Prices of Corn. 



281 



Average Prices of Wheat, Barley, and Oats per 

 Imperial Quarter at the under -mentioned Markets in 

 the under-mentioned Months of iSgS. 





Month. 





1 London. 



Paris. 



Breslau. 



Wheat. 





1898. 





Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 





Per Qr. 









s. d. 



s. d. 





d. s. d. 



June 







44 II 



50 6 



37 



7 to 44 9 



July 







38 I 



46 8 



37 



5 44 7 



August 







32 2 



40 2 



33 



II „ 39 7 



Barley. 





1898. 





Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 





Per Qr. 









s. a. 



s d. 



s. 



d. s. d. 



June 







25 0 



26 10 



25 



3 tc 28 10 



July 







25 II 



27 3 



24 



4 „ 27 II 



August 







27 4 



24 3 



22 



5 „ 26 0 



Oats. 





1898. 





Per Qr. 



1 



Per Qr. 





Per Qr. 









s. d 



s. d. 



s. 



d. s. d. 



June 







22 5 



24 0 



22 



7 to 23 6 



July 







22 0 



23 10 



22 



7 „ 23 5 



August 







20 II 



23 0 



18 



10 21 



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. 



June. 



July. 



August. 



South Down 

 Halfbreds 

 Leicester - - 

 Kent Fleeces 



£ s. £ s. 

 8 0 to 90 



7 15 „ 8 10 



7 15 „ 8 10 



7 10 ,, 8 10 



£ s. £ s. 



8 0 to 90 



7 15 8 10 

 7 15 ,, 8 10 

 7 10 ,, 8 10 



£ s. £ s. 



8 0 to 90 



7 15 ,, 8 10 

 7 15 8 10 

 7 10 ,, 8 10 



