Prices of Corn. 



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Average Value per Imperial Quarter of Wheat Im- 

 ported into the United Kingdom from the under- 

 mentioned Foreig-n Countries and British Possessions in 

 the Second and Third Quarters of 1897. 



Countries from which Exported. 



Argentine Republic - 

 Chile . . . , 

 roumania 



Russia . - - - 

 Turkey- . . . 



U.S. OF America {^^^^'I^^J.^^ 



India, British 



North America, British 



Average Value per Imperial Quarter. 



Second Quarter. 

 1897. 



s. d. 



28 6 



29 II 

 26 II 

 28 5 

 28 4 



28 II 



29 4 



29 7 



Third Quarter, 

 1897. 



s. d. 



32 



30 

 32 

 33 

 34 

 35 

 ^2 



Average Prices of Wheat, Barley, and Oats per Im- 

 perial Quarter in France and England and Wales 

 in the under-mentioned Months of 1897. 



Month. 





France. 



England. 



Wheat. 











Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 





1897. 







s. d. 



s. d. 



September 



October 



November 









47 II 



48 2 

 48 10 



33 7 



32 5 



33 9 



Barley. 











Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 





1897. 







s. d. 



s, d. 



September 



October 



November 









22 9 



23 0 

 23 5 



27 II 



28 4 

 26 3 



Oats. 











Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 





1897. 







J. d. 



d. 



September 



October 



November 









18 5 

 18 8 



.9 . 



16 It 

 16 I 

 16 5 



Note. — The prices of French grain have been compiled from the official weekl}' 

 averages published in the Journal d'Agn'ciilfiire Pratique. The prices of British 

 grain are official averages based on the weekly returns furnished under the Corn 

 Returns Act, 1882. 



