DECLINE OF LANDOWNING FARMERS 



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We are fortunate in having the minutes of the evidence given 

 before the Select Committee on Agriculture, during this period, 



1 Tooke, History of Prices, Vol. I, p. 5. Also, The Report of the Select 

 Committee on Agriculture, for the year 1833, p. xii, from which the following 

 table is taken : 



THE PRICE OF WHEAT, PER QUARTER, FROM 1797 TO 1833 



Annual Average of the 

 Kingdom 



797 

 798 



799 

 800 

 801 

 802 

 803 

 804 

 805 

 806 

 807 

 808 

 809 

 810 

 811 

 812 



813 

 814 

 8.5 

 816 

 817 

 818 

 819 

 820 

 821 

 822 



823 

 824 

 825 

 826 

 827 

 828 

 829 

 830 

 83' 

 832 

 833 



Average 



50 4 



66 II 

 1 10 5 

 1 15 II 



67 9 



57 I 



60 5 



87 I 



76 9 



73 I 

 78 II 



94 5 



'03 3 



92 5 



122 8 



106 6 



72 I 



63 8 



76 2 



94 

 S3 8 



72 3 

 6; 10 



54 

 43 



5 

 3 



51 9 

 62 



66 6 

 56 II 

 56 9 



60 

 66 

 64 

 66 



58 8 

 53 I 



S-Year 

 Averages 



s. d. 



79 



699 



88 5 



74 



561 



61 8 



Highest and Lowest Prices in the 5 Years 



Date of highest price Date of lowest price 



21, March, 1801 

 154 s. I d. 



17, August, 1805 

 97 s. 8d. 



9, June, 18 10 

 1 14s. lod. 



8, August, 1812 

 150S. 3d. 



28, June, 1817 

 112 s. 7d. 



25, June, 1825 

 69 s. 5d. 



14, November, 1828 

 76 s. 7d. 



25, March, 1797 

 47 s. II d. 



3, March, 1804 

 49s. 



14, November, 1807 

 65s. 7d. 



13, January, 1816 

 53s. id. 



29, December, 182 1 

 46s. 2d. 



26, October, 1S22 

 38s. id. 



19, October, 1832 

 51s. 3d. 



