Sept. 1896.] BARLEY SUPPLY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. 119 



other country, the difference in one year having amounted to 

 as much as 16s. per quarter. The supply from Russia consti- 

 tutes so large a proportion of the total importation, that the 

 average value of barley imported from all sources cannot be 

 regarded as a satisfactory indication of the prices of the foreign 

 grain which comes into competition with English malting barley. 

 Some idea of the relative values of the various kinds of imported 

 barley may, however, be obtained from the following comparison 

 of the average value per quarter of 400 lbs. of this grain im- 

 ported from certain countries with the price of British barley as 

 ascertained under the Corn Returns Act : — 



Description. 



1888 



-90. 



1889 



-91. 



1890 



-92. 



1891 



-93. 



1892 



-94. 



1893 



-95. 





s. 



d. 



s. 



d. 



s. 



d. 



s. 



d. 



s. 



d. 



s. 



d. 



British barley 



27 



5 



27 



7 



27 



8 



26 



8 



25 



5 



24 



0 



Imported bar- 



























ley from — 



























Austria - 



29 



5 



30 



6 



30 



6 



28 



9 



27 



7 



27 



2 



Holland - 



29 



2 



28 



10 



29 



10 



29 



9 



29 



6 



27 



11 



Germany - 



27 



11 



28 



10 



29 



6 



28 



9 



27 



6 



26 



4 



France 



27 



10 



28 



2 



27 



10 



27 



6 



26 



8 



25 



10 



Sweden - 



26 



0 



26 



7 



26 



3 



25 



5 



25 



10 



24 



7 



Denmark - 



27 



3 



27 



7 



27 



2 



25 



9 



24 



10 



24 



0 



Turkey - 



21 



11 



22 



5 



23 



2 



23 



1 



21 



9 



20 



3 



Rournania 



19 



8 



20 



11 



21 



6 



20 



10 



18 



5 



16 



8 



Russia 



17 



9 



19 



8 



19 



7 



18 



3 



14 



11 



14 



2 



United 



























States - 



28 



8 



27 



5 



27 



0 



26 



3 



25 



2 



23 



2 



From the foregoing comparative statement of values it would 

 appear that the barleys imported from Holland and Austria 

 hold the premier position, and that the small quantity of grain 

 received from those countries and from France and Germany 

 is of a higher value than British barley. Scandinavian and 

 American barley seems to be about equal in value to that grown 

 in this country, while that imported from Turkey, Rournania, 

 and Russia is apparently an inferior kind of grain, Russian 

 barley usuahV realising the lowest price in the market. 



