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if  it  is  desired  to  know  the  price  at  any  one  of  the  dots,  it 
can  be  easily  seen  by  means  of  its  position  on  or  between  the 
lines.  Each  of  the  diagrams  for  1865  to  1882  includes  the  last 
week  in  each  preceding  year ; and  the  first  week  in  the  year  in 
advance  is  also  given.  These  outside  dots  form  a key,  by 
means  of  which  the  series  of  diagrams  could  be  mounted  on 
paper  to  follow  each  other  in  an  extended  form,  in  which  case 
a panorama  would  be  given,  showing  the  weekly  fluctuations 
for  many  years. 
The  annual  average  for  each  year  is  shown  by  a black  line 
across  each  diagram. 
A diagram  is  also  given  showing  the  annual  average  price  of 
wheat  from  1864  to  1882  inclusive. 
The  averages  for  the  past  four  years  have  been  very  near  each 
other— 1879,  43s.  lOrf. ; 1880,  44s.  Ad. ; 1881,  45s.  Ad.,  and 
1882,  45s.  Id. 
The  average  for  the  past  25  years  was  50s.  Id. 
The  greatest  extreme  or  range  of  fluctuation  was  25 s.  2d.  in 
1868,  and  the  smallest  6s.  3d.  in  1864. 
The  highest  annual  average  in  the  past  25  years  was  64s.  5 d. 
in  1867,  and  the  lowest  43s.  3d.  in  1864. 
The  highest  weekly  average  was  74s.  Id.  on  9th  of  May,  1868, 
and  the  lowest  weekly  average  37s.  Id.  on  the  22nd  of  February, 
1879  ; that  of  the  24th  of  December,  1864,  was  very  close  to  the 
former,  being  37s.  10c?. 
Table  showing  in  what  Months  in  the  past  Twenty-five  Years  the 
Price  of  Wheat  has  been  Highest  and  Lowest. 
Months. 
Highest  Price. 
Number 
of 
Years. 
Lowest  Price. 
Number 
of 
Years. 
January 
1858-62-63  ..  .. 
3 
1859-65-71  ..  .. 
3 
February 
1874  
i 
1860-70-76-77-79-81 
6 
March  . . 
. , ,,  ,,  ,, 
1867-75  
2 
April 
1SS0 
i 
1866-72-73  ..  .. 
3 
May 
1859-68-77-78 
4 
June 
1871 
1 
# . 
July  ..  .. 
„ 
1861 
1 
August  . . 
1864-69-70-72-75-82 
6 
September  . . 
1860-73-81  ..  .. 
3 
1880  
1 
October 
1867  
1 
1863-7S-82  ..  .. 
3 
November 
1879  
1 
1874  
1 
December 
1861-65-66-76..  .. 
4 
1858-62-64-68-69  .. 
5 
Years 
25 
Years 
25 
