout the north of England (Boyle). 



The weather not quite so favourable as in 1801, and 

 the produce not above an average (Tooke). 



1803 Wheat, 58*. lod. per qr. (Official Returns). 



Barley, 25$. qd.\ oats, 215. 6d. per qr. ; down wool, 

 22\d.\ beef and mutton, l\d. \ cheese, 6d. per Ib 

 (Driver). 



Average crops (Driver). Lincoln wool, is. per Ib. 



In April cutting nights. Wind in general northerly. 

 May, cold, dry, and sterile like October. June, cold and 

 wet. June, July, and August sharp frosts and white 

 rimes by night. September, warm and rainy. October, 

 foggy mornings, hot days and cold nights, succeeded by 

 a particularly mild winter. Wind almost constantly 

 west or south (Report). 



