THE PRICE OF WHEAT 157 
TABLE XXII. 
EUROPEAN WEEKLY DISTRIBUTION OR DELIVERIES TO 
CONSUMPTION OF IMPORTED WHEAT. 
(In thousands of quarters.) 
1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 
Weekly During to to to to to to to 
1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 
August wee -.-| 98811,068] 998 | 1,183 | 1,095 | 1,420 | 1,249 
September ..-| 1,240 | 1,160 | 1,820 | 1,534 | 1,058 | 1,425 | 1,488 
October... «--| 1,273 } 1,128 | 1,514 | 1,519 | 1,275 | 1,480 | 1,510 
November ... -+.| 1,070 | 1,127 | 1,520 | 1,430 | 1,013 | 1,500 | 1,478 
December ... «| 823] 948} 1,208 | 1,473 | 1,044 | 1,814 | 1,437 
January ... ...| 870] 7386) 908|1,244] 905 | 1,125) 1,180 
February ... | 754] 742) 820] 994] 818] 1,136) 1,165 
March aie «++| 1,044 | 1,041 | 1,027 | 1,124] 818) 1,277 | 1,093 
April ws ««.| 1,014 | 1,200 | 1,200 | 1,647 | 1,146 | 1,523 | 1,371 
May aes --.| 1,229 | 1,100 | 1,160 | 1,677 | 1,074 | 1,594 | 1,530 
June eee ...| 1,152 | 1,281 | 1,294 | 1,583 | 1,930 | 1,720 
July ne | 793] 1,087 | 956 | 1,434 | 1,330 | 1,354 
Average for 52 
Weeks = \ 1,000 | 1,034 | 1,162 | 1,400 | 1,122 | 1,400 
Note.—During the period from August, 1913, calendar 
months were taken, and careful allowance was made for the 
varying duration in calendar months, whereas, formerly, periods 
of four or five weeks were taken. 
But while it is necessary to note the change in the method 
of compilation, the result is not appreciably affected, and the 
statistics are comparable. 
7. Price of English Wheat.* 
In normal times the price of English wheat, as 
explained above, should not show violent fluctuations. 
From the commencement of the Napoleonic Wars until 
the middle of last century, price fluctuated over very 
wide ranges throughout, with few exceptions. In 1790, 
the monthly average Gazette price was 6s. 6d. per bushel, 
and during the next twenty-five years violent variations 
in price were registered. Rising from 9s. 10d. in 1796, 
to 14s. 11d. in 1801, after a temporary fall in 1798, price 
reached the fabulous figure of 15s. 10d. in 1812. Fluctu- 
ations continued almost without cessation on a violent 
scale until after the middle of the century; but the 
*For index numbers of the prices of English and New Zealand 
wheat see Table XXXVIII. Appendix I. 
