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Table II. — Annual Average Prices and Quantities of British Corn sold in the 
Towns in. England and T Vales from which Returns are received under the 
Act of i 5 $ 46 Viet. ch. 37, in each of the Years 1884 to 1893. 
\_From the “ London Gazette .”] 
Year 
Wheat 
Barley 
Oats 
Wheat 
Barley 
Oats 
8. 
d. 
8. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
Qrs. 
Qrs. 
Qrs. 
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 
1893 
26 
4 
25 
7 
18 
9 
2,620,060 
3,366,056 
575,522 
Table III. — Returns published pursuant to the Corn Returns Act, 1882, and 
to Act of 6 7 Wm. IV. for “ 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 in each of the Years 1887-93. 
[ From the “ London Gazette."] 
Year 
Average (Septennial) Prices per Bushel 
Wheat 
Barley 
Oats 
s. d. 
s. d. 
s. d. 
1887 
4 84 
3 8* 
2 64 
1888 
4 5* 
3 74 
2 5 
1889 
4 24 
3 6| 
2 44 
1890 
3 Ilf 
3 7 
2 3| 
1891 
4 0| 
3 5i 
2 31 
1892 
4 0 
3 H 
2 31 
1893 
3 11 
3 4 
2 31 
Table IV. — Average Prices of Wool in each of the undermentioned Years. 
Year 
English 1 
Austral- 
South 
Leicester 
Half-breds 
Kent 
Southdown 
ASIAN 
African 
Per lb. 
Per lb. 
Per lb. 
Per lb. 
Per lb. 
Per lb. 
d. d. 
d. d. 
d. d. 
d. s. d. 
d. 
d. 
1887 
92 to 101 
10 to Hi 
10* to lOf 
101 to 1 Of 
10* 
io| 
1888 
9* ,, 10 
H „ io* 
94 „ 10* 
lof „ 10f 
9f „ 0 Ilf 
10* „ 1 o| 
10* 
9f 
1889 
9| „ 101 
10* „ 11 
10| „ 111 
10* 
10* 
1890 
10 „ io| 
10J „ 11 
11 „ 1 1 
11 
"I 
1891 
94 „ 10 
10 „ 11 
9* „ 10* 
104 „ 1 1 
9f 
1892 
1893 
8* „ 9 
8* .. 91 
9f „ 10i 
9* „ 10* 
9* „ 9f 
9 „ 9* 
10* „ 1 Oi 
104 ,.io 
9 
9* 
1 The prices of English wool have been calculated from the list given 
weekly in the Economist newspaper. 
