550 



Prices of Corn. 



Average Prices of British Gorn per Quarter of 8 imperial 

 bushels,* computed from the Weekly Averages of Corn 

 Returns from the 196 Returning Markets of ENGLAND AND 

 Y/ales, 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. 









Prices. 





Quantities. 





Quarter Ended 

















1S9 



^- 1 



1897. 



1896. 



189S. 1 



1897. . 1 



1896. 



Wiieat. 





s. 



^. 



.y. d. 



^. d. 



Qtia-fters. 



Quarters. 



• 



:, Quarters. 



Lady Day 



35 





29 7 



25 8 



699>657 





448,047 



Midsummer - 



41 



5 



27 6 



25 2 



557,504 



619,618 



384,559 



Michaelmas - 





8 



30 4 



23 7 



308,279 



635,698 



505,988 



Christmas 



27 



2 



33 3 



30 5 



1,036,975 



881,566 





Barley. 



Lady Day . . - 



s. 



d. 



d. 



J. d. 



Qiiartsrs. 



Quarters. 



Quarters, 



27 



9 



24 0 



22 5 



902,452 



784,713 



955,902 



Midsummer - 



26 



10 



21 4 



21 4 



47,621 



78,488 



92,739 



Michaelmas - - - 



25 



10 



21 6 



21 0 



99,743 



118,875 



165,722 



Christmas 



28 



2 



27 0 



27 I 



2,603,841 



2,275,111 



. 2,177,499 









Oats. 









Lady Day 



.9. 



d. 



s. d. 



i-. d. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



17 



5 



16 4 



13 9 



226,150 



194,193 



259,565 



Midsummer - 



19 



10 



17 3 



14 3 



93,473 



79,707 



99,672 



Michaelmas - 



19 



7 



17 TO 



14 6 



78,787 ' 



75,824 



94,383 



Christmas 



16 



II 



16 5 



16 7 



289,652 



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 bushel 

 or by weight or by a weighed measure that officer shall convert such returns into the imperial buihcl. 

 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 bvishel of barley, and 39 imperiSti 

 pounds foi every bushel of oats. 



Corn Prices : — Annual Averages. 



Average Prices of British Corn per Quarter of 8 imperial 

 bushels, computed from the Weekly Averages of Corn 

 Returns from the 196 Returning Markets, together with 

 the Quantities returned as sold at such Markets during 

 each of the years 1894 to 1898. 







Prices. 









Quantities. 





















Years. 



















Wheat. 



Barley. 



Oats. 





Wheat. 



Barley. 



Oats. 





s. d. 



s. d. 



^. d. 





Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



1894 - - - 



22 10 



24 6 



17 I 





1,956,824 



2,729,348 



565,747 



1S95 - 



23 I 



21 II 



14 6 





1,928,383 



3,426,576 



665,939 



1896 - 



26 2 



22 II 



14 9 





2,111,021 



3,391,862 



655,153 



1897 - - - 



30 2 



23 6 



16 ir 





2,756,561 



3,257,187 



550,434 



1898 - 



34 0 



27 2 



5 



1 2,602,416 



1 



3>653,6S7 



688,064 



