566 



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 1903, 1902, and 1901, 









Prices. 







Quantities. 



Quarter Ended 





































1 





1903. 



1 



1902. 



j 1901. 



1903. 



1902. 



| 1901. 



1 



Wheat. 



Lady Day 



s. 

 25 



d, 



2 



s. 

 27 



d. 

 3 



s. 

 26 



d. 

 3 



Qttariers. 

 694,912 



Quariers. 

 826,066 



Quariers. 

 744,018 



Midsummer 



26 



1 1 



29 



10 



27 



1 



639,441 



444,639 



547,737 



Michaelmas ... 



28 



8 



30 



2 



26 



11 



1 ^7,834 



222,495 



535.109 



Christmas ... 



26 



3 



25 



0 



26 



7 



6^4o36 



754,737 



778,686 



Barley. 



Lady Day 



s. 



23 



d. 

 5 



s. 



26 



d. 

 8 



s. 



25 



a 7 . 

 3 



Quariers. 

 975,720 



Quarters. 

 669.251 



Quariers. 

 844,616 



Midsummer ... 



22 



2 



25 



6 



24 



9 



08,961 



40,875 



53,4o8 



Michaelmas ... 



21 



6 



25 



1 



24 



0 



28,938 



32,318 



236,164 



Christmas 



23 



8 



25 



5 



26 



8 ! 



I 5 772,I3 0 



2,040,980 



2,235,441 



Oats. 



Lady Day 



S. 

 16 



d. 

 11 



s. 



20 



d. 

 3 



17 



d. 



6 



Qttariers. 

 372,119 



Quarters. 

 239,048 



Quariers. 

 236,316 



Midsummer ... 



18 



0 



22 



1 



19 



3 



188,528 



88,274 



81,172 



Michaelmas ... 



18 



0 



21 



3 



18 



7 



120.931 



101,130 



131,023 



Christmas 



15 



8 



17 



0 



18 



4 



368,417 



402,833 



265,704 



* 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 ior 

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

 pounds fcr every bushel of oats. 



