iy:arcli 1896.] 



PRICES OF MEAT, CORN, ETC. 



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II. — Corn Prices: — Quarterly Averages. 



Average Prices of British Corn per Quarter of 8 imperial 

 bushels,* computed from the Weekly Averages of Corn 

 Keturns from the 196 Keturning Markets of England and 

 Wales, pursuant to the Corn Eeturns Act, 1882, together 

 with the Quantities returned as sold at such Markets, in 

 the under-noted periods of the Years 1895, 1894, and 1893. 



QUAETER EXDED 



Prices. 1 



Quantities. 



1895. 



1894. 



1893. 



1895. 



1894. 



1893. 



Wheat. 





1 s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



Qiiarters. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Lady Day 



i 20 1 



25 1 



25 7 



652,874 



613,313 



708,986 



Midsummer - 



23 1 



24 4 



. 26 2 



496,615 



429,450 



674,704 



Michaelmas - 



23 11 



22 11 



26 4 



361,223 



313,288 



577,112 



Christmas 



25 1 



19 2 



27 2 



417,671 



600,773 



659,258 



Barley. 





s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Lady Day 



21 6 



28 ] 



25 2 



1,035,588 



671,620 



1,092,457 



Midsummer - 



20 3 



25 2 



24 0 



79,936 



40,863 



104,155 



Michaelmas - 



21 3 



22 1 



24 1 



141,985 



95,121 



248,829 



Christmas 



24 10 



22 7 



29 1 



2,169,067 



1,921,744 



1,920,615 

 . 







Oats. 











s. d. 



s. d. 



1 



s. d. 



QtMrfers. 



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 



13 10 



18 1 



216,365 



239,139 



198,594 



* Section 8 of the Corn Returns Act, 1882, provides that \¥here returns of purchases of British 

 Com are made to the local inspector of Corn Eeturns 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 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. 



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