Prices of Corn. 



549 



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. j 1898. | 1897. 



1899. j 1898. | 1897. 



Wheat. 



Lady Day 

 Midsummer - 

 Michaelmas - 

 Christmas 



s. d. 



26 3 

 25 1 



25 2 



26 4 



1 



s. d. s. d. 



35 * 29 7 

 41 5 j 27 6 



32 8 1 30 4 

 27 2 J 33 3 



Quarters. 

 868,579 

 994.293 

 754.667 

 913,421 



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 1 

 24 6 

 24 4 



26 6 



s. d. 



27 9 

 26 10 

 25 10 



28 2 



s. d. 



24 0 

 21 4 

 21 6 

 27 0 



1 Quarters. 



■ 830,398 

 ! 92,648 

 ' 237,935 



2,135,762 



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 



s. d. 



16 ir 



17 6 

 17 3 

 16 4 



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 



j 238,783 



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 bushei, 

 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. 



CoRisi Prices : — Annual Averages. 



Average Prices of British Corn per Quarter of 8 imperial 

 bushels, computed 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 years 1895 to 1899. 



Years. 



Prices. 





Quantities. 



















Wheat. 



Barley. 



Oats. 





Wheat. 



Barley. 



Oats. 





d. ' 



s. d. 



f. d. 





Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



1895 - 



23 1 



21 11 



14 6 





1,928,383 



3,426.576 



665,939 



1896 



26 2 



22 11 



14 9 





2,III,02I 



3,391,862 



655.153 



1897 - - - 



30 2 



23 6 



16 11 





2,756,561 



3,257,187 



55o,434 



1898 - 



34 0 



27 2 



18 5 





2,602,416 



3,653,657 



688,064 



1899 - 



25 8 



25 7 



17 0 





3.530,961 



3.296744 



776,361 



