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Prices of Corin. 



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

 perial Quarter in Belgium in the under-mentioned 

 Months of 1897. 



Month. 



Wheat. 



Barley. 



Oats. 



1897. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



January 



29 4 



21 3 



18 I 



February - - - . 



29 2 



20 II 



18 2 



iMarch - - - 



28 4 



20 8 



18 2 



April ----- 



28 0 



20 3 



18 5 



May ----- 



29 I 



20 9 



18 7 



June - - - 



28 10 



20 3 



18 II 



July - - - - - 



29 5 



19 8 



19 I 



August ----- 



34 0 



19 4 



18 2 



September - - - - 



35 2 



20 9 



17 5 



The above prices have been compiled from the official monthly averages pub- 

 lished in the Monitetir Beige. 



Average Prices of Wheat, Barley, and Oats per 

 Imperial Quarter at the under- mentioned Markets in 



the under-mentioned Months of 1897. 



Month. 



London, 



Paris. 



Breslau. 



Wheat. 



September 



October 



November 



1897. 



Per Qr. 



s. d. 



34 5 



34 8 



35 4 



Per Qr. 



s. d. 



48 5 

 48 0 

 48 3 



Per Qr. 



s. d. 

 38 7 

 35 4 



Barley. 



September 



October 



November 



1897. 



Per Qr. 



s. d. 

 32 3 

 32 5 

 30 5 



Per Qr. 



s. d. 



23 3 

 22 II 

 22 I 



Per Qr. 



s. d. 

 24 7 

 24 II 



Oats. 





1897. 



Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 



September 



October 



November 



s. d. 



19 3 

 17 3 

 17 9 



s. d. 

 17 8 



17 7 



18 5 



s. d. 

 20 5 

 17 10 



JVote. — The London 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 Breslau represent the prices of 

 grain of good merchantable quality. 



