HC Deb 02 December 1926 vol 200 cc1394-5W
Mr. B. SMITH

asked the Minister for Agriculture for each year since 1907 the lowest and highest monthly average prices of British wheat, barley, and oats?

Mr. GUINNESS

The lowest and highest monthly prices of British corn per cwt. of 112 lbs. as ascertained from Returns received under the Corn Returns Act, 1882, and the Corn Sales Act in each year from 1907 onwards have been as follow:

Year. Wheat. Barley. Oats.
Lowest. Highest. Lowest. Highest. Lowest. Highest.
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
1907 … 6 1 8 3 6 7 7 8 6 3 7 6
1908 … 7 2 8 3 6 9 7 8 6 1 6 7
1909 … 7 5 10 1 7 0 7 10 6 1 7 10
1910 … 6 10 7 10 5 8 7 1 5 9 6 6
1911 … 7 0 7 9 6 9 9 5 6 2 7 6
1912 … 7 1 9 0 8 1 9 3 6 11 8 7
1913 … 7 1 7 10 6 11 8 7 6 5 7 4
1914 … 7 3 9 11 6 10 8 4 6 7 9 3
1915 … 10 2 14 2 8 7 13 4 9 6 11 7
1916 … 11 6 17 1 13 2 18 5 11 0 16 2
1917 … 16 5 19 7 16 3 20 3 15 5 20 8
1918 … 16 7 17 4 15 10 17 5 16 6 18 10
1919 … 16 11 17 1 17 5 29 8 17 0 22 0
1920 … 16 11 21 2 21 1 30 4 15 6 23 3
1921 … 10 6 20 10 11 11 20 6 9 5 15 8
1922 … 9 2 12 11 9 8 12 1 8 11 11 11
1923 … 8 11 11 3 8 3 10 10 8 8 10 9
1924 … 9 10 12 9 10 9 17 3 9 4 10 2
1925 … 10 5 13 7 10 1 14 6 9 1 10 4