M arch 1896.] 



PRICES OF MEAT, CORN, ETC. 



601 



II. — Corn Prices: — Imported Wheat. 



Average Value per Imperial Quarter of Wheat Imported 

 into the United Kingdom from the under-mentioned 

 Foreign Countries and British Possessions in the Fourth 

 Quarter of 1895, with the Average Price for the Year. 



1 



Average Value per 



imperial Quarter. 



CorxTEiES from which Exported 









Fourth Quarter, 

 1895. 



The Year. 





s. 



d. 



s. d. 



Argentine Republic 



21 



11 



23 8 



Chile 



26 



3 



25 1 



ROUMANIA ..... 



23 



0 



22 10 



Russia ...... 



22 



9 



22 6 



Turkey ...... 



1 21 



6 



21 10 



United States of America [p^p'^fic^ ' 



1 24 



; 25 



7 



3 



24 5 

 24 9 



Australasia . . . - - 



! 24 



11 



24 11 



India, British ..... 



23 



2 



22 10 



North America, British - 



25 



6 



25 11 



II. — Corn Prices: — Belgium, France and England. 



Average Prices of AYheat, Barley, and Oats per Imperial 

 Quarter in Belgium, France, and England and Wales 

 in the under-mentioned months of 1895 and 1896. 



Month. 



Belgium, 



France. 



England. 



Wheat. 





1895. 



Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 







s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



October 





24 Hi 



30 llf 



24 6 



November 







30 11 



25 9 



December 





25 Si 



30 5| 



24 11 





1896. 









January 



" - - 



- 



30 4i 



25 7 



Baklet. 





1895. 



Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 







s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



October 





19 llf 



19 5 



25 5 



November 







19 8 



25 1 



December 





20 .5i 



19 9 



23 11 





1896. 









January 







19 9^ 



23 10 



Oats. 





1895. 



Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 







s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



October 





15 lOi 



17 7 



13 5 



November 







17 4i 



14 2 



December 





16 1 



17 6 



13 n 





1896. 









January 







17 3| 



13 10 



Note. — The prices of Belgian grain are the official monthly averages published in 

 the Moniteur Beige. The prices of French grain 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. 



