DECLINE OF LANDOWNING FARMERS 



205 



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 



Average 



5-Year 

 Averages 



Highest and Lowest Prices in the 5 Years 



Date of highest price 



Date of lowest price 



797 

 798 



799 

 800 

 801 

 802 

 803 

 804 

 805 

 806 

 807 

 808 

 809 

 810 

 811 

 812 



813 

 814 



815 

 816 



817 

 81S 

 819 

 820 

 821 

 822 



823 

 824 

 825 

 826 

 827 

 82S 

 829 

 830 



831 

 832 



833 



s. d. 



52 2 



50 4 



66 11 

 1 10 5 

 115 11 



67 9 



3/ 



60 5 



87 



76 9 



78 11 



94 5 



103 3 



92 5 



106 



63 8 

 76 2 



94 

 83 8 



65 10 

 54 5 

 43 3 

 5 1 9 

 62 



66 6 

 56 1 1 

 56 9 

 60 5 

 66 3 



64 3 



66 4 



58 8 



53 1 



s. d. 



79 l 



69 9 



88 5 



88 



74 



^6 1 



61 8 



21, March, 1801 

 154 s. 1 d. 



17, August, 1805 

 97 s. 8d. 



9, June, 1S10 

 1 14 s. iod. 



8, August, 1812 

 1 50s. 3d. 



28, June, 1817 

 1 12 s. 7d. 



25, June, 1825 

 69 s. 5 d. 



14, November, 1S28 

 76 s. 7d. 



25, March, 1797 

 47s. 11 d. 



3, March, 1804 

 49s. 



14, November, 1S07 

 65 s. 7d. 



13, January, 1816 

 53s. id. 



29, December, 1S21 

 46s. 2 d. 



26, October, 1822 

 38s. 1 d. 



19, October, 1832 



51s. 3d. 



