PRICES: OF CORN. 547 
Returns from the 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 Sa aa | Pon en a | See 
1900. | 1899. | 1898. 1900. | 1899. | 1898. 
Wheat. 
z : sins eer oo on : : E z 
| SS ah G th So. Gh Quarte:s. | Quarters. | Quarters. 
Lady IDayy 8 - - 25 II AJ 2 3G ¥ 868, 378 868,579 699,657 
Midsummer - = 25 ©) Di it die 354,49) 994,293 557,504 
Michaelmas | 28 7 25 2 32 8 511,347 754,667 308,279 
Christmas 7 Dy) Zl 26 4 272 689,261 913,421 1,036,975 
Barley. 
zo a Ae: ——— —— ae se EL See re 
| | 
ll "Sas CE SES | 8. ad || Quarte:'s. | Quarters. | Quarters. 
Lady Day He 25e an Hy By @ 888,949 830, 398 902,452 
Midsummer - - | 24 3 | 24 6 | 26 10 OR NUST 92,648 47,6021 
Michaelmas) = )-) | 24 5 | 24 4 | 25 10 ||| 143,552 237,935 995743 
Christmas - Is wie | A) © | Bs @ | 2,065,135 2,135,762 2,603,841 
| | 1] 
Oats. 
: ey courier Lee a dhll | | 
| Ss @& SW: Ss. @ || Quarters. | Quarters, | Quarters. 
Lady Day - - o || a6 9 | TO i: | wy 8 Ill Babee || “exn Gan 226,150 
Midsummer - - = | wo | ay G@ || 1 iw TLO MOSM EO 7R0o4 93,475 
Michaelmas - - m3 9 | i 3 LON 7 ||LEO, SSO 147,902 78,787 
Christmas - - - ig © | 16) Zi LOM TL Metz 37.7101 238,783 289,652 
* 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 or every bushel of barley, and 39 imperial 
pounds for every bushel of oats. 
CORN PRICES :—ANNUAL AVERAGES. 
AVERAGE PRICES of British Corn per Quarter of 8 imperial 
bushels, computed from the Weekly Averages of Corn 
Returns from the Returning Markets, together with 
the QUANTITIES returned as sold at such Markets during 
each cf the years 1896 to 19go0. 




YEARS. 
| Wheat. 
Sods 
1896 - 26 2 
1897 -- 30 2 
1898 34 0 
1899 - 25 8 










PRICES. QUANTITIES. 
Barley. Oats. Wheat. Barley. Oats. 
Suh WP oe 2 Quarters. Quarters. Quarters. 
22. II wi ©) Miho Prriay ope 3,391,862 | 655,153 
23 6 rir |) 2,756,561 3,257,187 550,434 
272 mg § | 2,602,416 3,653,657 688,064 
25 7 17 0 | 3,530,961 3,296,744 776,361 
2,923,483 3,190,793 711,734 
