Dee. 1896.] 



PRICES OF MEAT, CORN, ETC. 



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ii. — Corn Prices : — Quarterly Averages. 



Average Prices of British Corn per Quarter of 8 imperial 

 bushels,* computed from the Weekly Averages of Cora 

 Returns from the* 196 Returning Markets of England and 

 Wales, pursuant to the Corn Returns Act, ] 882, together 

 Avith the Quantities returned as sold at such Markets, in 

 the under-noted periods of the Years 1896, 1895, and 1894. 





Prices. 



Quantities. 



Quarter ended. 





1896. 



1895. 



1894. 



1893. 



1895. 



1894. 











Wheat. 





Lady Day 

 Midsummer - 

 Michaelmas - 

 Christmas 



s. d. 



25 8 

 25 2 

 23 7 



s. d. 

 20 1 

 23 1 

 23 11 

 25 1 



1 



s. d. 



25 1 

 24 4 

 22 11 . 

 19 2- 



Quarters. 

 448,043 

 38i,559 



■ 505,988 



Quarters. 

 652,874 

 496,615 

 351,223 

 417,671 



Quarters. 

 613,313 

 429,450 

 313,288 

 600,773 



Barley, 







s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. | 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 

 671,620 

 40,863 

 95,121 



1,921,744 



Lady Day 

 Midsummer - 

 Michaelmas - 

 Christmas 



22 5 

 21 4 

 21 0 



21 6 



20 3 



21 3 

 24 10 



28 1 

 25 2 j 

 22 1 || 

 22 7 



935,902 

 92,739 

 165,722 



1,035,588 

 79,936 

 141,985 

 2,169,067 



Oats. 





Lady Day 

 Midsummer - 

 Michaelmas - 

 Christmas 



s. d. 



13 9 



14 3 

 14 6 



s. d. 

 13 9 

 15 2 

 15 1 

 13 10 



s. d. 

 18 1 

 18 7 | 

 ! 17 11 1 

 13 10 



Quarters. 

 259,564 

 99,672 

 94,383 



Quarters. 

 250,838 

 111,424 

 88,312 

 215,365 



Quarters. 



193,922 

 61,862 

 70,824 



239,139 



* Section 8 of the Corn Returns Act, 1882, provides that Avhere returns of purchases of British 

 Corn are made to the local inspector of Cora 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 every bushel 

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



ii.— Corn Prices: — Harvest Year. 



Average Prices of British Corn per Quarter of 8 imperial 

 bushels, computed from the Weekly Averages of Corn 

 Returns from the 196 Returning Markets, together with 

 the Quantities returned as sold at such Markets during 

 each of the Harvest Years ending 31st August 1890 to 

 1896. 



Harvest Years. 



Prices. 



Quantities. 



Wheat. 



Barley. 



Oats. 



Wheat. 



Barley. 



Oats. 



1889- 90 ■ 



1890- 91 - 



1891- 92 - 



1892- 93 - 



1893- 94 - 



1894- 95 - 



1895- 96 - 





s. d. 



31 2 

 35 5 

 33 4 

 26 8 

 25 5 

 21 5 

 24 10 



s. d. 



28 10 

 28 0 

 27 2 

 24 10 

 26 5 



21 5 



22 4 



s. d. 



18 6 



19 1 



20 8 

 18 9 

 18 4 

 14 8 

 14 1 



I Quarters. 

 | 3,289,806 

 | 3,496,788 

 i 3,267,038 

 2,676,227 

 2,087,062 

 ; 2,180,959 

 ! 3,640,943 



Quarters. 

 3,281,141 

 3,659,382 

 3,260,327 

 3,383,094 

 2,876,977 

 3,136,415 

 3,366,364 



Quarters. 

 558,053 

 602,887 

 488,830 

 547,412 

 542,425 

 693,121 

 672,547 













