245 
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 ivhich Returns were received 
under the Corn Returns Act , 1882, in each of the Years 
1895 to 1904. 
Year 
Wheat 
Barley 
Oats 
Wheat 
Barley 
Oats 
s. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
Qrs. 
Qrs. 
Qrs. 
1895 
23 
1 
21 
11 
14 
6 
1,928,383 
3,426,576 
665,939 
1896 
26 
2 
22 
11 
14 
9 
2,111,021 
3,391,862 
655,153 
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 
1903 
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 
Table VIII. — Annual and Septennial Average Prices per 
Imperial Bushel of British Wheat, Barley, and Oats in 
each Year from 1895 to 1904 inclusive , with the Value of 
100£. of Tithe Rent-charge. 
Annual 
average price 
Septennial 
average price 
Year 
Wheat 
Barley 
Oats 
Wheat 
Barley 
Oats 
s. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
1895 
2 
10£ 
2 
8^- 
1 
Q3 
3 
7 
3 
2f 
2 
3 
1896 
3 
31 
2 
10J 
1 
10 
3 
64 
3 
2 
2 
24 
1897 
3 
91 
2 
Hi 
2 
n 
3 
5f 
3 
1 
2 
2 
1898 
4 
3 
3 
2 
34 
3 
54 
3 
Of 
2 
1 4 
1899 
3 
24 
3 
21 
2 
14 
3 
44 
3 
04 
2 
1 
1900 
3 
*4 
3 
H 
2 
24 
3 
44 
3 
04 
2 
V 4 
1901 
3 
4 
3 
13 
1 4 
2 
34 
3 
KJL 
O 4 
3 
04 
2 
1 
1902 
3 
6 
3 
Ol 
2 
2 
34 
3 
64 
3 
H 
2 
24 
1903 
3 
4 
2 
10 
2 
If 
3 
64 
3 
H 
2 
2f 
1904 
3 
64 
2 
94 
2 
04 
3 
6 
3 
1 
2 
2f 
Value of 
tithe rent-charge of 100Z. 
Calculated on 
annual 
average 
Calculated on 
septennial 
average 
s. 
d. 
£ 
s. 
d. 
58 
12 
04 
71 
9 
6f 
61 
15 
8f 
69 
17 
114 
68 
2 
10f 
68 
14 
11 
76 
11 
04 
68 
2 
A 3 
67 
16 
1 2 
66 
15 
9f 
68 
11 
71. 
1 4 
66 
10 
94 
70 
1 
10| 
67 
3 
8f 
74 
3 
94 
69 
7 
5 
65 
13 
io| 
69 
19 
6 
65 
1 
5 
69 
12 
04 
Table IX. — Average Prices of Wool in each of the Years 
1898 to 1904. 
English 
South 
Year 
Austral- 
Leicester 1 
Half-breds 1 
Southdown 1 
Lincoln 2 
ASIAN 3 
Africans 
Per lb. 
Per lb. 
Per lb. 
Per lb. 
Per lb. 
Per lb. 
d. 
d. 
d. 
d. 
d. s. 
d. 
d. 
d. 
d. 
1898 
8 to 
«3 
°4 
7f to 
8f 
84 to 0 
03 
V 4 
8f 
8^- 
0 8 
75 
‘ it 
1899 
7 „ 
8 
7 „ 
84 
7f „ 0 
11 
84 
91 
71. 
1900 
64 „ 
7i 
1 2 
6f „ 
8f 
8 „ 1 
0 
74 
11 
8A 
0 8 
1901 
54 „ 
6 
54 „ 
94 
71 0 
94 
64 
84 
7 
1902 
5 „ 
H 
5f „ 
64 
n „ 0 
9* 
64 
84 
7JL 
* 8 
1903 
64 „ 
H 
7J_ 
1 8 11 
8 
84 „ 0 
114 
74 
91 
V 8 
71 
* 2 
1904 
84 „ 
94 
Q 1 
v 2 >j 
101 
94 „ 0 
Hf 
104 
10 
7A 
1 8 
1 Computed from the prices given weekly in The Economist newspaper. 
2 Prices extracted from “ The Yorkshire Daily Observer Wool Tables.” 
s Calculated from the Trade and Navigation Accounts. 
