( VII ) 
THE PKICE OF PEOVISIONS. 
nie AVERAGE Prices of Consols, of Wheat, Meat, and Potatoes ; also the averagb 
Quantity of Wheat sold and imported weekly, in each of the Nine Quarters 
ending June 30th, 1859. 
AVlieat sold 
^V^leat and 
Wheat Flour 
entered for 
Home 
Consumption 
at Chief Ports 
of Great 
Britain.* 
Average Prices of 
Qnarters 
ending 
Average 
Price 
of 
Consols 
(for 
Money). 
Average 
Price of 
Wheat per 
Quarter 
in 
England 
and 
in the 290 
Cities and 
Towns in 
Engbuiii and 
Wales making 
Returns.* 
Meat per lb. at Leadenball 
and Xewgate Markets 
(by the Carcase). . 
Potatoes 
(York Regents) 
per Ton 
at \Vaterside 
Market, 
Wales. 
Average number of 
Quarters weekly. 
Beef. 
Mutton. 
Southwark. 
1857 
June 30 
£. 
931 
s. d. 
56 9 
107,850 
42,178 
Aid.— bid. 
Mean 5?^. 
4|rf.— 6f<f. 
Mean 5l«/. 
105s. — 150*. 
Mean 12] s.bd. 
Sept. 30 
90? 
59 II 
92,156 
55.384 
Aid.— bid. 
Mean 5|rf. 
4id.—-d. 
Mean 5 ft/. 
95s.— ii5«- 
Mean 105 s. 
Dec. 31 
1858 
Mar. 31 
89i 
96^ 
52 0 
46 5 
101,025 
99,604 
95,587 
64,652 
Aid.-b^d. 
Mean ^^d. 
Aid.— bid. 
Mean 5j(/. 
Aid.-jd. 
Mean 5f rf. 
4frf.-7''. 
Mean ^Id. 
I ;os. — 15CS. 
Mean 14CS. 
1305. — 175s. 
Mean i^is.bd. 
June 30 
97l 
44 I 
92,955 
86,551 
Aid.—6d. 
Mean 5!^. 
Mean ^id. 
14CS. — 185^. 
Mean i62i.C(/. 
Sept. 30 
96I 
44 7 
97.307 
82,373 
A^d.—bid. 
Mean ^id. 
^d.- bid. 
Mean ^^d. 
655. — 90s. 
Mean 77s. 6(/. 
Dec. 31 
1859 
Mar. 31 
98i 
95l 
41 9 
40 8 
110,437 
103,637 
54,413 
46,139 
Ad.- bid. 
Mean sid. 
Aid.-bid. 
Mean 5|(f. 
Aid.-bid. 
Mean sid. 
4%d.—-d. 
Mean c,}d. 
80s. — 95s. 
Mean 87s. bd. 
80s. — IOCS. 
Mean 90*. 
June 30 
94 
47 3 
96,514 
99,533 
A^d.—bid. 
Mean y^d. 
sd.~:d. 
Mean bd. 
85s. IXC.?. 
Mean 97s. bd. 
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 end- 
ing June 30th, 1857, was 1,402,051 ; for the 13 weeks ending September 30th, 1857, 1,198,029; 
for the 13 weeks ending December 31st,* 1857, 1,313,321 ; for the 13 weeks ending March 
31st, 1858, 1,294,855; for the 13 weeks ending June 30th, 1858, 1,208,420; for the 13 
weeks ending September 30th, 1858, 1,264,996 ; for the 13 weeks ending December 31st, 1858, 
1,435,678 ; for the 13 weeks ending March 31st, 1859, 1,347,277 ; and for the 13 weeks ending 
June 30th, 1859, 1,254,682. The total number of quarters entered for Home Consumption was 
respectively, 548,315; 719,992; 1,242,628; 840,475; 1,125,165; 1,070,845; 707,367; 
599,807 ; and 1,293,925. 
