March 1897.] 



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 Fourth 

 Quarter of 1896, with the Average Price for the Year. 



Countries from which Exported. 



Argentine Republic 

 Chile - - 

 Roumania 

 Russia - 

 Turkey - 



United States of America {pH?° 



India, British • 

 North America, 



British - 



Average Value per Imperial Quarter. 



Fourth Quarter, 

 1896. 



The Year. 



s. d. 



*. d. 



27 6 



25 1 



27 9 



26 4 



29 6 



26 11 



30 5 



25 9 



80 0 



26 10 



30 11 



27 2 



83 6 



27 0 



81 5 



25 4 



29 2 



25 11 



ii. — Corn Prices: — Belgium, France and England. 



Average Prices of Wheat, Barley, and Oats per Imperial 

 Quarter in Belgium, France, and England and Wales 

 in the under-mentioned months of 1896 and 1897. 



Month. 



Belgium, 



| France. 



England. 



Wheat. 







Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 





1896. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



October 





28 1 



31 1 



27 10 



November 





31 2 



31 8 



32 4 



December 





29 9 



33 11 



31 8 





1897. 









January 







34 11 



31 2 



Barley. 







Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 





1896. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



October 





20 11 



20 4 



28 10 



November 





21 11 



21 0 



27 0 



December 





21 4 



21 8 



25 1 





1897. 









January 







21 10 



24 11 



Oats. 







Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 





1896. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



October 





17 11 



17 5 



15 9 



November 





18 8 



17 2 



17 6 



December 





18 0 



17 5 



16 7 





1897. 









January 







17 7 



16 4 



Note. — The prices ot Belgian grain are the omciai montniy averages pubiisnea in 

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

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

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

 under the Corn Returns Act, 1882. 



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