THE PRICE OF 
WHEAT IN 1889. 
Averages fob 1889. 
Wheat 
Barley 
Oats . 
I. d. 
. 29 9 
. 25 10 
. 17 9 
The annual Imperial ave- 
rage price of wheat has de- 
clined 2s. Id. a quarter 
from that of 1888. In 
the latter j'ear the average 
was 31s. \0d., whereas in 
the past year it was 29s. $d. 
The weekly fluctuations 
have been very slight, only 
ranging to 3s. 3d. — in 1888 
the range was 8s. Id. Ten 
years back, viz., in 1879, the 
lowest weekly average was 
37s. Sd. and the highest 
50s. Ad., a difference of 
12s. 8d. The annual average 
for that year was 43s. 10c/. 
Ten years later the aver- 
age has fallen 14s. Id. a. 
quarter, a most serious de- 
cline. The lowest weekly 
average in the past year 
was on June 29, 27s. lid., 
and the highest on August 
31, 31s. 2d., the average 
for 1889, as already men- 
tioned, being 29s. 9d. a 
quarter. The price of bar- 
ley was above that of wheat 
during the four weeks in 
October last and for the first 
three weeks of November, 
but barley was especially 
low on July 13, being only 
19s. 9d. a* quarter. The 
annual Imperial average 
price of corn was — wheat, 
29s. M. ; barley, 25s. lOrf. ; 
oats, 17s. Od. The sep- 
tennial tithe rent-charge is 
21. 18s. 5d. per 100/. lower 
this year than last, it being 
7b/. Is. 3^cZ., whereas last 
year it stood at 80/. 1 9s. 8 1 , 1. 
The average from the com- 
mutation in 1836 is 
101/. 2s. :\\d. 
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