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PRICES OF MEAT, CORN, ETC. 



[.Time 1896. 



II. — Corn Prices: — Imported Wheat. 

 Average Value per Imperial Quarter of Wheat Imported 

 into the United Kingdom from the under-mentioned 

 Fore ign Countries and British Possessions in the Fourth 

 Quarter of 1895, and in the First Quarter of 1896. 







Average Value per Imperial Quarter. 



Countries from which 



Exported. 











Fourth Quarter, 



First Quarter, 







1895. 



1890. 







s. 



d. 



6'. 



d. 



Argentine Republic 





21 



11 



26 



1 



Chile 





26 



3 



25 



11 



RoUMANIA 





23 



0 



23 



10 



Russia - 





22 



9 



24 



5 



Turkey - 





21 



6 



23 



7 



United States of America [ p£Jj j}* lc 



24 



25 



7 



3 



25 

 26 



6 

 9 



Australasia - 





24 



11 



27 



5 



India, British 





23 



2 



24 



5 



North America, British 





25 



6 



25 



5 



ii. — Corn Prices: — Belgium, France, and England. 



Average Prices of Wheat, Barley, and Oats per Imperial 

 Quarter in Belgium, France, and England in the first 

 four months of 1896. 



Month. 



Belgium. 



France. 



England. 



Wheat. 



January 

 February 

 March 

 April 



1893. 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 25 6 



Per Qr. 



s. d. 

 30 4 

 30 6 

 30 6 

 30 6 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 



25 7 



26 2 

 25 2 

 24 10 



Barley. 



January 

 February 

 March 

 April 



1896. 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 20 6 



Per Qr. 

 d. 



19 9 

 19 10 

 19 9 

 19 10 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 23 3 0 

 22 2 

 21 3 

 21 10 



Oats. 













January 

 February 

 March 

 April 



1896. 



Per Qr. 



s. (I. 

 16 1 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 17 3 

 17 4 

 17 3 

 17 7 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 13 10 

 13 11 

 13 7 

 13 6 



Note. — The prices of Belgian grain are the official monthly averages published in 

 the Moniteur Beige. The prices of French grain have been compiled from the 

 official weekly averages published in the Journal d* Agriculture pratique. The 

 prices of British grain are official averages based on the weekly returns furnished 

 under the Corn Returns Act, 1882. 



