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PRICES OF MEAT, CORN, ETC. 



[Dec. 1896. 



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



Average of Wheat, Barley, and Oats per Imperial Quarter 

 at the under-mentioned Markets in the four under- 

 mentioned months of 1896. 



Month. 



London. 



Paris. 



Berlin. \ 



W HEAT. 





1896. 





Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 





Per Qr. 









s. d. 



s. d. 





s. d. 



July - 







26 11 



31 5 





30 11 



August 







24 3 



31 5 





31 6 



September 







24 8 



31 10 





33 4 



October 







27 9 



31 9 





35 8 



Barley. 





1896. 





Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 





Per Qr. 









s. d. 



s. d. 



s. 



d. s. d. 



July « 







20 3 



18 11 



19 



4 to 22 9 



August 







20 6 



19 3 



19 



1 „22 8 



September 







23 10 



23 3 



19 



10 „ 23 5 



October 







32 6 



22 8 



20 



9 „ 23 10 



I Oats, 





1896. 





Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 





Per Qr. 









s. d. 



s. d. 





s. d. 



July - 







16 3 



17 6 





17 4 



August 







15 7 



18 0 





17 10 



September 







15 10 



17 10 





18 0 



October 







17 9 



17 6 





18 7 



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. 



