HC Deb 31 May 1938 vol 336 cc1860-1W
Mr. Lyons

asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will state the average wholesale price of home-produced eggs at the latest convenient date in May, 1937, and the average prices of wheat, bran, maize, and middlings at the like time?

Mr. W. S. Morrison:

The following statement shows the average wholesale prices of certain grades of eggs and of feeding-stuffs during the week ended 25th May, 1938, and the corresponding week in 1937.

Description. Unit. Week ended 26th May, 1937. Week ended 25th May, 1938.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Eggs, National Mark, Special Weight (a) 120 0 12 0 0 13 0
Eggs, National Mark, Standard Weight (a) 120 0 11 0 0 11 9
Eggs, 1st Quality (b) Dozen 0 1 1 0 1 2
Eggs, 2nd Quality (b) Dozen 0 0 11¾ 0 1 0¾
Wheat (c) cwt. 0 9 11 0 8 0
Bran, British (d) Ton (2,240 lb) 7 11 0 7 14 6
Maize, Argentine cwt. 0 6 6(d) 0 8 5(e)
Wheatings (d) Ton (2,240 lb) 7 19 6 7 18 6
Middlings, fine, imported Ton (2,240 lb) 8 2 6(f) 7 11 6(g)

  1. (a) At London.
  2. (b) At certain representative country markets in England and Wales.
  3. (c) Average prices returned at markets scheduled under the Corn Returns Act, 1882, and the Corn Sales Act, 1921.
  4. (d) At Bristol, Hull, Liverpool and London.
  5. (e) At Hull, Liverpool and London.
  6. >(f) At Bristol.
  7. >(g) At Bristol, Liverpool and London.