Average  Prices  of  Corn  and  Wool.  IWI 
Table  VII. — Average  Prices  per  Imperial  Quarter  and 
Quantities  of  British  Corn  returned  as  sold  in  the  Toivns 
in  England  and  Wales  from  ivhich  Returns  ivere  received 
under  the  Corn  Returns  Act,  1882,  in  each  of  the  Years 
1894  to  1903. 
Year 
Wheat 
Barley 
Oats 
Wheat 
Barley 
Oats 
5. 
d. 
8. 
d. 
d. 
Q.-s. 
Qrs. 
Qrs. 
1894 
22 
10 
24 
6 
17 
1 
1,956,824 
2,729,348 
565,747 
1895 
23 
1 
21 
11 
14 
6 
1,928,383 
3,426,576 
665,939 
189G 
2(! 
2 
22 
11 
14 
9 
2,111,021 
3,391,862 
655, 1 53 
1897 
30 
2 
23 
6 
16 
11 
2,756.561 
3,257.187 
550,434 
1898 
34 
0 
27 
2 
18 
5 
2,602,416 
3,653,657 
688,064 
1899 
25 
8 
25 
7 
17 
0 
3,530,961 
3,296,744 
776,361 
1900 
26 
11 
24 
11 
17 
7 
2.923,483 
3,190,793 
711,784 
1901 
26 
9 
25 
2 
18 
5 
2,605,550 
3,369,629 
714,215 
1902 
28 
1 
25 
8 
20 
2 
2,247,937 
2,783,424 
831,285 
1903 
26 
9 
22 
8 
17 
2 
2,296,723 
2,875,749 
1,049,995 
Table  VIII. — Annual  and  Septennial  Average  Prices  per 
Imperial  Bushel  of  British  Wheat,  Barley,  and  Oats  iti 
each  Year  from  1894  to  1903  inclusive,  with  the  Value  of 
lOOZ.  of  Tithe  Rent-charge. 
Annual 
average  price 
Septennial 
average  price 
Value  of 
tithe  rent-charge  of  1006 
Year 
Calculated  on 
Calculated  on 
Wheat 
Barley 
Oats 
Wheat 
Barley 
Oats 
annual 
average 
septennial 
average 
s. 
d. 
8. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
8. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
£ 
6‘. 
d. 
£ 
8.  d. 
1894 
2 
lOi 
3 
Of 
2 
H 
3 
9 
3 
4 
2 
31 
G5 
1 
Ill 
73 
13  01 
1895 
2 
lOJ 
2 
1 
n 
3 
7 
3 
2f 
2 
3 
58 
12 
01 
71 
9 6f 
1896 
3 
2 
101 
1 
10 
3 
61 
3 
2 
2 
21 
61 
15 
8f 
69 
17  111 
1897 
3 
9i 
2 
111 
2 
11 
3 
5f 
3 
1 
2 
2 
68 
2 
lOf 
68 
14  11 
1898 
4 
3 
3 
-If 
2 
31 
3 
51 
3 
Of 
2 
If 
76 
11 
01 
68 
2 4f 
1899 
3 
21 
3 
21 
2 
11 
3 
-11 
3 
01 
2 
1 
67 
16 
71 
66 
15  9| 
1900 
3 
A 
3 
U 
2 
21 
3 
41 
3 
01 
2 
Of 
68 
11 
"1 
66 
10  9f 
1901 
3 
4 
3 
If 
2 
31 
3 
51 
3 
01 
2 
1 
70 
1 
lOf 
07 
3 8| 
1902 
3 
6 
3 
21 
2 
fil 
3 
01 
3 
11 
2 
21 
74 
3 
n 
69 
7 5 
1903 
3 
4 
2 
10 
2 
If 
3 
61 
3 
11 
2 
2f 
65 
13 
lOf 
69 
19  6 
Table  IX. — Average  Prices  of  Wool  in  each  of  the  Years 
1897  to  1903. 
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' Computed  from  the  prices  given  weekly  in  The  Economist  newspaper. 
> Prices  extracted  from  “ The  Yorkshire  Daily  Observer  Wool  Tables.” 
• Calculated  from  the  Trade  and  Navigation  Accounts. 
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