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Prices of Corn. 



Average Prices of British Corn per Quarter of 8 Imperial 

 Bushels,* computed from the Weekly Averages of Corn 

 Returns from the Returning Markets of ENGLAND AND 

 Wales, pursuant to the Corn Returns Act, 1882, together 

 with the QUANTITIES returned as sold at such Markets, in 

 the under-noted periods of the Years 1902, 1901, and 1900. 







Prices. 





Quantities. 



Quarter Ended 

















1902. 



1901. 



1900. 



1902. 



1 901. 



1900. 



Wheat. 





s. d. 



s. d. 



, I 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Lady Day 



27 3 



26 3 



25 11 



826,065 



744,Ol8 



868,378 



Midsummer ... 



29 10 



27 1 



25 9 



444>639 



547,737 



854,497 



Michaelmas ... 





26 11 







535,io9 



51 1,347 



Christmas 





26 7 



27 4 



_ 



778,686 



689,261 



Barley. 





s. d. 



, d. 



i 



s. d. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Lady Day- 



26 8 



25 3 



25 1 



669,250 



844,616 



888,949 



Midsummer ... 



25 6 



24 9 



24 3 



40,875 



53,408 



93,157 



Michaelmas ... 





24 0 



24 5 





236,164 



143,552 



Christmas 





26 8 



25 11 





2,235,441 



2,065,135 



Oats. 





s. d. 



s. d. 



i * 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Lady Day ... 



20 3 



17 6 



16 7 



239,048 



236,316 



246,949 



Midsummer ... 



22 1 



19 3 



18 2 j 



88,274 



81,172 



110,163 



Michaelmas ... 





18 7 



18 7 





131,023 



116,880 



Christmas ... 





18 4 



17 0 





265,703 



237,791 



* Section 8 of the Corn Returns Act, 1882, provides that where returns of pur- 

 chases of British Corn are made to the local inspector of Corn Returns in any other 

 measure than the imperial bushel or by weight or by a weighed measure, that officer 

 shall convert such returns into the imperial bushel, and in the case of weight or 

 weighed measure the conversion is to be made at the rate of 60 imperial pounds for 

 every bushel of wheat, 50 imperial pounds for every bushel of barley, and 39 imperial 

 pounds for every bushel of oats. 



