550 



Prices of Corn. 



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 



29 7 



d. 



25 8 



s. d. 



20 I 



i Quarters. 

 i 619,679 



Quarters. 



448,047 



Quarters. 

 652,874 



Midsummer - 



27 6 



25 2 



23 1 



619,618 



384,559 



496,615 



Michaelmas - 



30 4 



23 7 



23 II 



635,698 



505,988 



361,223 



Christmas 



33 3 



30 5 



25 I 



881,566 



772,427 



417,671 



Barley. 



1 



Lady Day 



S. d. 



24 0 



s. d. 



■21 5 



s. d. 



21 6 



Quarters. 



784,713 



Quarters. 



955,902 



Quarters. 



1,035,588 



Midsummer - - ■ j 



21 4 



21 4 



20 3 



78,488 



92,739 



79,936 



Michaelmas - 





21 0 



21 3 



118,875 



165,722 



141,985 



Christmas - - - j 



27 0 



27 I 



24 10 j 



2,275,111 



2,177,499 



2,169,067 



Oats. 



Lady Day 



s. d. 

 16 4 



d. 



13 9 



s. d. 



13 9 



Quarters, 

 194,193 



Quarters. 



259,565 



Quarters. 



250,838 



Midsummer - 



17 3 



14 3 



15 2 i 



79,707 



99,672 



111,424 



Michaelmas - 



17 10 



14 6 



15 I 



75,824 



94,383 



88,312 



Christmas 



16 5 



16 7 



13 10 



200,710 



201,533 



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. 



