PRICES OF CORN. 

AVERAGE PRICES of British Corn per Quarter of 8 imperial 
bushels,* computed from the Weekly Averages of Corn 
Returns from the 196 Returning Markets of ENGLAND AND 
WALES, pursuant to the Corn Returns Act, 1882, together 
with the QUANTITIES returned as sold at such Markets, in 
the under-noted periods of the Years 1900, 1899, and 1898. 







Lady Day 
Midsummer 
4 Michaelmas 
4 Christmas 
Sia: S. ee | Quarters Quarters. | Quarters. 
Lady Day  - - 25 41 27 «I 27 9 | 888,940 830,308 902,452 
Midsummer - - | — 24 6 26 10 | — 92,648 47,021 
! Michaelmas - - - | oo 24 4 25 10 || = 237,935 99,743 
Christmas - ! = 26 6 | 28 2 — 2,135,762 2,603,841 
Oats. 
|\eesamree cis s. d. | Quarters | Quarters. | Quarters. 
Lady Day - 16 7 16 11 7 246,049 251,841 226,150 
Midsummer - - > hh —_ L716 | 1g to || — | 137,834 03:475 
Michaelmas - = : | oe ie | hay | ch | pan ae 
Christmas - - - | — 16 4 | 16 Tr | Be | 238.783 289,652 
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QUARTER ENDED 
QUANTITIES. 

1899. 


1898. 


Quarters. 
868,378 

Quarters. 
Quarters. 
690,657 




















8 of the Corn Returns Act, 1882, provides that where returns of purchases of British 
Corn are made to the local inspector of Corn Returns in any other measure than the imperial bushel, 
or by weight or by a weighed measure, that officer shall convert such returns into the imperial busicl, 
and in the case of weight or weighed measure the conversion is to be made at the rate of 60 imperial 
pounds for every bushel of wheat, 50 imperial pounds for every bushel of barley, and 39 imperial 
pounds for every bushel of oats. 
