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The annexed Return shows the number of Boasts exhibited and the 
prices realised for thein at the Christmas markets since 1843 :— 
Year. 
Beasts. 
Year. 
Beasts. 
8. 
d. s. 
d. 
8. 
<i. 8. 
d. 
i8 4 j 
4,5io 
4 
0 — 4 
4 
i860 
7,860 
3 
4 — 5 
6 
1844 
5,7n 
4 
0 — 4 
6 
1861 
8,840 
3 
4 — 5 
0 
1845 
5.326 
3 
6-4 
8 
1862 
8,430 
3 
4 — 5 
0 
1846 
4,57° 
4 
o — 5 
8 
1863 
10,372 
3 
6 — 5 
2 
1847 
4,282 
3 
4 — 4 
8 
1864 
7,130 
3 
8—5 
8 
1848 
5,942 
3 
4 — 4 
8 
1865 
7,530 
3 
4 — 5 
4 
1849 
5,765 
3 
4 — 4 
0 
1866 
7,34o 
3 
8 — 5 
6 
1850 
6,341 
3 
0—3 
10 
1867 
8, no 
3 
4—5 
0 
1851 
6,103 
2 
8 — 4 
2 
1868 
5,320 
3 
8 
1852 
6,271 
2 
8-4 
0 
1869 
6,728 
3 
6 — 6 
1S53 
7,037 
3 
2—4 
10 
1870 
6,425 
6 — 6 
2 
1854 
6,181 
3 
6-5 
4 
1871 
6,320 
: 
10 — 6 
2 
1855 
7,000 
3 
8-4 
2 
1872 
7,560 
4 
6 — 6 
0 
1856 
6,748 
3 
4 — 5 
0 
1873 
6,170 
4 
4-6 
6 
1857 
6,856 
3 
4 — 4 
8 
1874 
6,570 
4 
4-6 
8 
1858 
6,424 
3 
4—5 
0 
1875 
7,660 
4 
6 — 6 
6 
1859 
7,56o 
3 
6-5 
4 
1876 
7,020 
4 
4-6 
4 
Average Prices of British Wheat, Barley, and Oats, per Imperial 
Quarter, in each of the Sixteen Years 1861-76. 
Year. 
Wheat. 
Barley. 
Oats. 
Year. 
Wheat. 
Barley. 
Oats. 
g. d. 
s. d. 
8. d. 
8. d. 
8. d. 
«. d. 
1861 
55 4 
36 1 
23 9 
1869 
48 2 
39 5 
26 0 
1862 
55 5 
35 1 
22 7 
1870 
46 10 
34 7 
22 10 
1863 
44 9 
33 n 
21 2 
1871 
56 10 
36 2 
25 2 
1864 
40 2 
29 11 
20 1 
i 1872 
57 0 
37 4 
23 2 
1865 
41 10 
29 9 
21 10 
1873 
58 8 
40 5 
2 5 5 
1866 
49 " 
37 5 
24 7 
1874 
55 9 
44 11 
28 10 
1867 
64 6 
40 0 
26 1 
1875 
45 2 
38 5 
28 8 
1868 
63 9 
43 0 
28 1 
1876 
46 2 
35 2 
26 3 
