Prices or Corn. 



2;; 



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 1897, 1896, and 1895. 



Quarter ended 



Prices. 



Quantities. 



1897. 



1896. 



1895. 



1897. 



1896. 



1895. 



Wheat. 



1 



1 s, d. 

 Lady Day - h 29 7 

 Midsummer - } 27 6 

 Michaelmas - — 

 Christmas - jj — 



s. d. 

 25 8 

 25 2 

 23 7 

 30 5 



20 I 

 23 I 

 23 II 

 25 I 



Quarters . 

 619,679 

 619,618 



Quarters. 

 448,047 



384,559 

 505,988 

 772,427 



Quarters. 

 652,874 

 496,615 

 361,223 

 417,671 



Barley. 



Lady Day 

 Midsummer 

 Michaelmas 

 Christmas 



! ! 1 Ii 



j s. d. \ s. f/. s. d. Quarters. 

 i 24 0 i 22 5 j 21 6 784,713 



21 4 ' 21 4 20 3 1; 



— 21 0 21 3 i: — 



— ! 27 I 24 10 ; — 



Quarter,^. 

 955,902 



92,739 

 165,722 



2,177,499 



Quarters. 

 1,035,588 

 79,936 

 141,985 

 2,169,067 



Oats. 



Lady Day 

 Midsummer 

 Michaelmas 

 Christmas 



j 



s. d. j 



16 4 j 



17 3 1 



s. d. 



13 9 



14 3 

 14 6 

 16 7 



^. d. 



13 9 

 15 2 

 15 I 



13 10 1 



Quarters. 



194,193 

 79,707' 



Quarters. 



259,565 

 99,672 

 94,383 



201,533 



Quarters. 

 250,838 

 111,424 

 88,312 

 215,365 



* 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. 



