Chapter XLI: Appendix: E

The Septennial Average Prices of Wheat, Barley, and Oats from 1835 to 1890, or 55 years, taken from Willich’s Tithe Commutation Tables.

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| WHEAT, | BARLEY, | OATS, || Value of
_Per London | per | per | per || TITHE-RENT
Gazette_ |imperial |imperial |imperial || CHARGE of
| bushel. | bushel. | bushel. || £100.
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|_s._ _d._|_s._ _d._|_s._ _d._|| £ _s._ _d._
To Christmas 1835 | | | ||
on 9th Dec. 1836 | 7 0¼ | 3 11½ | 2 9 || 100 0 0
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To Christmas 1836 | 6 8½ | 3 11¾ | 2 9 || 98 13 9¾
do. 1837 | 6 6¾ | 3 11¼ | 2 8¾ || 97 7 11
do. 1838 | 6 6¼ | 3 9¾ | 2 8 || 95 7 9
do. 1839 | 6 9 | 3 11¼ | 2 9¼ || 98 15 9½
do. 1840 | 6 11¾ | 4 1 | 2 10¾ || 102 12 5¼
do. 1841 | 7 3¾ | 4 2 | 2 11¼ || 105 8 2¾
do. 1842 | 7 7½ | 4 1¼ | 2 10½ || 105 12 2¼
do. 1843 | 7 7¾ | 4 0½ | 2 9½ || 104 3 5¼
do. 1844 | 7 7 | 4 1¼ | 2 9 || 103 17 11¼
do. 1845 | 7 4 | 4 1½ | 2 9 || 102 17 8¾
do. 1846 | 7 0½ | 4 0 | 2 8½ || 99 18 10¼
do. 1847 | 7 1¼ | 4 1½ | 2 9¼ || 102 1 0
do. 1848 | 6 10¼ | 4 1¼ | 2 8¾ || 100 3 7¾
do. 1849 | 6 7½ | 4 1¼ | 2 8½ || 98 16 10
do. 1850 | 6 5¼ | 4 0 | 2 8 || 96 11 4¾
do. 1851 | 6 2¾ | 3 10¼ | 2 7½ || 93 16 11¼
do. 1852 | 6 0½ | 3 9½ | 2 6¾ || 91 13 5¾
do. 1853 | 6 0 | 3 9½ | 2 6¼ || 90 19 5
do. 1854 | 6 0¾ | 3 7¾ | 2 6 || 89 15 8¾
do. 1855 | 6 6 | 3 8½ | 2 7½ || 93 18 1¼
do. 1856 | 6 11¼ | 3 11¼ | 2 9¼ || 99 13 7¼
do. 1857 | 7 2¾ | 4 3½ | 2 11 || 105 16 3½
do. 1858 | 7 4 | 4 5½ | 3 0¼ || 108 19 6¼
do. 1859 | 7 4½ | 4 6½ | 3 1¼ || 110 17 8½
do. 1860 | 7 4½ | 4 7¼ | 3 2 || 112 3 4¾
do. 1861 | 7 0¾ | 4 7¼ | 3 1 || 109 13 6
do. 1862 | 6 8¾ | 4 7½ | 3 0 || 107 5 2
do. 1863 | 6 3½ | 4 5¾ | 2 11¼ || 103 3 10¾
do. 1864 | 6 0 | 4 3¼ | 2 10 || 98 15 10½
do. 1865 | 5 11½ | 4 2¼ | 2 9½ || 97 7 9¼
do. 1866 | 6 0¾ | 4 3 | 2 9¾ || 98 13 8
do. 1867 | 6 3¼ | 4 3¾ | 2 10¼ || 100 13 3
do. 1868 | 6 5¼ | 4 5¼ | 2 11 || 103 5 8¼
do. 1869 | 6 3½ | 4 6¼ | 2 11¾ || 104 1 0¼
do. 1870 | 6 4 | 4 6¼ | 3 0¼ || 104 15 1
do. 1871 | 6 7½ | 4 7¾ | 3 1¼ || 108 4 0¼
do. 1872 | 6 10¾ | 4 9¼ | 3 1½ || 110 15 10¼
do. 1873 | 7 0¾ | 4 10 | 3 1¾ || 112 7 3
do. 1874 | 6 10¾ | 4 11 | 3 2¼ || 112 15 6¾
do. 1875 | 6 6¾ | 4 10 | 3 2½ || 110 14 11
do. 1876 | 6 6¼ | 4 9 | 3 2½ || 109 16 11½
do. 1877 | 6 8½ | 4 10¼ | 3 3¼ || 112 7 5¼
do. 1878 | 6 6¼ | 4 11 | 3 3 || 111 15 1½
do. 1879 | 6 3½ | 4 10¼ | 3 2¾ || 109 17 9¼
do. 1880 | 6 0½ | 4 8¾ | 3 2¼ || 107 2 10½
do. 1881 | 5 10¼ | 4 6 | 3 0¾ || 102 16 2
do. 1882 | 5 10¼ | 4 4½ | 2 11¼ || 100 4 9¾
do. 1883 | 5 9¼ | 4 3¾ | 2 10¼ || 98 6 2¼
do. 1884 | 5 4¾ | 4 1¾ | 2 9 || 93 17 3
do. 1885 | 5 1¾ | 3 11¾ | 2 8¼ || 90 10 3½
do. 1886 | 4 11 | 3 10 | 2 7½ || 87 8 10
do. 1887 | 4 8½ | 3 8½ | 2 6¼ || 84 2 8¾
do. 1888 | 4 5½ | 3 7½ | 2 5 || 80 19 8½
do. 1889 | 4 2¼ | 3 6¼ | 2 4¼ || 78 1 3½
do. 1890 | 4 0¼ | 3 5¾ | 2 3½ || 76 3 3¾
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| | | ||5536 6 5
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General average for the last 55 years ||£100 13 2½