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 1897. 



Month. 



London. 



Paris. 



Breslau. 



Wheat. 





1397. 



Per Qr. 



Per Q-. 





Per Qr. 









s. d. 



s. d. 



s. 



d. s. 



d. 



January- 





33 0 



35 8 



35 



8 to 37 



5 



February 





29 11 



36 5 



34 



11 „ 36 



8 



March - 





29 2 



36 10 



34 



7 „ 36 



4 



April • 





2S 0 



36 9 



34 



2 „ 35 



11 



May - 





28 4 



37 5 



33 



3 », 36 



1 



Barley. 





1897. 



Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 





Per Qr. 









s. d. 



x. d. 



s. 



d. s. 



d. 



January 





24 10 



21 10 



20 



5 to 27 



9 



February 





22 0 



21 5 



20 



I n 27 



8 



March- 





24 6 



20 2 



20 



0 „ 27 



8 



April . 





23 11 



19 9 



20 



O „ 27 



8 



May - 





23 6 



20 11 



18 



4 M 26 



4 







Oats. 













1897. 



Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 





Per Qr. 









f. d. 



s. d. 



s. 



<f. x. 



d. 



January 





17 6 



17 10 



15 



10 to 18 



8 



February 





16 11 



18 1 



15 



11 „ 18 



9 



March 





16 10 



17 8 



15 



11 „ 18 



9 



April - 





17 4 



17 3 



15 



11 „ 18 



9 



May - 





17 11 



17 11 



16 



3 M 19 



1 



Note.— The London quotation represents the pricj of British corn as returned unltr 

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

 French wheat in that city ; the quotations shown for Bres'au represent the prices of 

 grain of gocd merchantable quality. 



