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MAIZE 



CHAP. The following table is useful for ready reference : — 



XII. 



Table LXXII. 

 TO CHANGE PRICES PER QUARTER TO PRICES PER MUID. 



493. Changing Prices per 1,000 Kilograms to Prices per 

 Muid. — Maize is usually quoted on the continental market at 

 so many marks per 1,000 kilograms. The English sterling 

 value of a mark is 1 1 '75d. ; a kilogram equals 2-20462 lbs. 

 avoirdupois, therefore 1,000 kilograms equals 2,204-62 lbs. or 

 1 1 muids 4i- lbs. For conversion table see Table LXXIII. 



494. Market Reports. — The position of the local South 

 African maize markets can be gleaned from the pages of the 

 Union Agricultural Journal, issued monthly, free in South 

 Africa, from the Government Printing Works, Pretoria. 



Among the papers which report the oversea market 

 are : — 



George Broomhall's Corn Trade News (Liverpool). 

 The Corn Trade News (Mark Lane, London). 



