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Table XII. — Number of Beasts exhibited and the Prices realised 
for them at the Christmas Markets since 1843. 
Year. 
Beasts. 
Prices. 
Tear. 
Beasts. 
Prices. 
1843 
4,510 
s. 
4 
a. s. 
0 — 4 
a. 
4 
1861 
8,840 
8. 
3 
d. «. 
4 — 5 
d. 
0 
1844 
5)713 
4 
0 — 4 
6 
1862 
8,430 
3 
4 — 5 
0 
1845 
5.326 
3 
6 — 4 
8 
1863 
10,372 
3 
6-5 
2 
1846 
4,570 
4 
0 — 5 
8 
1864 
7,130 
3 
8-5 
8 
1847 
4,282 
3 
4 — 4 
8 
1865 
7,530 
3 
4 — 5 
4 
1848 
5,942 
3 
4 — 4 
8 
1866 
7,340 
3 
8-5 
6 
1849 
5,765 
3 
4 — 4 
0 
1867 
8, no 
3 
4—5 
0 
1850 
6,341 
3 
0—3 
10 
1868 
5,320 
3 
4 — 5 
8 
1851 
6,103 
1869 
3 
0 D 
2 
8 — 4 
2 
6,728 
2 
1852 
6,271 
2 
8-4 
0 
1870 
6,425 
3 
6 — 5 
2 
1853 
7,037 
s 
1 0 
1871 
6,320 
3 
10 — 6 
2 
1854 
6,181 
3 
6-5 
4 
1872 
7,560 
4 
6 — 6 
0 
7 ,000 
3 
8-4 
2 
187? 
6 , 1 yo 
4 
4-6 
6 
1856 
6,748 
3 
4 — 5 
0 
1874 
6,570 
4 
4-6 
8 
1857 
6,856 
3 
4 — 4 
8 
1875 
7,660 
4 
6 — 6 
6 
1858 
6,424 
3 
4—5 
0 
1876 
7,020 
4 
4-6 
4 
1859 
7,560 
3 
6-5 
4 
1877 
7.510 
4 
6 — 6 
0 
i860 
7,860 
1878 
6,830 
3 
4 — 5 
6 
4 
6 — 6 
0 
Table XIII. — Average Prices of British Wheat, Barley, and Oats, 
per Imperial Quarter, in each of the Sixteen Years 1863-78. 
Year. 
Wlieat. 
Barley. 
Oats. 
Year. 
Wheat. 
Barley. 
Oats. 
d. 
8. d. 
d. 
8. d. 
s. d. 
8. 
S. 
8. d. 
1863 
44 9 
33 
II 
21 2 
1871 
56 
10 
36 2 
25 2 
1864 
40 2 
29 
II 
20 I 
1872 
57 
0 
37 4 
'23 2 
1865 
41 10 
29 
9 
21 10 
1873 
58 
8 
40 5 
25 5 
1866 
49 " 
37 
5 
24 7 
1874 
55 
9 
44 II 
28 10 
1867 
64 6 
40 
0 
26 I 
1875 
45 
2 
38 5 
28 8 
1868 
63 9 
43 
0 
28 I 
1876 
46 
2 
35 2 
26 3 
1869 
48 2 
39 
5 
26 0 
1877 
56 
9 
39 8 
25 " 
1870 
46 10 
34 
7 
22 10 
1878 
46 
5 
40 2 
24 4 
