2 7 8 



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 underquoted periods of the Years 1899, 1898, and 1897. 



Quarter Ended 



1 



Prices. 



Quantities. 



1899. | 1S98. | 



1897. 



1899. | 



1898. 



1897. 



Wheat. 



Lady Day 

 Midsummer - 

 Michaelmas - 

 Christmas 



s. d. 



26 3 

 25 1 



s. d. 

 35 * 

 4i 5 



32 8 

 27 2 



J. d. 



29 7 

 27 6 



30 4 



33 3 



Quarters. 



868,579 

 994,293 



Quarters. 

 699,657 

 557,504 

 308,279 



1,036,975 



Quarters. 

 619,679 

 619,618 

 635,698 

 881,566 



Barley. 



Lady Day 

 Midsummer - 

 Michaelmas - 

 Christmas 



s. d. 



27 I 



24 6 



s. d. 



27 9 

 26 10 

 25 10 



28 2 



S. d. 

 24 0 

 21 4 

 21 6 

 27 0 



Quarters. 

 830,398 

 92,648 



Quarters. 

 902,452 

 47,621 

 99,743 

 2,603,841 



Quarters. 



784,713 

 78,488 



118,875 

 2,275,111 







Oats. 









Lady Day 

 Midsummer - 

 Michaelmas - 

 Christmas 



d. 



16 11 



17 6 



s. d. 



17 5 



19 10 

 19 7 

 16 11 



5. d. 



16 4 



17 3 



17 TO 



16 5 



Quarters. 

 251,841 

 137,834 



Quarters. 

 226,150 

 93,475 

 78,787 

 289,652 



Quarters. 



194,193 

 79,707 

 75,824 



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 bushel, 

 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 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, co mi j u ted from the Weekly Averages of Corn 

 Returns from the 196 Returning Markets, together with 

 the Quantities returned as sold at such Markets during 

 each of the Harvest Years ending 31st August 1890 to 

 1899. . 



Harvest Years. 



Prices. 





Quantities. 



















Wheat. 



Barley. 



Oats. 





Wheat. 



Barley. 



Oais. 



1889- 90 



1890- 91 



1891- 92 



1892- 93 - 



1893- 94 - 



1894- 95 - 



1895- 96 - 



1896- 97 - 



1897- 98 - 

 189S-99 - 



s. d. 



31 2 



35 5 

 33 4 

 26 8 



25 5 

 21 5 

 24 10 

 28 8 



36 2 



26 0 



j. d. 



28 10 

 28 0 

 27 2 

 24 10 

 26 5 



21 5 



22 4 



23 2 

 26 11 

 26 1 



s. d. 



18 6 



19 1 



20 8 

 18 9 

 18 4 

 14 8 

 14 1 



16 9 

 18 3 



17 3 





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 

 3,498.515 



Quarters. 

 3,281,141 

 3,659,382 

 3,260,327 

 3,383, 0 94 

 2,876,977 

 3,136,415 

 3*366.364 

 3,200,612 

 3,339'842 

 3,629,760 



Quarters. 

 558,053 

 602,887 

 488,830 

 547412 

 542,425 

 693,121 

 672,547 

 55i,9i2 

 599,666 

 777.676 



