§ MB. BROOKFIELD (Sussex, Rye)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the method at present observed for officially ascertaining the average price of British wheat; and whether, in determining the average price, any special precautions are taken against including sales of foreign wheat in the calculation?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE (Mr. H. GARDNER,) Essex, Saffron WaldenThe method by which the average price of British corn is obtained is fully explained in the official evidence given to the Select Committee on Corn Averages in 1888, and to the Select Committee on Corn Sales last year, to which evidence the hon. Member will perhaps allow me to refer him. It would be difficult to explain the method satisfactorily within the limits of an answer to a question. It is a misdemeanour to include in any Return corn which is not British corn, and the attention of the Inspectors is specially called to the fact.