March 1895.] 



STATISTICAL TABLES. 



383 



iL — Corn Peices : — Quarterly Averages. 



Average Prices of British Corn per Quarter of 8 imperial 

 bushels,* computed from the Weekly Averages of Corn 

 Returns from the 196 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 1894, 1893, and 1892. 



j 





Prices. 





Quantities. 



QuABTER Ended I 



1 















1894. 1 



1 



1893. 



1892. 



1894. 



1893. 



1892. 



Wbeat. 





s, d. 



*. d. 



s. d. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Lady Day 



25 1 



25 7 



33 8 



613,313 



708,986 



834,939 



Midsummer - 



24 4 



26 2 



30 11 



429,450 



674,704 



785,022 



Michaelmas - 



22 11 



26 4 



29 3 



313,288 



577,112 



609,916 



Christmas - . - 



19 2 



27 2 



27 5 



600,775 



659,258 



823,002 





















Barley. 











s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Lady Day 



28 1 



25 2 



28 5 



671.620 



1,002,457 



1,191,530 



Midsummer - 



25 2 



24 0 



25 6 



40,863 



104,155 



116,801 



Michaelmas - 



22 1 



24 1 



24 3 



93,121 



248,829 



42,060 



Christmas 



22 7 



i 



29 1 



26 5 



1,921,744 



1,920,615 



2,143,243 



Oats. 





s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Lady Day 



18 1 



17 7 



20 3 



193,922 



201,572 



180,600 



Midsummer - 



18 7 



19 5 



21 1 



61,862 



75,457 



55,605 



Michaelmas - 



17 11 



19 9 



20 10 



70,824 



99,899 



34,898 



Christmas 



13 10 



18 1 



17 6 



239,139 



198,594 



221,063 



* Section 8 of the Corn Returns Act, 1882, provides that where returns of purchases of British 

 Com 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. 



