June 1896.] 



PRICES OF MEAT, CORN, ETC. 



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ii. — Corn Prices : — London, Paris, Berlin. 



Average of Wheat, Barley, and Oats per Imperial Quarter 

 at the under-mentioned Markets in the first four months 

 of 1896. 



Month. 



London. 



Paris. 



Berlin. 



Wheat. 





1896. 



Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 



1 



Per Qr. 









s. d. 



s. d. 





s. d. 





January- 





27 1 



30 9 





32 0 





February 





26 10 



30 6 





34 1 





March 





25 5 



30 6 





34 1 





April 





25 3 



30 6 



i 



34 4 





Barley. 





1896. 



Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 





Per Qr. 









s. d. 



s. d. 



s. 



d. s. 



d. 



January 





25 9 



19 6 



20 



6 to 22 



7 



February 





25 11 



19 1 



20 



6 „22 



9 



March 





26 8 



19 1 



20 



6 „22 



9 



April 





25 3 



19 8 



20 



4 „22 



9 



Oats. 





1896. 



^ PerQr. 



Per Qr. 





Per Qr. 









s. d. 



s. d. 





s. d. 





January 





15 3 



17 9 





17 0 





February 





15 6 



17 1 





16 10 





March 





15 3 



17 0 





16 10 





April 





14 7 



17 7 





16 9 





Note. — The London quotation represents the price of British corn as returned 

 under the Corn Returns Act, 1882 ; the price of grain in Paris is the official average 

 price of French wheat in that city ; the quotations shown for Berlin represent the 

 prices of grain of good merchantable quality. 



