Dec. 1894.] 



STATISTICAL TABLES. 



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II. — Corn Prices : — Engl.vnd and Wales. 



Average Prices of British Corn per Quarter of 8 imperial 

 bushels,"^ computed from the Weekly Averages of Corn 

 Returns from the 196 Returning Markets, pursuant to the 

 Corn Returns Act, 1 882, together with the Quantities 

 returned as sold at such Markets, in the under-noted periods 

 of the Years 1894, 1893, and 1892. 



1 

 1 



Quarter Eistded. j 



Prices. 



Quantities. 



1894. 



1893. 



1892. 



1894. 



1893. 



1892. 



Wheat. 



Lady Day 

 Midsummer - 

 Michaelmas - 

 Christmas 



s. d. 



25 1 

 24 4 

 22 11 



s. d. 



25 7 



26 2 



26 4 



27 2 



s. d. 



33 8 

 30 11 

 29 3 

 27 5 



f 



Quarters. 

 613,313 

 429,451 

 313,288 



Quarters. 

 708,986 

 674,704 

 577,112 

 659,258 



Quarters. 

 834,939 

 785,022 

 609,916 

 823,002 



Barley . 



Lady Day 



Midsummer - - j 

 Michaelmas - 

 Christmas 



28 1 

 25 2 

 22 1 



25 2 

 24 0 

 24 1 

 29 1 



28 5 671,620 



25 6 40,863 

 24 3 1 95,121 



26 5 — 



1,092,457 

 104,155 

 248,829 



1,920,615 



1,191,530 

 116,801 

 42,060 

 2,143,243 



Oats. 



j 



Lady Day 

 Midsummer - 

 Michaelmas - 

 Christmas 



18 1 

 18 7 

 17 11 



17 7 

 19 5 

 19 9 



18 1 



20 3 



21 1 

 20 10 

 17 6 



193,922 

 61,862 

 70,824 



201,572 

 75,457 

 99,899 



198,594 



180,600 

 55,605 

 34,898 



221,063 



* Section 8 of the Cora Returns Act, 1882, provides that where returns of purchases 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. 



II.— Corn Prices: — Harvest Year. 



Average Prices of British Corn per Quarter of 8 imperial 

 bushels, computed from the Weekly Averages of Corn 

 Returns from the 196 Returning Markets, together with 

 the Quantities returned as sold at such Markets during 

 each of the Harvest Years ending 31st August 1890 to 

 1894 



Harvest Years. 



Prices. 



! 



Quantities. 



Wheat. 



Barley. 



Oats. 



Wheat. 



Barley. 



Oats. 



1889- 90 " 



1890- 91 - 



1891- 92 - 



1892- 93 - 



1893- 94 - 



s. d. 

 31 2 

 35 5 

 33 4 

 26 8 

 25 5 



s. d. 



28 10 

 28 0 

 27 2 

 24 10 

 26 5 



s. d. 



18 6 j 



19 1 



20 8 

 18 9 

 18 4 



Quaj'fers. 

 3,289,806 

 3,496,788 

 3.267,038 

 2,676,227 

 2,087,062 



Quarters. 

 3,281,141 

 3,659,382 

 3,260,327 

 3,383,09 i 

 2,876,977 



Qtoarters. 

 558,053 

 602,887 

 488,830 

 547,412 

 542,425 



H 2 



