Sept. 1896.] 



PRICES OF MEAT, CORN, ETC. 



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ii. — Corn Prices: — Imported Wheat. 



Average Value per Imperial Quarter of Wheat Imported 

 into the United Kingdom from the under-mentioned 

 Foreign Countries and British Possessions in the First 

 and Second Quarters of 1896. 





Average Yalue per Imperial Quarter. 



Countries from which Exported. 



Eirst Quarter, 

 1896. 



Second Quarter, 

 1896. 







s. d. 



s. d. 



Argentine Republic 

 Chile - 



Roumania ..... 

 Russia - 



Turkey - - - - - 



United States oe America {^jf ; 



Australasia - 

 India, British- - 

 North America, British - 



26 1 

 25 11 



23 10 



24 5 



25 6 

 25 11 

 24 3 

 24 7 



24 0 



25 7 



26 2 



25 1 



25 8 



23 7 



25 6 



26 9 



27 5 



24 5 



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 four 

 under-mentioned months of 1896. 



Month. 



Belgium, 



France. 



England. 



Wheat. 



April - 

 May - 

 June - 

 July - 



1896. 



Per Qr. 



s. d. 

 26 5 

 26 11 

 26 9 

 26 11 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 30 6 

 30 7 



30 9 



31 1 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 



24 10 



25 6 

 25 1 

 24 4 



Barley. 



1896. 



Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 



April - 



May A - 

 June - 

 July - 



s. d. 

 21 3 

 21 7 

 21 4 

 19 11 



s. d. 

 19 10 

 19 10 



19 11 



20 1 



s. d. 

 21 10 

 21 6 

 20 8 

 18 3 



Oats. 



April - 



1896. 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 16 7 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 17 7 



Per Qr. 



s. d. 



13 6 1 



May - - _ _ 

 June - - - 

 July - 



17 4 

 17 6 

 17 7 



17 5 

 17 6 

 17 7 



14 5 



14 10 



15 0 \ 



t^-^o kjl jjcigiau gnujj. arc me omciai mommy averages published m 

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

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

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

 under the Corn Returns Act, 1882. 



