I89i ^WEEJBXy AVERAGE PRICE OF WHEAT FROM GOVERNMENT RETURNS. 
THE PRICE OF 
GRAIN IN 1891. 
Avehages for 1891. 
Wheat 
Barley 
Oats 
s. d, 
. 37 0 
. 28 2 
. 20 0 
The annual Imperial average 
price of wheat \x&,& risen 5s. \d. 
a quarter above that of 1890. 
In the latter year the average 
was 31s. Wd.f whereas in 
the past year it was 37s. a 
quarter. The weekly fluctua- 
tion has been greater, rang- 
ing 9s. 5d . ; in 1890 it was 
6s. 10c?. The highest weekly 
average in the past year was 
41s. Qd, on September 5. The 
price has not touched 40s. 
for about 10 years, viz., in 
1883, but in that year it rose 
to 43s. lOc?. The lowest 
weekly average in the past 
year was 32s. 3c?. on February 
1 4 and 21. A great fall in the 
price of wheat took place on 
September 12 from 41s. 2d. to 
36s. 6c?. on September 19, and 
again to 34s. 6c?. on September 
26. The annual average price 
of barley was close on that of 
1890, it being 28s. 8c?. in that 
year, aud 28s. 2c?. in the past 
year. The highest price was 
Ms. 8c?. on November 21, and 
the lowest 24s. 4c?. on August 
15. The fluctuation was there- 
fore 7s. 4c?. ; in 1890 it was 
9s. 9c?. The annual average 
price of oats was 20s. ; in 
1890 it was 18s. 7c?., the high- 
est price 22s. 4c?. on November 
21, and the lowest 17s. 6c?. on 
January 10. The fluctuation 
was 4s. 10c?. ; in 1890 it was 
3s. 2c?. The annual Imperial 
average price of corn in 1891 
was — Wheat 37s. ; Barley 
28s. 2c?. ; and Oats 20s. The 
septennial tithe rent-charge is 
5s. O^c?. lower this year than 
last, it being 76?. 3s. 3^c?. in 
that year, whereas it is now 
75?. 18s. 3^c?. per 100?. The 
average from the commutation 
in 1836 is 100?. 4s. 44c?. This 
latter is taken from Willich’s 
Tithe Tables. 
Henkt Allntjtt. 
VOL. III. T. S. — 9. 
