Prices of Corn. 



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Average Value per Imperial Quarter of Wheat Im- 

 ported into the United Kingdom from the under- 

 mentioned Foreign Countries and British Possessions in 

 the First and Second Quarters of 1897. 



Countries from which Exported. 



Argentine Republic - 



Chile - 



Roumania 



Russia - 



Turkey- 



U.S. of America jp^^ ic 



India, British 



North America, British 



Average Value per Imperial Quarter. 



| First Quarter, 



Second Quarter. 



1897. 



1897. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



30 2 



28 6 



28 7 



29 11 



30 8 



26 11 



30 2 



28 5 



29 7 



28 4 



30 9 



28 11 



3i 1 



29 4 



29 11 





30 1 



29 7 



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

 perial Quarter in France and England and Wales 

 in the under-mentioned Months of 1897. 



Month. 



France. 



England. 



Wheat. 









Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 





1897. 





jr. d. 



s. d. 



June - 

 July - 

 August 







37 11 



38 8 



44 0 



27 3 

 27 9 

 30 3 



Barley. 









Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 





1897. 





s. d. 



s. d. 



July - 

 August 







21 8 

 21 5 

 21 11 



21 8 



18 0 



19 7 



Oats. 









Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 





1897. 





s, d. 



s. d. 



June - 

 July - 

 August 







18 0 



17 11 



18 2 



18 0 

 18 8 

 17 7 



Note. — The prices of French grain have been compiled from the official weekly 

 averages published in the Journal d? Agriculture Pratique. The prices of British 

 grain are official averages based on the weekly returns furnished under the Corn 

 Returns Act, 1882. 



