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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 1898, 1897, and 1896. 



Quarter Ended 



Prices. j 



Quantities. 



1898. j 1897. j 1896. 



1898. 



1897. 



1896. 



Wheat. 



1 



Lady Day 



J. d. 



35 I 



^. d. 



29 7 



5. d. 



25 8 



Quarters. 

 699,657 



Quarters 

 619,679 



Quarters. 

 448,047 



Midsummer - 



41 5 



27 6 



25 2 



557,504 



619,618 



384,559 



Michaelmas - 





3'5 4 



23 7 





635,698 



505,988 



Christmas 





33 3 



30 5 





881,566 



772,427 



Barley. 



Lady Day 



^. d. 



27 9 



s. d. 



24 0 



s. d. 



22 5 



Quarters. 



902,452 



Quarters. 



784,713 



Quarters 

 955,902 



Midsummer - 



26 10 



21 4 





47,621 



78,488 



92,739 



Michaelmas - - 





21 6 



21 0 





118,875 



165,722 



Christmas 



I _ 



1 



27 0 







2,275,111 



2,177,499 







Oats. 









Lady Day 



s. d. 



17 5 



s. d. 



16 4 



s. d. 



13 9 



Quarters. 



226,150 



Quarters. 

 194,193 



Qtiartet s. 

 259,565 



Midsummer - 



19 10 



17 3 



14 3 



93,475 



79,707 



99,672 



Michaelmas - 





17 TO 



14 6 





75,824 



94,383 



Christmas 





16 5 



16 7 





200,710 



201,533 



* 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 bushal 

 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 imperial 

 pounds for every bashel of oats. 



