Prices of Corn. 



Average Value per Imperial Quarter of Wheat Im- 

 ported into the United Kingdom from the under- 

 mentioned Foreign Countries and British Possessions in 

 the Fourth Quarter of 1896 and in the First Quarter of 

 1897. 



COUNTIIES from which Exported. 



Average Value per Imperial Quarter- 



Fourth Quarter, 

 1896. 



First Quarter. 

 1897. 



ARGENTINE Republic - 



Russia = . 



U.S. OF am»r.ca{a^'^^^;^''^: : 



India, British .... 

 North America, British - 



s. d. 

 27 6 

 27 9 



29 6 



30 5 

 30 0 



30 II 

 33 6 



31 5 

 29 2 



s. d, 

 30 2 



28 7 



30 8 

 30 2 



29 7 



30 9 



31 I 



29 II 



30 I 



Average Prices of Wheat, Barley and Oats per Im- 

 perial Quarter in Belgium, France, and England 

 and Wales in the under-mentioned months of 1897. 



Month. 



Belgium. 



France. 



EWGLAND. 



Wheat. 



February - 



March 



April 



May 



1897. 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 29 2 



Per Qr. 



s. d 

 36 0 

 36 5 



36 6 



37 0 



Per Qr. 

 s. d, 

 29 4 

 27 II 

 27 3 

 23 0 



Barley. 



February • 

 March 

 April 

 May 



1897. 



Per Qr. 

 X. d. 

 20 II 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 22 0 

 21 10 

 21 8 

 21 9 



Per Qr. 

 J. d. 

 24 2 

 22 9 

 22 I 

 20 7 



Oats. 



February - 

 March - 

 April 

 May 



1897. 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 iS 2 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 17 10 

 17 9 

 17 9 

 17 10 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 16 5 

 16 2 



16 4 



17 5 



Notc. — T\\^ prices of Belgian grain are the official monthly averages published in 

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

 ^.official weekly averages published in ihe Journal Agriculture pratique. The 

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

 «nder the Corn Returns Act, 1882. 



