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Prices of Corn. 



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

 perial Quarter in Belgium in the under-mentioned 

 Months of 1898. 



Month. 



Wheat. 



Barley. 



Oats. 



1898. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



January . . - . 



35 0 



21 0 



17 6 



February - . . . 



35 7 



22 II 



17 9 



March . . . . 



36 3 



23 3 



18 3 



April 



40 3 



24 9 



21 I 



May 



47 3 



25 7 



22 10 



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

 ished in the Moniteur Beige. 



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

 perial Quarter in France, and England and Wales 

 in the under-mentioned Months of 1898. 



Month. 



j France. 



England. 



Wheat. 



March - 



1898. 







Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 49 10 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 35 7 











51 0 



36 0 



May - 









54 2 



46 0 



Barley. 



March - 



1898. 







Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 24 5 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 28 I 



April - 









24 8 



27 9 



May - 









26 10 



26 9 



Oats. 





1898. 







Per Qr. 

 5. d. 



20 8 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 17 9 











20 10 



18 2 



May 









23 5 



21 0 



Note. — The prices of French grain have been compiled from the official weekly 

 averages published in the Journal cT Agriculture Pratique. The prices of British 

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

 Returns Act, 1882. 



