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 Second and Third Quarters of 1897. 



Average Value per Imperial Quarter. 



Second Quarter. 



Third Quarter, 



1897. 



1897. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



28 6 





29 11 



32 2 



26 11 





28 5 



30 9 



28 4 



32 0 



28 11 



33 2 



29 4 



34 7 





35 5 



29 7 



32 1 



Countries from which Exported 



Argentine Republic - 



Chile - 



Roumania 



Russia - 

 Turkey- 



U.S. of America [f^ c 



India, British 



North America, British 



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. 





i897. 







s. d. 



s. d. 



October 

 November 









47 11 



48 2 

 48 10 



33 7 



32 5 



33 9 



Barley. 











Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 





1897. 







s. d. 



s. d. 



September 



October 



November 





- 





22 9 



23 0 

 23 5 



27 11 



28 4 

 26 3 



Oats. 











Per Qr. 



Per Qr. 





1897. 







s. d. 



s. d. 



September 



October 



November 









18 5 

 18 8 



.9 . 



16 1 1 

 16 1 

 16 5 



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. 



