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tho average. It was in defect in October, defecdvo by 2 inches iu 
November, and slightly in excess iu December. 
At the beginning of October the outstanding portions of tho crojiii 
in tho Scottish iiplands, and the late districts of England, Scotland, 
and Ireland, were small, and the gathering was frequently inter- 
rupted by rain. Tho most reliable re2)orts at the close of the harvest 
estimated the oat crop as the best of the season, and barley as tho 
next in order for bulk, but showing considerable variation both in 
quantity and weight. The wheat crop was also very varied ; some 
proved to be of good quality, but, taken as a whole, it was below 
the average. Beans were a good average, but there was a small 
crop of peas. Potatoes were a large crop, but disease was spoken 
of in different places. 
The fine weather in November, in which month the barometrical 
readings were remarkably high, enabled a great deal of field work 
to be done all over the country, and a great breadth of land was 
sown. In December the stormy weather stopped all out-door 
farming work for some time. At the end of the year the accounts of 
the growing wheat crop were generally favourable all over the 
country. Upon the whole, the quarter was favourable for agri- 
cultural pui-poses. 
COEX : Ijiportations, Salks,- and Prices. 
QtJAKTiTiEs of Wheat, AVheatmeal and Floue, Barley, Oats, Peas and 
Beaks, Imi'ORTed into the United Kingdom in the Yeak 1867; and 
in each of the last Six Months of the Year 1867. 
1867. 
Wheat 
Wheatmcal 
and Flour. 
Barley. 
Oats. 
Peas. 
Beans. 
In first Sixl 
Months J 
cwts. 
14,448,556 
cwts. 
1,823,072 
cwts. 
3,336,476 
cwts. 
4,281, 150 
cwts. 
743, "8 
cwts. 
996 ,006 
July 
August . . 
September 
October . . 
November 
December 
3,295,622 
3,287,469 
3,067,662 
2,874,854 
3,903,760 
3,767,646 
233,449 
211,011 
156,040 
227,352 
389,426 
552,619 
331,684 
280,391 
396,908 
463,368 
506,300 
368,594 
1,379,365 
952,093 
716,478 
473,656 
875,279 
729,115 
270, 569 
137,657 
29,541 
40,400 
60,661 
304,183 
91,037 
143,939 
251.057 
213,944 
160,602 
126,030 
In last Sixl 
JMonths ) 
20,197,013 
1,769,897 
2,347,245 
5,125,986 
843,011 
986,609 
Year . . 
34,645,569 
3,592,969 
5,683,721 
9,407,136 
1,586,129 
1,982,615 
Note. — The average weights per qtuiHer of corn, as adopted in the office of the 
Inspector-General of Imports and Exports, are as follows :— For wheat, 485J lbs., 
or 4^ cwts. ; for barley, 400 lbs., or 3| cwts. ; for oats, 308 lbs., or 2J cwts. Corn 
has been entered and charged with duty by iceirjht instead of measure since Sep- 
tember 1864. 
