( VII ) 
THE PEICE OF PEOVISIONS. 
The AvicRAOE Trices of Consols, of Wheat, Meat, and Potatoes ; also the avkrage 
Quantity of Wheat sold and imported weekly, in each of the Nino Quaiteis 
finding .Tnnc 30, 18G2. 
1 
■\Vlieat sold 
Wlicat and 
Wheat Flour 
entered for 
Home 
Consumption 
at Chief Ports 
of Great 
Britain.* 
Average Prices of 
Quarters 
ending 
Averaso 
Price 
(if 
Consols 
(for 
Money). 
Average 
Price of 
Wheat per 
Quarter 
ill 
England 
and 
in tlie 290 
Cities and 
Towns in 
England and 
Wales making 
Returns.* 
Meat per lb. at Leadenliall 
and Newgate Markets 
(by the Carcase). 
Best 
l*otatoes 
per Ton 
at Waterside 
Marlcet, 
Southwark. 
Wales. 
Average number of 
Quarters weekly. 
Beef. 
Mutton. 
i860 
June 30 
£. 
94i 
s. d. 
52 8 
101 , 106 
62,272 
4f(?.— 6frf. 
Mean ^id. 
iid.-lid- 
Mean bid. 
125s. — 16OS. 
Mean 142S.6C/. 
Sept. 30 
93l 
59 I 
66,539 
139,142 
44 f/. — 'd. 
Mean 5|rf. 
Mean 63?/. 
125s. — 145*. 
Mean 135 s. 
Dec. 31 
1861 
I^lar. 3 1 
7 J* 
V'4 
56 9 
73,770 
69,588 
197,396 
145,880 
i¥--(>id. 
Mean 4^rf. 
4d.—eid. 
Mean 5^d. 
^Id.—eid. 
Mean 5 j(/. 
sid.-nd. 
Mean bid. 
115s. — 130S. 
Mean 122s. 6«f. 
\/s^os. — 155s. 
Mean 147.S.6C?. 
June 30 
54 9 
65,176 
134,085 
Aid. — 6Jrf. 
Mean yld. 
^\d.-l\d. 
Mean b\d. 
1 20s. — 140S. 
Mean 130s. 
Sept. 30 
9ii 
52 I 
82,383 
128,336 
A\d.—Gld. 
Mean s'^d. 
Aid.— id. 
Mean ^\d. 
85 s. — HQS. 
Mean 97s. bd. 
Dec. 30 
1862 
Mar. 31 
93b 
93^ 
59 3 
60 I 
112,809 
74,163 
121 ,480 
132,882 
Ad.—eid. 
Mean sld. 
Ad. — 6 jrf. 
Mean 5|rf. 
Aid.— bid. 
Mean 5^6?. 
4|^._6i(/. 
Mean i,ld. 
1 1 OS. — 1 3 OS. 
Mean 120s. 
1305. — 155s. 
Mean i42s.6rf. 
June 30 
93^ 
56 8 
58,728 
136,230 
Ad. — dd. 
Mean jrf. 
^d.—id. 
Mean kd. 
1 80s. — 200S. 
Mean 190s. 
Col. 
I 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
*NOTE. — The total number of quarters of wheat sold in England nnd Wales for the 13 weeks 
ending June 30th, 1860, was 1,314,386 ; for the 13 weeks ending September 30th, 1860, 865,007 ; 
for the 13 weeks ending December 31st, 1860, 959,006; for the 13 weeks ending March 31st, 
1861, 904,649 ; for the 13 weeks ending June 30th, 1861, 847,285; for the 13 weeks ending 
September 30th, 1861, 1,070,985; for the 13 weeks ending December 31st, 1861, 1,466,525; 
for the 13 weeks ending March 31st, 1862, 964,121 ; and for the 13 weeks ending June 30th, 
1862, 763,463. The total number of quarters entered for Home Consumption was respec- 
tively, 809,535; 1,808,848; 2,566,145; 1,896,435; 1,743,100; 1,668,374; 1,579,241 ; 
1,727,464; and 1,770,998. 
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