Prices of Corn. 



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

 perial Quarter in Belgium in the under-mentioned 

 Months of 1897, with the mean of the year. 



Month. 



Wheat, 



Barley. 



Oats. 



1897. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



October - - 

 November . - - - 

 December - . - - 



34 9 



35 10 

 35 8 



21 10 



22 8 

 22 7 



17 7 

 17 7 

 17 7 



Mean of the year - 



31 6 



20 II 



18 2 



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

 lished in the Moiiiteiir Beige. 



Average Prices of Wheat, Barley, and Oats per 

 Imperial Quarter at the under -mentioned Markets in 

 the under-mentioned Months of 1897 and 1898. 



Month. 



London. 



Paris. 



Breslau, 



Wheat. 



- 



December, 1897 



Mean of the year 1897 



January, 1898 - 

 February 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 34 5 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 



49 0 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 37 I 



31 4 



41 7 



35 2 



35 II 

 35 9 



50 6 

 50 9 





Barley. 



December, 1897 • 

 Mean of the year 1897 

 January, 1898 - 



February - - - 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 28 7 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 23 2 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 25 2 



26 3 



21 8 



23 5 



28 II 

 25 8 



23 4 

 23 3 





Oats. 



December, 1897 



Mean of the year 1897 



January, 1898 - 

 February - - 



Per Qr. 

 y. d. 

 18 I 



Per Qr. 

 X. d. ' 



19 - 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 18 4 



17 9 



18 I 



18 7 



18 2 

 18 7 



19 8 

 19 6 





Note. — 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. 



