( VII ) 
THE PRICE OF PROVISIONS. 
The AVERAGE Prices 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 31, 1862. 
meat sold 
Wheat and 
Wheat Flour 
entered for 
Home 
Consumption 
at Chief Ports 
of Great 
Britain.* 
Average Prices of 
Quarters 
euding 
Average 
Price 
of 
Consols 
(for 
Money). 
Average 
Price of 
Wheat per 
Quarter 
in 
England 
and 
in tlie 290 
Cities and 
Towns in 
England and 
Wales making 
Returns.* 
Meat per lb. at Leadenhall 
and Newgate Markets 
(by the Carcase). 
Best 
Potatoes 
per Ton 
at Waterside 
Market, 
Southwark. 
Wales. 
Average number of 
Quarters weekly. 
Beef. 
Mutton. 
i860 
Dec. 31 
1861 
Mar. 31 
£. 
93i 
S. d. 
56 9 
55 I 
73,77° 
69,588 
197,396 
145,880 
Mean 4jc/. 
Ad.—6ld. 
Mean 5jc/. 
Mean ^td. 
Shd.-lid. 
Mean bid. 
115s. — 130S. 
Meani2 2s.6rf. 
140S. — 155s. 
Mean i47s.6rf. 
June 30 
gif 
54 9 
65,176 
134,085 
4ld.-e^d. 
Mean 5^rf. 
S\d.-l\d. 
Mean 6|e/. 
J 20s. — 140S, 
Mean 130s. 
Sept. 30 
9ii 
52 I 
82,383 
128,336 
4\d.—e{d. 
Mean 5grf. 
4ld.-ld. 
Mean t^yl. 
85s. 1 lOS. 
Mean 97s. 6d. 
Dec. 30 
1862 
Mar. 31 
93i 
93^ 
59 3 
60 I 
112,809 
74,163 
121 ,480 
132,882 
4d.—eid. 
Mean 5^^. 
Ad.—(>id. 
Mean sid. 
4%d.—k%d. 
Mean 5|</. 
4|rf.-6irf. 
Mean 5|c/. 
iios. — 130S. 
Mean 120s. 
r3os. — 155s. 
Mean i42s.6</. 
June 30 
93i 
56 8 
58,728 
136,230 
4d. — (>d. 
Mean 5(f. 
Sd.—jd. 
Mean 6d. 
1 80s. — 200s. 
Mean 190s. 
Sept. 30 
931 
56 10 
57,592 
295,276 
4id.—(>id. 
Mean 5jrf. 
S{d.-ld. 
Mean 6J</. 
1 00s. — 130«. 
Mean 115 s. 
Dec 31 
93i 
48 2 
85,522 
258,095 
4d.—(>id. 
Mean 5^rf. 
Sid.- bid. 
Mean 6rf. 
90s. IIOS. 
Mean loos. 
Col. 
I 
2 
1 3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
* Note. — The total number of quarters of wheat sold in England and Wales for the 13 weeks 
ending December 31st, 1860, was 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 ; for the 13 weeks ending December 31st, 1861, 1,460,525; 
for the 13 weeks ending March 31st, 1862, 964,121 ; for the 13 weeks ending June 30th, 
1862, 763,463 ; for the 13 weeks ending September 30th, 1862, 748,702 ; and for the 13 weeks 
ending December 31st, 1862, 1,111,787. The total number of quarters entered for Home 
Consumption was respectively, 2,566,145; 1,896,435; 1,743,100; 1,668,374; 1,579,241 ; 
1,727,404; 1,770,998 ; "3,838,584 ; and 3,355,239. 
