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Table II. — Annual Average Prices and Quantities of British Corn sold in the 
Towns in England and Wales from, which Returns are received under the 
Act of 45 § 46 Viet. cli. 37, in each of the Years 1882 to 1892. 
[From the “ London Gazette .”] 
■Sear 
Wheat 
Barley 
Oats 
Wheat 
Barley 
Oats 
s . 
d. 
s. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
Qrs. 
Qrs. 
Qrs. 
1882 
45 
1 
31 
2 
21 
10 
1,903,858 
1,873,820 
211,699 
1883 
41 
7 
31 
10 
21 
6 
2,901,146 
2,575,528 
408,471 
1884 
35 
9 
30 
8 
20 
3 
2,833,132 
3,149,341 
492,918 
1885 
32 
10 
30 
2 
20 
7 
2,739,515 
2,765,500 
393,042 
1886 
31 
1 
26 
7 
19 
0 
2,739,822 
2,474,466 
367,083 
1887 
32 
6 
25 
4 
16 
3 
2,495,124 
2,589,667 
309,478 
1888 
31 
10 
27 
10 
16 
9 
2,427,861 
1,911,835 
255,726 
1889 
29 
9 
25 
10 
17 
9 
2,945,408 
3,329,814 
415,783 
1890 
31 
11 
28 
8 
18 
7 
3,439,699 
3,327,991 
599,033 
1891 
37 
0 
28 
2 
20 
0 
3,248,743 
3,255,518 
561,713 
1892 
30 
3 
26 
2 
19 
10 
3,052,879 
3,493,634 
492,166 
Table III. — Returns published pursuant to the Corn Returns Act, 1882, and 
to Act of 6 4' 1 Win. IV. fur “ Commutation of Tithes in England and 
Wales," showing what has been, during the Seven Years ending Christmas 
Day in each Year, the Average Price of an Imperial Bushel of British 
Wheat, Barley, and Oats, computed from the Weekly Averages of Corn 
Returns J,n each of the Years 1886-92. 
[From the “ London Gazette .”] 
Tear 
Average (Septennial) prices per bushel 
Wheat 
Barley 
Oats 
s. d . 
s. d. 
s. d. 
1886 
4 11 
3 10 
2 71 
1887 
4 8| 
3 8* 
2 61 
1888 
4 5| 
3 7 1 
2 5 
1889 
4 24 
3 61 
2 41 
1890 
3 Ilf 
3 7 
2 3| 
1891 
4 01 
3 61 
2 31 
1892 
4 0 
3 41 
2 31 
Table IV. — Average Prices of Wool in each of the undermentioned Years. 
Tear 
English 1 
Austral- 
South 
Leicester 
Half-breds 
Kent 
Southdown 
ASIAN 
African 
Per lb. 
d. d. 
Per lb. 
d. d. 
Per lb. 
d. d. 
Per lb. 
d. s. 
d. 
Per lb. 
s. d. 
Per lb. 
s. d. 
1886 
9 to 9 J 
91 to 10| 
10 „ lli 
9 i to 10| 
10} „ lof 
94 to 1 
04 
0 91 
0 9 i 
1887 
n „ 101 
ioi „ 1 
9 | „ 0 
Of 
ill 
0 10.4 
0 104 
0 4 
1888 
9 * „ 10 
9 | „ 10 § 
n „ 101 
io| „ 10f 
0 101 
1889 
94 „ 101 
101 „ n 
io| „ 14 
104 „ 1 
04 
0 101 
0 101 
1890 
10 „ 101 
101 „ n 
11 „ 1 
1 
0 11 
0 101 
1891 
9 i „ 10 
10 „ 11 
H „ 101 
101 tt 1 
1 
0 9 £ 
0 9 i 
1892 
H „ 9 
n „ ioi 
9 i „ 9 f 
104 „ 1 
04 
0 9 
0 9 | 
1 The prices of English wool have been calculated from the list given 
weekly in the Economist newspaper. 
