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PRICES OF MEAT, CORN, ETC. 



[March 1896: 



II. — Corn Prices: — London, Paris, Berlin. 



Average of Wheat, Barley, and Oats per Imperial Quarter 

 at the iinder-mentionecl Markets in the under-mentioned 

 months of 1895, with the Mean Prices for the Year. 



Month. 



London. 



Paris. 



Berlin. 



Wheat. 



1895. 



October - 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 24 6 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 



32 3 



Per Qr. 



s. 



30 2 





November - 



26 8 



32 3 ■ 



31 0 





December - - - 



26 1 



81 7i 



31 6 





Mean of the Vear 



23 11 



30 10 



31 1 



Barley. 



1895. 



October - - _ 



Per Qr. 

 5. d. 

 31 5 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 18 11 



Per Qr. 



s. d. s. 

 19 10 to 22 



d. 



November „ - - 



30 7 



18 11 



20 4i „ 22 



11 



December - - - 



28 6 



19^ 0 



20 4 „ 22 



2 



Mean of the Year 



25 11 



18 9 



18 11 „27 



0 



Oats, 



1895. 



October - - 



Per Qr. 

 s. d, 

 14 10 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 18 2 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 



16 1\ 





November - - - 



15 10 



18 2 



16 8i 





December - - - 



15 5 



18 2 



16 llf 





Mean of the Year 



15 5 



17 10 



17 2 



Xote. — The London quotation represents the price of British corn as returned 

 under the Corn Returns Act, 1882 ; the price of grain in Paris is the official average 

 price of French wheat in that city ; the quotations shown for BerJin represent the 

 prices of grain of good merchantable quaHtj. 



