( XXII ) 
Table XII. — ^Number of Beasts exhibited and the Prices realised 
for them at the Christmas Markets since 1845. 
, IFrom the ' Mark Lane Express.'^ 
Tear. 
Beasts. 
Prices. 
Year. 
Beasts. 
Prices. 
8. 
d. B. 
d. 
8. 
d. 8. 
d. 
1845 
5.326 
3 
6 — 4 
8 
1866 
7,340 
3 
8-5 
6 
1846 
4,570 
4 
0 — 5 
8 
1867 
8, no 
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 
]o — 6 
2 
1851 
6,103 
2 
8 — 4 
2 
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 
1881 
8,150 
4 
0 — 6 
2 
1861 
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 
0 — 6 
2 
1864 
7,130 
3 
8-5 
8 
1885 
7,550 
3 
6-5 
4 
1865 
7i530 
1 
4 — 5 
4 
1886 
6,010 
3 
6-5 
0 
Table XIII. — Average Pbices of British Wheat, Barley, and Oats, 
per Imperial Quarter, in each of the Twenty Years 1867-86. 
[ From the ' London Gazette.'^ 
Year. 
Wheat. 
Barley. 
Oats. 
Year. 
Wheat. 
Barley. 
Oats. ' 
«. d. 
8. d. 
[8. d. 
8. d. 
8. d. 
8. d. 
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 11 
34 7 
22 10 
1880 
44 4 
33 I 
23 I 
1871 
56 8 
36 2 
25 2 
1881 
45 4 
31 II 
21 9 
1872 
57 0 
37 4 
23 2 
1882 
45 I 
31 2 
21 10 
1873 
58 8 
40 5 
25 5 
1883 
41 7 
31 10 
21 5 
1874 
55 9 
44 II 
28 10 
1884 
35 8 
30 8 
20 3 
1875 
45 2 
38 5 
28 8 
1885 
32 10 
30 I 
20 7 
1876 
46 2 
35 2- 
26 3 
1886 
31 0 
26 7 
19 0 
