Prices of Commodities during last Seven Years ( 1886 - 92 ). 899 
Table III . — Averages of Index Numbers {Percentages), 
1867-77=ioo 
Periods 
Corn, &e. 
Meat and 
butter 
Materials 
Grand total 
Silver 1 
1818-27 
IOQ 
90 
112 
111 
99 
1828-37 
95 
78 
91 
93 
98-2 
1838-47 
102 
80 
90 
93 
98 
1848-57 
95 
79 
89 
89 
IOO 
1858-66 
9i 
89 
105 
99 
100*9 
1867-77 
IOO 
100 
100 
100 
96*4 
1878-87 
79 
95 
76 
79 
82*1 
1888-92 
67 
83 
69 
71 
71*7 
1 Silver compared with 6 o' 84 </. per oz., being the parity between gold and silver at i : isJ. 
Quarterly Movements op Prices. 
Figures of monthly fluctuations, such as already given, are in 
many respects accidental, as they render for most articles simply the 
prices at the end of the month, and not averages, and I therefore 
thought that quarterly numbers — showing the average of three 
such monthly quotations — would be more reliable, and by eliminat- 
ing all minor fluctuations would give a better idea of the gradual 
changes of all commodities, and of certain classes. I now present 
in Table IY. a record of the quarterly movements of average prices. 
Table IV . — Quarterly Movements of Average Prices. 
Summary of Index Numbers, 1866-77 = ioo. 
Year 
Quar- 
ters 
Vege- 
table 
Food 
(Corn, 
&c.) 
Ani- 
mal 
Food 
(Meat, 
&c.) 
Mate- 
rials 
Grand 
Total 
Silver 
Year 
Quar- 
ters 
Vege- 
table 
Food 
(Corn, 
<&c.) 
Ani- 
mal 
Food 
(Meat, 
&c.) 
Mate- 
rials 
Grand 
Total 
Silver 
I 
74*4 
98*7 
75*3 
78*4 
83*8 
1 RRR | 
III 
67*3 
84*4 
68*i 
70*3 
69*8 
1884 ■ 
II 
73-6 
95*4 
73*5 
761 
83*4 
IV 
690 
84*7 
71*4 
728 
70*4 
III 
70*7 
99 ' 1 
73*6 
75 9 
83*4 
IV 
67*7 
941 
71*5 
73 3 
82*2 
I 
66*7 
86*2 
709 
72*7 
70*0 
1889 ■ 
II 
63*9 
84*1 
68*4 
71*7 
69*0 
1 
I 
68 4 
89*7 
71*2 
72-5 
80*7 
UI 
646 
86*8 
69*9 
72 0 
69*8 
1885 ] 
II 
69-9 
89*5 
70*4 
728 
8i’i 
IV 
66-3 
86*o 
73*2 
73*2 
7**4 
III 
67*1 
8q'2 
70*0 
718 
79*6 
1 
IV 
672 
83*8 
69-4 
708 
77*7 
I 
63*7 
86*3 
72*0 
72 5 
72*6 
1890 - 
11 
62*8 
83*0 
70*3 
70*8 
77*2 
I 
66*5 
87*0 
68*2 
70 2 
77*0 
in 
67*2 
80*6 
71*1 
721 
8 5 *i 
1886 ■ 
II 
648 
90*5 
65*9 
69 0 
74*5 
IV 
67*4 
82 'O 
704 
71*7 
79*6 
ni 
638 
88*8 
66*8 
689 
71*2 
IV 
65*1 
Ss'3 
67*7 
694 
75*8 
1 
71*0 
78*9 
69*2 
71*4 
74*4 
1891 • 
11 
77-8 
8o‘i 
68*5 
72 3 
73*6 
1 
66 7 
8o*2 
67*3 
68 5 
75*3 
m 
75*5 
83*0 
67*7 
717 
74*5 
1887 - 
11 
65*4 
79*0 
65*8 
67 8 
72*2 
IV 
77*2 
8o*8 
67*1 
71*2 
72 1 
in 
63*7 
8o*2 
6 5'7 
678 
73 ’ 1 
IV 
65*2 
77 '9 
68*9 
69*7 
72*5 
1 
70*6 
82*7 
66 *0 
697 
67*4 
n 
67*5 
83*1 
65*2 
685 
65-8 
1888 | 
1 
66*0 
78*8 
70*7 
705 
71*9 
in 
64*2 
85*9 
63*2 
67 3 
63*2 
11 
66*3 
79*9 
66 *9 
68*5 
69*4 
IV 
60*7 
83*6 
649 
67 7 
64 0 
