32 
IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF 
The prices given by the magazine for rape cake and 
rice bran did not show great fluctuations during the year, 
and those for fish manure were also pretty constant from 
March to August, while for the rest of the year (September 
to February) the fluctuations were very considerable, owing 
to the periodical demand and irregular supply of the mar¬ 
ket. Hence, Mr. Hirata calculated these prices separately 
for the two seasons of the year, and drew up the following 
tables, in which the averages from March to August will 
be found under No. I., and those for the other months 
under No. II. 
For one Yen there were sold the following quantities 
in kuwamme ( 1 kuwamme = 3.75652 kilograms ) : 
Year. 
No. 1. 
No. 2. 
No. 3. 
I. 
II. 
Aver¬ 
age. 
I. 
II. 
Aver¬ 
age. 
I. 
II. 
Aver¬ 
age. 
1882 
4.1 
4.9 
4.5 
4.2 
4.6 
4.4 
4.2 
4.6 
4.4 
1883 
4.7 
6.4 
5.6 
4.7 
6.4 
5.6 
4.7 
6.4 
5.6 
1884 
5.5 
6.7 
6.1 
5.7 
6.6 
6.2 
5.8 
7.6 
6.7 
1885 
5.4 
6.3 
5.9 
5.5 
6.4 
6.0 
— 
6.7 
6.7 
1886 
5.3 
5.2 
5.3 
5.5 
5.1 
5.4 
— 
— 
— 
1887 
3.9 
3.9 
3.9 
4.2 
4.1 
4.2 
— 
— 
— 
Year. 
No. 4. 
No. S. 
No. 6. 
No. 7. 
I. 
II. 
Aver¬ 
age. 
I. 
II. 
Aver¬ 
age. 
I. 
II. 
Aver¬ 
age. 
I. 
II. 
Aver¬ 
age. 
1882 
4.6 
5.4 
5.0 
4.6 
5.0 
4.8 
_ 
_ 
_ 
4.8 
5.2 
5.0 
1883 
5.2 
7.2 
6.2 
5.4 
7.7 
6.6 
— 
— 
— 
5.2 
7.1 
6.2 
1884 
6.1 
7.3 
6.7 
6.1 
— 
6.1 
6.7 
7.7 
7.2 
6.3 
7.5 
6.9 
1885 
5.7 
6.7 
6.2 
6.4 
7.2 
6.8 
7.2 
7.7 
7.5 
6.4 
8.2 
7.3 
1886 
6.1 
5.9 
6.0 
6.0 
5.8 
5.9 
6.7 
6.6 
6.7 
7.8 
6.6 
7.2 
1887 
4.8 
4.6 
4.7 
4.7 
— 
4.7 
5.5 
5.0 
5.3 
5.6 
4.9 
5.3 
