( VII ) 
THE PRICE OF PROVISIONS. 
The AVEUAGE Prices of Consols, of Wheat, Meat, and rotatoes; also tlie avehace 
Quantity of Wheat sold and imported weekly, in each of the Nine Qiiavicvs 
ending June 30th, 18G0. 
meat sold 
Wheat and 
Wheat Flour 
entered for 
Home 
Consumption 
at Chief Ports 
of Great 
Britain.* 
Average Prices of 
Quarters 
ending 
Average 
Price 
of 
Consols 
(for 
Money). 
Average 
I'rice of 
Wlieat per 
Quarter 
ill 
England 
and 
in the 290 
Cities and 
Towns in 
Kiigland and 
Wales making 
Returns.* 
Meat per lb. at Leadenhall 
and Newgate Markets 
(by the Carcase). 
Potatoes 
(York Regents) 
per Ton 
at Waterside 
Market, 
Southwark. 
Wales. 
Average number of 
Quarters weekly. 
Keef. 
Slutton. 
1858 
June 30 
£. 
971 
s. d. 
44 I 
92,955 
86,551 
4i(f.— 6rf. 
Mean c^yi. 
A^d.—e^d. 
Mean 5srf. 
1 40s. — 185 s. 
Mean 162s. 6df. 
Sept. 30 
963 
44 7 
97,307 
82,373 
Ahd.—G{d. 
Mean 5^^. 
4M— 6irf. 
Mean ^^d. 
65s. — 90s. 
Mean 77s. 6f'. 
Dec. 3 1 
1859 
I\Iar 3 1 
41 q 
1^0,437 
54,413 
4</.-6irf. 
Mean 5^4/. 
4id.—eid. 
Mean s^d. 
80s. — 95s. 
Mean 87s. dd. 
95 g 
40 8 
103,637 
46,139 
A%d.—^d. 
Mean ^ 'id. 
iid.~ld. 
Mean sld. 
80s. lOOS. 
Mean 90s. 
June 30 
92i 
47 3 
96,514 
99,533 
4frf.— 6.W. 
Mean 5^^. 
5(/. — 7^. 
Mean 6c/. 
85s. — rios. 
Mean 97s. 6</. 
Sept. 30 
95i 
44 0 
85,707 
50,291 
Aid.-b\d. 
Mean c,^d. 
Aid.— bid. 
Mean 5 I-C?. 
65s. — 105s. 
Mean 85 s. 
Dec. 31 
i860 
Mai-. 31 
9(;j 
43 4 
44 5 
127,361 
114,218 
44,911 
22,300 
4</.— 6i(Z. 
Mean sid. 
iid.~(,id. 
Mean ^id. 
AU.-(>ld. 
Mean 5|cf. 
4|c?.-6frf. 
Mean 5 ft/. 
85s. — 1 20s. 
Mean io2s.kd. 
115s. — 145s. 
Mean 130s. 
June 30 
94i 
52 8 
joi , 106 
62,272 
4|(7.— 6fc?. 
Mean ^^d. 
5ic/.-7id. 
Mean b^d. 
125s. — 160S. 
Mean i42s.6(/. 
Col. 
I 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
* Note. — The total number of quarters of wheat sold in England and Wales for the 13 weeks 
ending June 30th, 1858, was 1,208,420; for the 13 weeks ending September 30th, 1858, 
1,264,990 ; for the 13 weeks ending December 31st, 1858, 1,435,678 ; for the 13 weeks ending 
March 31st, 1859, 1,347,277; for the 13 weeks ending June 30th, 1859, 1,254,682; for the 
13 weeks ending September 30th, 1859, 1,114,191 ; for the quarter ending December 31st, 1859 
(14 weeks), 1,783,050 ; for the 13 weeks ending March 31st, 1860, 1,484,837 ; and for the 
13 weeks ending June 30th, 1860, 1,314,386. The total number of quarters entered for 
Home Consumption was respectively, 1,125,165 ; 1,070,845; 707,367; 599,807; 1,293,925; 
553,789; 583,848: 289,906; and 809,535. 
