March 1897.] 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 Corn 

 Returns from the 196 Returning Markets of England and 

 Wales, pursuant to the Corn Returns Act, 1882, together 

 with the Quantities returned as sold at such Markets, in 

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



Qtjaeter ended 



Prices. 



Quantities. 



1896. 



1895. 



1894. 



1896. 



1895. 



1894. 



Wheat. 





s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Lady Day- 



25 8 



20 1 



25 1 



448,047 



652,874 



613,313 



Midsummer - 



25 2 



23 1 



24 4 



384,559 



496,615 



429,450 



Michaelmas - 



23 7 



23 11 



22 11 



505,988 



361,223 



313,288 



Christmas 



30 5 



25 1 



19 2 



772,427 



417,671 



600,773 



Barley. 





s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Lady Day 



22 5 



21 6 



28 I 



955,902 



1,035,588 



671,620 



Midsummer - 



21 4 



20 3 



25 2 



92,739 



79,936 



40,863 



Michaelmas - 



21 0 



21 3 



22 1 



165,722 



141,985 



95,121 



Christmas 



27 1 



24 10 



22 7 



2,177,499 



2,169,067 



1,921,744 



Oats. 





s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Lady Day 



13 9 



13 9 



18 1 



259,565 



250,838 



193,922 



Midsummer - 



14 3 



15 2 



18 7 



99,672 



111,424 



61,862 



Michaelmas - 



14 6 



15 1 



17 11 



94,383 



88,312 



70,824 



Christmas 



16 7 



13 10 



13 10 



201,533 



215,365 



239,139 



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

 Corn are made to the local inspector of Corn 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. 



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