Prices of Corn. 



Average Value per Imperial Quarter of Wheat Im- 

 ported into the United Kingdom from the under- 

 mentioned Foreign Countries and British Possessions in 

 the Fourth Quarter of 1 896 and in the First Quarter of 

 1897. 



Countries from which Exported. 



Average Value per Imperial Quarter 



Fourth Quarter, 

 1896. 



First Quarter. 

 1897. 





s. d. 



s. d. 



Argentine Republic - 



27 6 



30 2 





27 9 



28 7 



ROUMANIA - - - 



29 6 



30 8 





30 5 



30 2 





30 0 



29 7 



U.S. of America jp^gj.' 0 " ; 



30 11 



33 6 



30 9 



31 1 



India, British .... 



3i 5 



29 11 



North America, British - 



29 2 



30 1 



Average Prices of Wheat, Barley and Oats per Im- 

 perial Quarter in Belgium, France, and England 

 and Wales in the under-mentioned months of 1897. 



Month. 



Belgium. 



France. 



England. 



Wheat. 







Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 





1897. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



February - 





29 2 



36 0 



29 4 



March 







36 5 



27 11 



April 







36 6 



27 3 



May 







37 0 



23 0 



Barley. 







Per Qr. 



Ter Qr. 



Per Qr. 





1897. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



February • 





20 11 



22 0 



24 2 



March 







21 10 



22 9 



April 







21 8 



22 I 



May 







21 9 



20 7 



Oats. 







Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 



Ter Qr. 





1897. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



s. <L 



February - 





18 2 



17 10 



16 5 



March ■ 







17 9 



16 2 



April 







17 9 



16 4 



May 







17 10 



17 5 



Note. — The prices of Belgian grain are the official monthly averages published in 

 'the Afonit$ur Beige. The prices of French grain have been compiled from the 

 official weekly averages published in ihe Journal d" Agriculture pratique. The 

 prices of Biitish grain are official averages bissd on the weekly returns furnished 

 under the Corn Returns Act, 1882. 



