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PEICE OF PEOVISIONS. 
1st Quarter. — ^Wheat was cheap. The average price was 46s. 7c?. 
per quarter. In the corresponding period of the year 1861 it was 
55s. Id. ; while in that of the year 1862 it was 60s. Id. Beef was 
near its usual price ; the average lowest and highest prices of mutton 
at Leadenhall and Newgate Markets were 5c?. and 7c?. per lb. by the 
carcase. Potatoes were cheaper than they have recently been at 
this season, the best having been sold at the Waterside Market, 
South wark, at about 125s. per ton. 
2nc? Quarter. — Wheat was still remarkably cheap : the average 
price fell to 46s. 2c?. per quarter, against 56s. 8d. in the same period 
of 1862. The lowest and highest prices of beef at Leadenhall and 
Newgate were 4id. and 6^d. per lb. sold by the carcase. In the 
same period of 1862 they were 4c?. and 6d. During the last twelve 
months the average price of the best quality has not varied. The 
price of mutton fell. In the June quarter of 1862 the worst and 
best qualities were 5c?. and 7c?. per lb. ; and they were near those 
prices in the succeeding nine months, till last quarter, when they 
were 4fc?. and 6fc?. The average price of the best potatoes at the 
Waterside Market, Southwark, was 120s. per ton, against 190s. in 
the same quarter of 1862. Beef furnishes the only exception to the 
comparative cheapness of the principal articles of food. 
