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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 1897, with the Average Price for 

 the Year. 



Countries from which Exported. 



Average Value per Imperial Quarter. 



Fourth Quarter. 

 1897. 



The Year. 



Argentine Republic - 

 Chile - , - - - 



roumania 



Russia ------ | 



Turkey j 



u.s. ofamer.ca{^; ; 



India, British - - - - I 

 North America, British - 



j 



s. d. 



37 0 

 35 6 



34 9 

 32 9 



35 10 



38 8 



36 6 

 35 11 



s. d. 



29 4 

 3i 5 



29 9 

 31 0 



30 1 

 33 0 



31 0 

 36 2 

 33 4 



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

 perial Quarter in France, and England and Wales 

 in the under-mentioned Months of 1897 and 1898. 



Month. 







France. 



England. 



Wheat. 



December, 1897 - 







Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 49 10 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 33 11 



January, 1898 







49 7 



34 9 



February- - 







50 0 



35 r 



Barley. 



December, 1897 - 







Per Qr. 

 s. d. 



23 9 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 26 3 



January, 1898 







23 10 



" 27 7 



February 







24 3 



27 9 



Oats. 



December, 1897 - 







Per Qr. 

 s. d. 



19 9 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 



16 9 



January, 1898 







20 1 



17 2 



February - - - 







20 6 



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. 



