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Prices of Corn. 



Average Value per Imperial Quarter of Wheat Im- 

 ported into the United Kingdom from the under- 

 mentioned Foreign Countries and British Possessions in 

 the Years 1896, 1897, and 1898. 







Average Value per Imperial Quarter. 



Countries from 



which Exported. 

















18 



96. 



1897. 



18 



58. 







s. 



d. 



s. 



d. 



s. 



d. 



Argentine Repu 



BLIC - 





I 



29 



3 



37 



6 



Chile - 





26 



4 



31 



5 



35 



I 



ROUMANIA 





26 



II 



29 



9 



35 



9 



Russia - 





25 



9 



31 



0 



34 



II 



TURKEY- 





26 



10 



30 



I 



31 



3 



U.S. OF America 



/ Atlantic - 



27 



2 



33 



0 



34 



7 



\ Pacific - 



27 



0 



31 



0 



34 



11 



India, British 

 North America, 





25 



4 



36 



2 



31 



II 



British - 



25 



II 



33 



4 



33 



4 



Germany 





29 



2 



30 



10 



36 



5 



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

 perial Quarter in France, and England and Wales 

 in the under-mentioned Months of 1898 and 1899. 



Month. 



France. 



England. 



Wheat. 



December, 1898 - 







Per Qr. 

 s. d. 



37 2 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 27 2 



January, 1899 







37 I 



26 II 



February 







37 3 



26 2 



Barley. 



December, 1898 - 







Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 22 9 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 



28 5 



January, 1899 







22 10 



28 0 



February 







23 I 



26 II 



Oats. 



December, 1898 - 







Per Qr. 



s. d. '■' 

 18 6 



Per Qr. 

 ..9 d. 

 17 0 



January, 1899 







18 7 



17 0 



P'ebruary - 







18 8 , 



16 II 



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

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

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

 Returns Act, 1882. 



