( XVI ) 
THE PRICE OF PROVISIONS. 
Tlie AVERAGE Pricks of Consols, of Wheat, Meat, and Potatoes ; also the average 
Quantity of Wheat sold and imported weekly, in each of the Nine Quarters 
ending December 31st, 1861. 
Average 
Price of 
Wheat per 
Quarter 
in 
England 
Wheat sold 
Wheat and 
Wheat Flour 
Average Prices of 
Quarters 
euding 
Average 
Price 
of 
Consols 
(for 
in the 290 
Cities and 
Towns in 
Engluud and 
Wales making 
Returns.* 
entered for 
Home 
Consumption 
at Chief Ports 
of Great 
Britain.* 
Meat per lb; at Leodenhall 
and Newgate Markets 
(by the Carcase). 
Best 
Potatoes 
per Ton 
at Waterside 
Market, 
Southwark. 
Wales. 
Average number of 
Quarters weekly. 
Beef. 
Mutton. 
1859 
Dec. 31 
i860 
£. 
s. d. 
43 4 
127,361 
44,911 
4«/. — b\d. 
Mean iid. 
4f</.-6|,/. 
Mean 5IJ. 
85s. — I20S. 
Mean io2«.6rf. 
Mar. 31 
94a 
44 5 
114,218 
22,300 
3f'/.— 6ir/. 
Mean 5^rf. 
4|(/.-6|cZ. 
Mean 5|rf. 
r T f e >i c 0 
1 1 ^ ft. l^^d* 
Mean ijoa 
June 30 
94i 
52 8 
loi, 106 
62,272 
4f'/.— 6|J. 
Mean c,id. 
S\d.-lhd. 
Mean 6|t/. 
125s. — 160J. 
Mean i^2s.6d. 
Spnt 30 
CQ I 
66,539 
139,142 
A\d.—-jd. 
Mean 5^(/. 
Mean 63rf. 
T 7 C c T AC C 
Mean 135s. 
Dec. 31 
1861 
Mar. 31 
« -. 1 
93i 
9'f 
56 9 
55 I 
73,770 
69,588 
197,396 
145,880 
Mean 4jrf. 
4'/.— 6irf. 
Mean ^\d. 
A\d.~(>ld. 
Mean c,yL. 
Sid.-7id. 
Mean 6|t/. 
r rjs. — 130S. 
Mean 1 22s. 6(/. 
140S. — 155s. 
Mean 147s. 6(/. 
June 30 
gif 
54 9 
65,176 
134,085 
A\d.~(>ld. 
Mean 5|</. 
5i</.-7i'/. 
Mean 6|(i. 
1 20s. — 140S. 
Mean 130s. 
Sept 30 
9ii 
52 I 
82,383 
128,336 
A\d.~(>\d. 
Mean 5|rf. 
Aid.— id. 
Mean 5|(f. 
85s. IIOS. 
Mean 97s. 6d. 
Dec. 30 
93i 
59 3 
112, 8og 
121 ,480 
Ad.—b\d. 
Mean ^^d. 
4|J.— 6f(f. 
Mean 5f(/. 
iios. — 130S. 
Mean 120s. 
Col. 
I 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
* Note. — The total number of quarters of wheat sold in England and Wales for the quarter 
ending December 31st, 1859 (14 weeks), was 1,783,050 ; for the 13 weeks ending March 31st, 
1860, 1,484,837; for the 13 weeks ending June 30th, 1860, 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; and for the 13 
weeks ending December 31st, 1861, 1,466,525. The total number of quarters entered for 
Home Consumption was respectively, 583,848; 289,906; 809,535; 1,808,848; 2,566,145; 
1,896,435; 1,743,100; 1,668,374; and 1,579,241. 
