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Table XII. — Number of Beasts exhibited and the Prices realised 
for them at the Christmas Markets since 1844. 
Year. 
Beasts. 
Prices. 
Year. 
Beasts. 
Prices. 
s. 
d. s. 
d. 
s. 
d. «. 
d. 
1844 
5,713 
4 
0 — 4 
6 
1865 
7,530 
3 
4 — 5 
4 
1845 
5.326 
3 
6-4 
8 
1866 
7,340 
3 
8-5 
6 
1846 
4,570 
4 
0 — 5 
8 
1867 
8,110 
3 
4—5 
0 
1847 
4,282 
3 
4 — 4 
8 
1868 
5,320 
3 
4 — 5 
8 
1848 
5,942 
3 
4 — 4 
8 
1869 
6,728 
3 
6 — 6 
2 
1849 
5,765 
3 
4 — 4 
0 
1870 
6,425 
3 
6 — 6 
2 
1850 
6,341 
3 
0—3 
10 
1871 
6,320 
3 
10 — 6 
2 
1851 
6,103 
2 
8 — 4 
3 
1872 
7,560 
3 
8 — 6 
0 
1852 
6,271 
2 
8-4 
0 
1873 
6,170 
4 
4-6 
6 
1853 
7,037 
3 
2 — 4 
10 
1874 
6.570 
4 
4-6 
8 
1854 
6,181 
3 
6-5 
4 
1875 
7,660 
4 
6 — 6 
6 
1855 
7,000 
3 
8-4 
2 
1876 
7,020 
4 
4-6 
4 
1856 
6,748 
3 
4 — 5 
0 
1877 
7.510 
4 
6 — 6 
0 
^1857 
6,856 
3 
4 — 4 
8 
1878 
6,830 
4 
6 — 6 
0 
1858 
6,424 
3 
4—5 
0 
1879 
5,620 
4 
0 — 6 
4 
1859 
7,560 
3 
6-5 
4 
1880 
7,660 
4 
0 — 6 
0 
i860 
7,860 
3 
4—5 
6 
i88r 
8,150 
4 
0 — 6 
2 
' i86x 
8,840 
3 
4 — 5 
0 
1882 
7,370 
4 
6 — 6 
4 
1862 
8,430 
3 
4 — 5 
0 
1883 
5,940 
4 
0 — 6 
4 
1863 
10,372 
3 
6-5 
2 
1884 
5,300 
4 
c — 6 
2 
1864 
7,130 
3 
8-5 
8 
188? 
7,550 
3 
6-5 
4 
Table XIII. — Average Prices of British Wheat, Barley, and Oats, 
per Imperial Quarter, in each of the Twenty Years 1866-85. 
' Year. 
Wheat. 
Barley. 
OaK 
Year. 
meat. 
Barley. 
Oats. 
8. 
d. 
«. 
d. 
8. 
d. 
8. 
d. 
8. 
d. 
«. d. 
1866 
49 
II 
37 
5 
24 
7 
1876 
46 
2 
3S 
2 
26 3 
1867 
64 
5 
40 
0 
26 
I 
1877 
56 
9 
39 
8 
25 II 
1868 
63 
9 
43 
0 
28 
I 
1878 
46 
5 
40 
2 
24 4 
1869 
48 
2 
39 
5 
26 
0 
1879 
43 
10 
34 
0 
21 9 
1870 
46 
ir 
34 
7 
22 
10 
1880 
44 
4 
33 
I 
23 r 
1871 
56 
8 
36 
2 
25 
2 
1881 
45 
4 
3t 
1 1 
21 9 
1873 
57 
0 
37 
4 
23 
2 
1882 
45 
I 
31 
2 
21 10 
1873 
58 
8 
40 
5 
25 
5 
1883 
41 
7 
3' 
JO 
21 5 
1874 
55 
9 
44 
1 1 
28 
10 
1884 
35 
8 
30 
8 
20 3 
1 8 7-5 
45 
2 
38 
5 
28 
8 
188$ 
5 2 
10 
30 
I 
20 7 
