Prices of Corn. 



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Average Prices of Wheat, Barley, and Oats per 

 Imperial Quarter at the under -mentioned Markets in 

 the under-mentioned Months of 1899. 



Month. 



I London. 



I 



Paris. 



' Breslau. 



' Wheat. 





l J er Qr. 



Per Qr. 





Per Qr. 





1899. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



if 





of. 



March 



26 9 



36 3 



31 



4 ^ 35 



0 



April .... 



25 5 



36 4 



31 



2 34 



11 



May --- - 



25 10 



36 9 



31 



3 „ 35 



0 



Barley. 





Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 





Per Qr. 





1899. 









s. a. 



s. d. 



s. 



d. s. 



d. 



March 



28 9 



24 8 



23 



2 to 26 



10 



April - 



* 5 



25 9 



22 



9 „ 26 



4 



May --- - 



21 3 



25 9 



22 



3 » 25 



10 



Oats. 



j 1899. 



Per Qr. j 



Per Qr. 





Per Qr. 





, d. 



s. d. 



s. 



d. s. 





March . - 



17 7 



" 19 4 



17 



5 to 18 



5 



April - - - 



18 1 



19 10 



17 



2 „ 18 



2 



May - 



iS 3 



20 5 



17 



9 „ 18 



9 



Afofe. — The London quotation represents the price of British corn as returned unde x 

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

 French grain in that city ; the quotations shown for Breslau represent the prices of 

 grain of good merchantable quality. 



PRICES OF WOOL. 



Prices of English Wool, per pack of 240 lbs., in the 

 under-mentioned Months of 1899. 



[Compiled from the Economist?) 



Description. 



March, 

 1899. 



April, 

 1899. 



May, 

 1899. 



South Down 

 Half-breds - 

 Leicester - 

 Kent Fleeces 



£ s. £ s. 

 7 10 to 10 0 



70,, 80 



70,, So 



6 10 ,, 7 10 



£ s, £ s. 

 7 10 to 10 0 



70,, 80 



70,, 80 



6 10 7 10 



£ s. £ s. 

 7 10 to 10 0 



70,, 80 



70,, 80 



6 10 ,, 7 10 



