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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 June 30, 1864. 
Average 
Price of 
Wheat per 
Quarter 
in 
England 
and 
Wheat sold 
in the 290 
Cities and 
Towns in 
England and 
Wales making 
Returns.* 
Wheat and 
Wheat Flour 
Average Prices of 
Quarters 
euding 
Average 
! Price 
of 
Consols 
(for 
Money) 
entered for 
Home 
Consumption 
at Chief Ports 
of Great 
Britain.* 
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. 
1862 
June 30 
£. 
93f 
s. d. 
56 8 
58,728 
136,230 
4d. — 6<i. 
Mean 5 c?. 
cd — id 
Mean 6d. 
180s. — 200s. 
Mean 190s. 
Sept. 30 
93? 
56 10 
57,592 
295,2/6 
.1-7 C 1 J 
4i a. — oja. 
Mean $\d. 
„ 1 T J 
S z d.— -]d. 
Mean b\d. 
1005. — 1 3 eg. 
Mean 115 s. 
Dec. 3 * 
1863 
Mar. 31 
93 s 
9 2 S 
40 i 
46 7 
85,522 
75.819 
258,095 
139,429 
4d.—6id. 
Mean 5^. 
Ad— (>\d. 
Mean 5^. 
5irf.-6frf. 
Mean 6d. 
Sd.-jd. 
Mean 6d. 
90s. IIOS. 
Mean 100s. 
120s. — 130s. 
Mean 125s. 
June 30 
93J 
46 2 
82,458 
106,633 
4K-6£rf. 
Mean $£d. 
4id.— 6|rf. 
Mean 5ft/. 
iros. — 130s. 
Mean 120s. 
Sept. 30 
93 
45 7 
73.920 
157, 5 82 
4K-6K 
Mean 5|rf. 
4§d.— 6fd. 
Mean 5f<f. 
70s. — 105 s. 
Mean 87s. 6d. 
Dec. 31 
1864 
Mar. 31 
91 
40 6 
40 4 
"3,397 
99,013 
145,823 
138,523 
4d.—6id. 
Mean ${d. 
4%d.—6id. 
Mean ^d. 
5<f.— 7<f. 
Mean 6rf. 
5J(/.— 7<f. 
Mean 6Jrf. 
60s. — 80s. 
Mean 70s. 
55 s— 70s. 
Mean 62s. 6rf. 
June 30 
39 7 
92,569 
100, 102 
4{d.—(>ld. 
Mean 5jrf. 
5 ic?- — 7^- 
Mean 6|rf. 
40s. — 60s. 
Mean 50s. 
Col. 
T 
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, 1862, was 763,463; for the 13 weeks ending September 30th, 1862, 
748,702 ; for the 13 weeks ending December 31st, 1862, 1,111,787; for the 13 weeks ending 
March 31st, 1863, 985,649; for the 13 weeks ending June 30th, 1863, 1,073,126 ; for the 13 
weeks ending September 30th, 1863, 960,956 ; for the 13 weeks ending December 31st, 1863, 
1,474,160; for the 13 weeks ending March 31st, 1S64, 1,287,171; and for the 13 weeks 
ending June 30th, 1864, 1,203,406. The total number of quarters entered for Home Con- 
sumption in the same period was respectively, 1,770,998 ; 3,838,584; 3,355,239; 1,812,585 ; 
1,386,233 ; 2,048,568 ; 1,895,705 ; 1,800,806 ; and 1,301,323. 
