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Prices of Corn. 



Average Prices of British Corn per Quarter of 8 imperial 

 bushels,* computed from the Weekly Averages of Corn 

 Returns from the 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 1901, 1900, and 

 1 899. 



Quarter Ended 



Prices. 



Quantities. 



1901. 



1900. 1899- 



1 901. 



1900. 



1899. 



Wheat. 



Lady Day 

 Midsummer - 

 Michaelmas - 

 Christmas 



s. d. 



26 3 



27 1 



J. d. 



25 11 

 25 9 

 28 7 

 27 4 



j. d. 



26 3 



25 1 



25 2 



26 4 



Quarters. 

 744,018 

 547,737 



Quarters. 

 868,378 

 854,497 

 5TI-347 

 689,261 



Quartets. 

 868,579 

 994,293 

 754,667 

 913,421 



Barley. 



Lady Day 

 Midsummer - 

 Michaelmas - 

 Christmas - 



s. d. 



25 3 

 24 9 



s. d. 



25 1 

 24 3 



24 5 



25 11 



s. d. 



27 I 



24 6 

 24 4 



26 6 



Quarters. 

 844,616 

 53'4o3 



- 



Quarters 

 888,949 

 93,i57 

 143,552 



2,065,135 



Quarters. 

 830,398 

 92,648 



237,935 

 2,135,762 



Oats. 



Lady Day 

 Midsummer - 

 Michaelmas - 

 Christmas 



5. d 



17 6 



*9 3 



j. d. 



16 7 



18 2 

 18 7 



17 0 



16 11 



17 6 

 17 3 

 16 4 



Quarters. 

 236,316 

 81,172 



Quarters. 

 246,949 

 110,163 

 116 880 

 237,79* 



Quarters. 

 251,841 

 137,834 

 147,902 

 238,783 



* Section 8 of the Corn Returns 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, that officer shall convert such returns into the imperial^ bu -hel, 

 and m the case of we'ght 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 foi every bushel of oats. 



Corn Prices: — Harvest Year. 



Average Prices of British Corn per Quarter of 8 imperial 

 bushels, computed from the Weekly Averages of Corn 

 Returns, together with the Quantities returned as sold 

 at the Returning Markets during each of the Harvest 

 Years ending 31st August 1890 to 1901. 



Harvest Years. 



Prices. 



Quantities. 



Wheat. 



Barley. 



Oats. 



Wheat. 



Barley. 







Oats. 



1889- 90 - 



1890- 91 



1891- 92 



1892- 93 

 189394 - 



1894- 95 - 



1895- 96 



1896- 97 

 1897 98 - 

 1898-99 

 1S99-00 

 1900-01 



J. d. 



31 2 



35 5 

 33 4 

 26 8 



25 5 

 21 5 

 24 10 

 28 8 



36 2 



26 0 



26 4 



27 1 



d. 

 28 10 

 28 0 

 27 2 



24 10 

 26 5 



21 5 



22 4 



23 2 

 26 11 

 26 1 



25 2 

 25 0 



j. d 



18 6 



19 1 



20 8 

 18 9 

 18 4 

 14 8 

 14 1 



16 9 

 18 3 



17 3 



17 4 



18 1 



Quarters. 

 3,289,806 

 3,496,788 

 3,267 ,038 

 2,676,227 

 2,087,062 

 2,180,959 

 1,640,943 

 2,597,268 

 2,534,224 

 3»498,5^5 

 3,255,654 

 2,463,34! 



Quarters. 

 3281,141 

 3,659,382 

 3,260,327 

 3,383,094 

 2,876,977 

 3,136,415 

 3,366,364 

 3,200,612 

 3, 339,842 

 3,629,760 

 3-351,241 

 3,109,149 



Quarters. 

 558 053 

 602,887 

 488,830 

 547 4 12 

 542,425 

 693,121 

 672,547 

 55i,9i2 

 599,666 

 777,676 

 722,859 

 684.956 



