Prices of Corn. 



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

 perial Quarter in Belgium in the under-mentioned 

 Months of 1S97, with the mean of the year. 



Month. 



Wheat. 



Barley. 



Oats. 



1897. 





s. d. 



s. <L 



s. d. 



October - 





34 9 



21 10 



17 7 



November - 





35 10 



22 8 



x 7 7 



December - 





35 8 



22 7 



17 7 



Mean of the year - 



3i 6 



20 11 



18 2 



The above prices have been compiled from the official monthly averages pub- 

 lished in the Moniteur Beige. 



Average Prices of Wheat, Barley, and Oats per 

 Imperial Quarter at the under -mentioned Markets in 

 the under-mentioned Months of 1897 anc -- 1898- 



Month. 



London. 



Paris. 



Breslau. 



Wheat. 



December. 1S97 



Mean of the year 1897 



January, 1898 - 

 February 



Per Qr. 



Sm Cl. 



34 5 



Fer Qr. 

 s. d. 

 49 0 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 37 1 



3i 4 



41 7 



35 2 



35 11 

 35 9 



50 6 

 50 9 





Barley. 



December, 1S97 ■ 



Mean of the year 1S97 



January, 1898 - 

 February 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 28 7 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 23 2 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 2; 2 



26 3 



21 8 



23 5 



28 11 

 25 8 



23 4 

 23 3 





Oats. 



December, 1897 

 Mean of the year 1897 

 January, 1898 - 



February ... 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. 

 18 1 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. • 



19 * 



Per Qr. 



Sm d. 



18 4 



17 9 



iS 1 



18 7 



iS 2 

 iS 7 



19 s 

 19 6 





Note. — The London quotation represents the price of British corn as returned under 

 the Com Returns Act, 1882 ; the price of grain in Paris is the official average price of 

 French wheat in that city* ; the quotations shown for Breslau represent the prices of 

 grain of good merchantable quality*. 



