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Prices of Corn. 



Average Prices of Wheat, Barley, and Oats per Im- 

 perial Quarter in Belgium in the under-mentioned 

 Months of 1899 an( 3 1900, with the mean prices for the 

 year 1899. 



Month. 



Wheat. 



Barley. 



Oats. 



November, 1899- 

 December ,, - 



Mean of the vear 1899 



January, 1900 - 



s. d. 

 27 7 

 27 4 



s. d. 

 24 8 

 24 6 



s. d. 

 18 5 

 18 7 



28 3 



23 9 



18 11 



27 3 



24 2 



18 8 



The above prices have been compiled from the official monthly averages pub- 

 lished in the Moniteur Beige. 



Average Prices of Wheat, Barley, and Oats per 

 Imperial Quarter at the under-mentioned Markets in 

 the under-mentioned Months of 1899 and 1900, with the 

 mean prices for the year 1899. 



Month. London. 



Paris. 



Breslau. 



Wheat. 



December 1899 

 Mean of the year 1899 

 January, 1900 

 February 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 26 6 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 3i 8 



Per Qr. 

 S. d. s. d. 

 29 3 to 32 10 



26 6 



34 10 



30 11 34 8 



26 5 

 26 11 



3i 8 

 33 10 



28 10 32 6 

 28 10 „ 32 6 



Barley. 



December, 1899 

 Mean of the year 1899 

 January, 1900 

 February 



Per Qr. 

 s. a. 

 27 1 



Per Qr. 



s. d. 

 24 9 



Per Qr. 



s. d. s. d. 

 22 9 to 26 4 



27 3 



24 6 



2? 0 „ 26 7 



26 8 

 23 1 



24 10 

 24 9 



22 9 „ 26 4 

 22 9 „ 26 4 



Oats. 



December, 1899 

 Mean of the year 1899 

 January, 1900 



Febraary - . . j 



Per Qr. 

 s. 1 

 16 11 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 19 3 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. s. d. 

 16 3 to 17 3 



17 8 



19 9 



17 3 „ 18 3 



17 0 

 17 4 



19 3 

 19 11 



16 3 „ 17 2 

 16 2 „ 17 2 



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

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

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



grain of good merchantable quality. . 



