Prices of Corn. 



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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. 1 1896. 1 1895. 



1897. 1 1896. 1 1895. 



Wheat. 



Lady Day 

 Midsummer • 

 Michaelmas - 

 Christmas 



s. d. 



29 7 

 27 6 



30 4 



s. d. 



25 8 

 25 2 

 23 7 

 30 5 



^. d. 



20 I 

 23 I 

 23 " 

 25 I 



Quarters. 



619,679 

 619,618 

 635,698 



Quarters. 



448,047 



384,559 

 505,988 

 772,427 



Quarters. 



652,874 

 496,615 

 361,223 

 417,671 



Barley. 



Lady Day 

 Midsummer - 

 Michaelmas - 

 Christmas 



S. d. 



24 0 

 21 4 

 21 6 



s. d. 



22 5 

 21 4 

 21 0 

 27 I 



^. d. 



21 6 



20 3 



21 3 

 24 10 



Quarters. 



784,713 

 78,488 

 118,875 



Quarters. 



955,902 

 92,739 

 165,722 



2,177,499 



Quarters. 



^,035,588 

 79,936 

 141,985 

 2,169,067 



Oats. 



Lady Day 

 Midsummer - 

 Michaelmas - 

 Christmas 



d. 



16 4 



17 3 

 17 10 



5. d. 



13 9 



14 3 

 14 6 

 16 7 



s. d. 



13 9 

 15 2 

 15 I 

 13 10 



Quarters. 

 194,193 

 79,707 

 75,824 



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. 



II. — Corn Prices : — Harvest Year. 



Average Prices of British Corn per Quarter of 8 imperial 

 bushels, computed from the Weekly Averages of Corn 

 Returns from the 196 Returning Markets, together with 

 the Quantities returned as sold at such Markets during 

 each of the Harvest Years ending 31st August 1890 to 

 1897. 







Prices. 







Quantities. 





Harvest Years. 





























Wheat. 



Barley. 



Oats. 



Wheat. 



Barley. 



Oats. 



1889- 90 



1890- 91 



1891- 92 



1892- 93 . 



1893- 94 . 



1894- 95 - 



1895- 96 



1896- 97 



s. d. 



31 2 

 35 5 

 33 4 

 26 8 

 25 5 

 21 5 

 24 10 

 28 8 



^. d. 



28 10 

 28 0 

 27 2 

 24 10 

 26 5 



21 5 



22 4 



23 2 



s. d. 



18 6 



19 I 



20 8 

 18 9 



15 4 

 14 8 

 14 I 



16 9 



Quarters. 



3,289,806 

 3,496,788 

 3,267,038 

 2,676,227 

 2,087,062 

 2,180,959 

 1,640,943 

 2,597,268 



Qiiarters. 



3,281,141 

 3,659,382 

 3,260,327 

 3,383,094 

 2,876,977 

 3,136,415 

 3,366,364 

 3,200,612 



Quarters. 



558,053 

 602,887 

 488,830 

 547,412 

 542,425 

 693,121 



672,547 

 551,912 



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