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. 



London. 



Paris. 





Breslau. 





Wheat. 







Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 





Per Qr. 







1899. 













s. d. p 



s. d. 





</. s. 





June - 





26 3 



34 8 



3- 



2 to 34 



11 



July - 





26 1 



34 10 



31 



0 „ 34 



9 



August 





25 2 



34 5 



30 



9 „ 34 



6 



Barley. 







Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 





Per Qr. 







1899. 













s. a. 



s . d. 



s. 



d. s. 



£ 



June - 





23 6 



25 5 



22 



0 to 25 



5 



July - 





20 9 



24 8 



22 



0 25 



5 



1 August 





23 1 



24 7 



22 



0 ,, 25 



5 



Oats. 







Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 





Per Qr. 







1899. 













s. d. 



f. d. 



S. 



d. s. 



d. 



June - 





17 11 



20 7 



17 



7 to 18 



7 



July - 





17 10 



20 10 



17 



7 » 18 



7 



August 





17 11 



20 9 



*7 



5-, 18 



3 



Note. — The London quotation represents the price of British com as returned under 

 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. 



June, 

 1899. 



July, 

 1899. 



August, 

 1899. 





£ 



s. £ 



s. 



£ 



s. 



£ 



s. 



£ 



s. £ 



s. 



South Down 



7 



10 to 10 



0 



7 



10 to 



10 



16 



7 



10 to II 



0 



Half-breds - 



7 



0 „ 8 



0 



6 



12 ,, 



8 



0 



6 



10 „ 8 



0 



Leicester - 



7 



0 8 



0 



6 



12 „ 



7 



12 



6 



10 „ 7 



10 



Kent Fleeces 



6 



10 ,, 7 



10 



6 



2 



7 



2 



6 



0 „ 7 



0 



