Prices of Corn. 



137 



Average Prices of Wheat, Barley, and Oats per 

 Imperial Quarter at the under -mentioned Markets in 

 the under-mentioned Months of 1898. 



Month. 



London. 



Paris. 



Breslau. 



Wheat. 



1898. 



March 

 April 



May 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 



36 I 

 36 10 



45 9 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 



50 7 



51 2 

 54 5 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 



41 5 



36 4 to 42 8 



45 7 „ 50 2 



Barley. 



1898. 



March 

 April 



May - - - - 



Per Qr. 

 s. a. 



23 I 

 25 2 

 27 0 



Per Qr. 



s. d. 



23 3 



24 0 

 26 5 



Per Qr. 



s. d. 

 30 10 



27 2 to 30 10 

 26 10 „ 30 I 



Oats. 



1898. 



March 

 April 



May .... 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 18 4 

 18 9 

 21 6 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 



20 2 



21 2 

 25 6 



Per Qr. 

 s d. 

 21 8 

 21 0 to 21 10 

 23 2 „ 24 I 



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. 



PRICES OF WOOL. 



Prices of English Wool, per pack of 240 lbs., in the 

 under-mentioned Months of 1898. 



(Compiled from the Economist.) 



Description. 



March. 



April. 



May. 



South Down 

 Half breds 

 Leicester - 

 Kent Fleeces 



£ s. £ s. 

 8 10 to 10 0 



8 5 9 3 

 8 10 90 

 80,, 90 



£ s. £ s. 

 8 10 to 10 0 



80,, 90 



8 10 ,, 90 



80,, 90 



£ s. £ s. 



8 10 to 10 0 



8 0 „ 90 

 8 10 „ 90 

 8 0 „ 90 



