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PRICES OF MEAT, COEN, ETC. 



[Dec. 1895. 



II. — Corn Prices : — Quarterly 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 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 1895, 1894, and 1893. 





Quarter Exded. 



Prices. 



Quantities. 





1895. 



1894. 



1893. 



1895, 1894. 



1893. 

















Wheat. 





s. d. 



s. 



d. 



s. 



d. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Lady Day 



20 1 



25 



1 



25 



7 1 



652,874 



613,313 



708,988 



Midsummer - 



23 1 



24 



4 



26 



2 



496,615 



429,450 



674,704 



Michaelmas 



23 11 



22 



11 



26 



4 i 



381,223 



313,288 



577,112 



Ciiristmas - - i 



! 





19 



2 



27 



2 [ 





600,773 



659,258 



Barley. 





s. 



d. 



s. 



d. 



s. 



d. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



I;ady Day 



21 



6 



28 



1 



25 



2 



1,035,588 



671,620 



1,092,457 



Midsummer - 



20 



3 



25 





24 



0 



79,936 



40,863 



104,155 



Michaelmas - 



21 



3 



22 



\ 



24 



1 



141,985 



95,121 



248,829 



Chribtmas 







22 



7 



29 



1 





1,921,744 



1,920,615 



Oats. 





s. 



d. 



s. 



d. 



s. 



d. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Lady Day 



13 



9 



18 



1 



17 



7 



250,838 



193,922 



201,572 



Midsummer - 



15 



2 



18 



7 



19 



5 



111,424 



61,862 



75,457 



Michaelmas - 



15 



1 



17 



11 



19 



9 



88,312 



70,824 



99,899 



Christmas 



- 





13 



10 



18 



1 





239,139 



198,594 



* Section 8 of the Corn Eetnrns 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, thiit 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 39 imperial pounds for every bushel of oats. 



II. — Corn Phices: — Harvest Year. 



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 Harvest Years ending 31st August 1890 to 

 1895. 



Harvest Years. 



Prices. 



Qitantities. 



Wheat. 



Barley. 



Oats. 



Wheat. 



Bai'ley. 



Oats. 





s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



1889-90 - 



31 2 



28 10 



18 6 



3,289,806 



3,281,141 



55S,053 



1890-91 - 



35 5 



28 0 



19 1 



3,496,788 



3,6.09,382 



602,887 



1891-92 - 



33 4 



27 2 



20 8 



3,267,0;?8 



3,260,327 



488,830 



1892-93 - 



26 8 



24 10 



18 9 



2,676,227 



3,383,094 



547,412 



1893-94 - 



25 5 



26 5 



18 4 



2,087,062 



2,876,977 



542,425 



1894-95 - 



21 5 



21 5 



14 8 



2,180,959 



3,136,415 



693,121 



