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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 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 1899, 1898, and 1897. 



Quarter Ended 



Prices. 



Quantities. 



1899. | 1898. 



1897. 



1899. 



1898. | 1897. 



Wheat. 





s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Lady Day 



26 3 



35 J 



29 7 



868,579 



699,657 



619,679 



Midsummer - 





4i 5 



27 6 





557=504 



619,618 



Michaelmas - 





32 8 



3° 4 





308,279 



635,698 



Christmas 





27 2 



33 3 





1,036,975 



881,566 



Barley. 





s. d. 



4-. d. 



S. d. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Lady Day 



27 I 



27 9 



24 0 



830,398 



902,452 



784,713 



Midsummer - 





26 IO 



21 4 





47,621 



78,488 



Michaelmas - 





25 IO 



21 6 





99,743 



118,875 



Christmas 





28 2 



27 0 





2,603,841 



2,275,111 







Oats. 











4". d. 



5. d. 



s. d. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Lady Day 



16 II 



17 5 



16 4 



251,841 



226,150 



194,193 



Midsummer - 





19 IO 



17 3 





93,475 



79,707 



Michaelmas - 





19 7 



17 TO 





78,787 



75,824 



Christmas 





16 11 



16 5 





289,652 



200,710 



* 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 buihel, 

 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 barlej", and 39 imperial 

 pounds foi every bushel of oats. 



