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Prices of Corn. 



509 



Average Prices of British CoPn 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 1905, 1904, and 1903. 



Quarter Ended 



Prices. 



Quantities. 



1905. 



1904. 



1903. 



1905. 



1904. 



I906- 



Wheat. 



Lady Day 

 Midsummer ... 

 Michaelmas 

 Christmas 



s. d. 

 30 6 

 30 11 

 29 5 



s . d. 

 27 5 



27 1 



28 5 

 30 3 



s. d. 



25 2 



26 11 

 28 8 

 26 3 



Quarters. 

 483,158 

 292,455 

 626,360 



Quarters. 

 614,479 

 547,624 

 360,182 

 615,857 



Quarters. 

 694,912 

 639,441 

 307,834 

 654,536 



Barley. 





s. 



d. 



s. 



d. 



s. 



d. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Lady Day 



24 



11 



22 



4 



23 



5 



638,421 



895,030 



975,720 



Midsummer ... 



24 



7 



20 



5 



22 



2 



40,128 



79,2H 



98,961 



Michaelmas 



23 



4 



21 



7 



21 



6 



273,138 



180,629 



28,938 



Christmas 







24 



9 



23 



8 





2,282,306 



1,772,130 



Oats. 





s . 



d. 



s. 



d. 



s. 



d. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Lady Day 



16 



7 



16 



0 



16 



11 



368,984 



4:0,596 



372,119 



Midsummer ... 



18 



1 



16 



6 



18 



0 



131,912 



185,660 



188,528 



Michaelmas ... 



17 



5 



16 



10 



18 



0 



202.514 



237,239 



120,931 



Christmas 







15 



11 



15 



8 





473,021 



368,417 



* Section 8 of the Com 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. 



Corn Prices : — Harvest Year. 

 Average Prices of British Corn per Quarter of 8 Imperial Bushels computed 

 from the Weekly Averages of Corn Returns, together with the Quantities 

 returned as sold at the Returning Markets during each of the Harvest Years 

 ending 31st August, 1895 to 1905. 



Harvest 



Prices. 



Quantities. 





















Years. 



Wheat. 



Barley. 



Oats. 



Wheat. 



Barley. 



Oats. 





s. 



d. 



s. 



d. 



s. 



d. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



1894-95 



21 



5 



21 



5 



14 



8 



2,180,959 



3,136,415 



693,121 



1895-96 



24 



10 



22 



4 



14 



1 



1,640,943 



3,366,364 



672,547 



1896-97 



28 



8 



23 



2 



16 



9 



2,597,268 



3,200,612 



551,912 



1897-98 



3 A 



2 



26 



11 



18 



3 



2,534,224 



3,339,842 



599,666 



1898-99 



26 



0 



26 



1 



17 



3 



3,498,515 



3,629,760 



777,676 



1899-00 



26 



4 



25 



2 



\l 



4 



3,255,654 



3,355,24* 



722,859 



1900-01 



27 



1 



25 



0 





1 



2,463,341 



3,109,149 



684,056 



1901-02 



28 



4 



25 



11 



20 



4 



2,451,275 



3,176,599 



698,840 



1902-03 ... 



26 



5- 



23 



4 



17 



8 



2,386,017 



3,151,337 



1,104,660 



1903-04 



27 



2 



21 



10 



16 



4 



2,129,448 



2,780,473 



1,132,086 



1904-05 



30 



7 



24 



6 



17 



0 



1,746,927 



3,141,058 



1,178,154 



