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PRICES OF MEAT, CORN, ETC. 



[June 1896. 



ii. — Corn Prices : — 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 1896, 1895, and 1894. 



Quarter Ended. 



J 



Prices. 



Quantities. 



1896. 



1895. 



1894. 



1896. 



1895. 



1894. 



Wheat. 



Lady Day 



s. d. 



25 8 



s. d. 

 20 1 



s. d. 



25 1 



Quarters. 

 448,046 



Quarters. 

 652,874 



Quarters. 

 613,313 



Midsummer - 





23 1 



24 4 





496,615 



429,450 



Michaelmas - 





23 11 



22 11 





361,223 



313,288 



Christmas 





25 1 



19 2 





417,671 



600,773 



Barley. 



Lady Day 



s. d. 



22 5 



s. d. 



21 6 



s. d. 



28 1 



Quarters. 

 955,902 



Quarters. 

 1,035,588 



Quarters. 

 671,620 



Midsummer - 





20 3 



25 2 





79,936 



40,863 



Michaelmas - 





21 3 



22 1 





141,985 



95,121 



Christmas 





24 10 



22 7 





2,169,067 



1,921,744 



Oats. 



Lady Day 



s. d. 

 13 9 



s. d. 

 13 9 



s. d. 

 18 1 



Quarters. 

 259,564 



Quarters. 

 250,838 



Quarters. 

 193,922 



Midsummer - 





15 2 



18 7 





111,424 



61,862 



Michaelmas - 





15 1 



17 11 





88,312 



70,824 



Christmas 





13 10 



13 10 





215,365 



239,139 



* Section 8 of the Corn 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 everv bushel 

 of barley, and 39 imperial pounds for every bushel of oats. 



