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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. 



Lady Day 



s. d. 



26 3 



s. d. 

 35 ' 



s. d. 

 29 7 



Quarters. 



868,579 



Quarters. 

 699,657 



Quarters. 

 619,679 



Midsummer - 



25 1 



4i 5 



27 6 



994.293 



557,504 



619,618 



Michaelmas - 



25 2 



32 8 



30 4 



754>667 



308,279 



635,698 



Christmas 





27 2 



33 3 





i,o36,975 



881,566 



Barley. 



Lady Day 



s. d. 



27 I 



s. d. 

 27 9 



S. d. 

 24 0 



Quarters. 

 830,398 



Quarters. 

 902,452 



Quarters. 

 784,713 



Midsummer • 



24 6 



26 10 



21 4 



92,648 



47,621 



78,488 



Michaelmas - 



24 4 



25 10 



21 6 



237.935 



99,743 



118,875 



Christmas 





28 2 



27 0 





2,603,841 



2,275,111 







Oats. 









Lady Day 



s. d. 

 16 n 



s. d. 



17 5 



j. d. 

 16 4 



Quarters. 

 251,841 



Quarters. 

 226,150 



Quarters. 

 194,193 



Midsummer - - - 



17 6 



19 10 



17 3 



137,834 



93,475 



79,707 



Michaelmas - 



17 3 



19 7 



17 TO 



147,902 



78,787 



75,824 



Christmas 





16 Ti 



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 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 fot every bushel of oats. 



