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remark, that each town has its peculiar corn measure, 
and the price varies accordingly ; the Worcester bushel 
is said to be the least.— Mr. Pomeroy , 1794. 
Price of provisions, 1794, in the Vale of Evesham: 
beef, 3£d. per lb.; mutton, 4§d. ditto. 
Wheat, 7s. fid. per bushel of 3fi quarts; barley, 5s. 
lOd. ditto; beans, 6s. ditto.— Mr. Oldacre. 
Worcester, Saturday, September 28, 1805; measure, 
nine gallons:—Wheat, 11s. 6d. to 13s.; barley, 6s. 6d. 
to 6s. 8d.; beans, 7s. 6d. to 8s.; oats, 4s. to 4s. 6d. 
Hops, per cwt.—Old, 61. to 7l. 7s.; new, ?1. 7s. to 
8l. 8s.; prime, 8l. 8s. to 0l. 9s. 
Beef and mutton, fid. to 6|d, per lb.; lamb, veal, 
and pork, fifd. to 7d. ditto; butter, Is. to Is. 2d. ditto; 
cheese, 7d. to 8d. ditto. 
November; beef somewhat lower, 5d. to fid. per lb. 
Worcester market, at different times, 1807, Saturday, 
September 2fi ; grain measure, nine gallons and a half: 
—Wheat, 8s. to 10s. 3d.; barley, 4s. 6d. to 5s.; pease, 
6s. fid. to 8s.; beans, 6s. fid. to 7s.; oats, 4s. fid. to 
5s. 4d. 
Hops, 1280 pockets, sold from 61. 6s. to 7ls. 7s. per 
cwt. September 30, at Stourport, 99 ditto, from 61. to 
7l. ditto. 
Worcester, October 31st.—Wheat, 8s. to 9s. 2d.; 
barley, 5s. to 5s. 4d.; beans, 6s. 8d. to 7s. 4d.; oats, 
4s. fid. to 5s. 6d.; 433 pockets of hops, sold from 5l. to 
61. 6s. per cwt. 
WORCESTERSHIRE.] S 
Stourport, 
