323 
Average Prices of Corn and Wool. 
Table VII . — Average Prices per Imperial Quarter and 
Quantities of British Corn returned as sold in the Towns 
in England and Wales from which Returns were received 
under the Corn Returns Act , 1882, in each of the Years 
1897 to 1906. 
Year 
Wheat 
Barley 
Oats 
Wheat 
Barley 
Oats 
s. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
Qrs. 
Qrs. 
Qrs. 
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 
1908 
26 
9 
22 
8 
17 
2 
2,296,723 
2,875,749 
1,049,995 
1904 
28 
4 
22 
4 
16 
4 
2,138,142 
3,437,176 
1,316,516 
1905 
29 
8 
24 
4 
17 
4 
2,467,551 
3,265,613 
1,073,611 
1906 
28 
3 
24 
2 
18 
• 
4 
2,684,101 
3,210,995 
1,011,931 
Table VIII . — Annual and Septennial Average Prices 'per 
Imperial Bushel of British Wheat, Barley, and Oats in 
each Year from 1897 to 1906 inclusive , with the Value of 
100/. of Tithe Rent-charge. 
Annual 
average price 
1 
Septennial 
average price 
Value of 
tithe rent-charge of 1004 
Y"ear 
Calculated on 
Calculated on 
Wheat 
Barley 
Oats 
Wheat 
Barley 
Oats 
annual 
average 
septennial 
average 
s. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
8 . 
d. 
s. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
£ 
s. 
d. 
s. 
a. 
1897 
3 
91 
2 
HI 
2 
A 
3 
of 
3 
1 
2 
2 
68 
2 
lOf 
68 
14 
11 
1898 
4 
3 
3 
4 | 
2 
3f 
3 
Of 
3 
Of 
2 
13 
1 4 
76 
11 
Of 
68 
2 
A 
1899 
3 
2f 
3 
21 
2 
1* 
3 
A 
3 
of 
2 
1 
67 
16 
7 h 
66 
15 
9f 
1900 
3 
A 
3 
n 
2 
21 
3 
A 
3 
Oh 
2 
Of 
68 
11 
7f 
66 
10 
9f 
1901 
3 
4 
3 
if 
2 
3f 
3 
5f 
3 
01 
2 
1 
70 
1 
lOf 
67 
3 
8f 
1902 
3 
6 
3 
n 
2 
6f 
3 
64 
3 
A 
2 
2f 
74 
3 
Q JL 
V( i 
69 
7 
5 
1903 
3 
4 
2 
10 
2 
If 
3 
61 
3 
A 
2 
2f 
65 
13 
10f 
69 
19 
6 
1904 
3 
61 
2 
91 
2 
01 
3 
6 
3 
1 
2 
2f 
65 
1 
5 
69 
12 
Of 
1905 
3 
81 
3 
Of 
2 
2 
3 
5 
3 
01 
2 
2f 
69 
9 
73 
i 4 
68 
12 
Of 
1906 
3 
61 
3 
Of 
2 
31 
3 
53 
u 4 
3 
Of 
2 
2f 
69 
18 
73 
4 4 
68 
19 
6* 
Table IX . — Average Prices of Wool in each of the Years 
1899 to 1905. 
Year 
English 
3 ” 
MB 
Wj. « 
P Eq <J 
Leicester i 
Half-breds 1 
Southdown 1 
Lincoln 2 
0<j O 
Per lb. 
• Per lb. 
Per lb. 
Per lb. 
Per lb. 
Per lb. 
Per lb 
d. 
d. 
d. 
d. 
d. 
d. 
d. 
d. 
d. 
d. 
1899 
7 to 
8 
7 to 
8f 
7§ to 1 1 
8f 
Q3 
^ 8 
8 
7i 
1900 
6f „ 
71 
' 2 
£3 
u 4 n 
° 4 
8 „ 
12 
11 
8f 
8f 
1901 
6f )) 
6 
O 2 U 
9f 
7f „ 
9f 
6i 
8f 
6f 
7 
1902 
5 „ 
H 
°8 n 
6f 
7f „ 
9i 
6f 
8f 
6f 
7f 
1903 
6f „ 
6f 
7± 
4 8 JJ 
8 
8f „ 
Hf 
7f 
9f 
7f 
7 f 
1904 
8-s „ 
01 
17 8 
Qi 
lOf 
9f „ 
Hf 
lOf 
10 
8i 
7 A 
1 8 
1905 
HI, 
12 
1 1^ 
1 1 8 1? 
12f 
Hi „ 
1 3f 
12f 
lOf 
9f 
75 
'-g- 
1 Computed from the prices given weekly in The Economist newspaper. 
2 Prices extracted from “ The Yorkshire Daily Observer Wool Tables. 
3 Calculated from the Trade and Navigation Accounts. . 
Y 2 
