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PRICES OF MEAT, CORN, ETC. [March 1897. 



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



Average Prices of Wheat, Barley, and Oats per Imperial 

 Quarter at the under- mentioned Markets in the last three 

 months of 1896, with the Mean Prices for the Year. 



Month. 



London. 



Paris. 



Berlin. 



Wheat. 



1896. 

 October - 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 27 9 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 31 9 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 35 8 





November - 



32 9 



32 7 



37 8 





December - 



33 11 



34 5 



37 9 





Mean of the Year 



27 1 



31 6 



34 0 



Barley. 



1896. 

 October - 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 32 6 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 22 8 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. s. 

 20 9 to 23 



d. 

 10 



November 



28 1 



20 4 



21 1 „ 24 



7 



December - - - 



24 4 



21 6 



21 1 „ 24 



7 



Mean of the Year 



25 11 



20 2 



20 4 „ 23 



2 



Oats. 



1896. 

 October - 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 17 9 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 17 6 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 18 7 





November - 



18 5 



17 9 



19 0 





December - 



17 2 



17 10 



18 6 





Mean of the Year 



16 1 



17 8 



17 8 



Note. — The Lordon 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. 



