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PElCES IN ENGLAND AND WALES IN PRESENT WAR * 



Table 31, for England and wales, sliows a gradual rise iii average 

 prioes (witli variations) for each montli, of wbeat, barley and oats per 

 imperial qnarter from August 1914 near the beginning of the war to 

 tbe end of the year 1915. The price of wheathas advanced the most 

 of these staples being as much as fifty per cent for the year 1915, as 

 will be seen from the last line of the table, where the increaseforthe 

 years are given. 



TABLE 31. -^ Average Prices in shillings and pence in England and Wales 



Januarj . 

 February 

 March ... 

 April .... 

 May ..... 

 June. .... 



J"iy 



August . . 

 September 

 October . . 

 November 

 December 



The year. 



47 9 

 47 9 



37 4 



That the prices of these staples have not varied greatly in years 

 of peace (1910-1913) though increasing some, will be seen in table 32. 

 The sudden rise in 1915 clearly indicates te effect of the war. 



Statistical Áhsfract for the United Eingdom, page 309, London, 1917. 



