420 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 1808. 














PRICES. QUANTITIES. 
QUARTER ENDED el 
| 1gQ00. | 1899. 1808. 1900. | 1899. 1808. 
Wheat. i 
1 Se os s. a. | Quarters. Quarters. | Quarters. 
Lady Day - : -|| 25 31 2093 | 35 71 868,378 | 868,579 6c0,657 
Midsummer + - || 25 9 25 1 4r 5 || 854,497 994,203 | 557,504 
| | 
Michaelmas - - > A GAN Cas 082 32 -8 511, 347 754,667 308,279 
Christmas 'e« * | — | 6a. 27 2 | — 913,421 | 1,036,975 
Barley. 
So ae Wi ecard: oe es ! Quarters. | Quarters. Quarters. 
| } 
Lady Day - eal gosh 27 I 27 9 | 888,949 830,398 902,452 
Midsummer - - 24 3 24 6 26 10 ! 93,157 | 2,648 47,621 
Michaelmas - - 24°5 | 24 4 | 25130 || 143,552 | 237,935 00;743 
- | 
Christmas - — | 26 6 | 28 2 — 2,135,762 2,603,841 
y Oats. 
[ = 
SOLE ily Aiseaga: s. d. || Quarters. | Quarters. | Quarters. 
Lady Day - TO) 7, 16 11 17S 246,949 251,841 26,150 
a - 
Midsummer um i ay O IQ 10 | TIO, 163 137,834 03,475 
Michaelmas - 18 7 17 3 19 7 || 116,880 147,902 78,787 
Christmas - - = PAG 20 i) Gran —_ |} 238,783 | 280,652 
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* Section 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 bushel, 
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 fo1 every bushel of oats. 
