Note 497 — Chapter XVI
Reading edition
Tooke, History of Prices, i. 68. It is difficult to understand the price of the quartern loaf, 1s. 6d. in 1766, as wheat was only 43s. 1d. a quarter. Prices of wheat in these years were:
s. d.
1767474
176853 9
176940 7
177043 6
177147 2
177250 8
177351 0
1774 528
1775 48 4
1776 38 2
177745 6
1778 42 0
177933 8
These returns differ from those of the Board of Agriculture; see Appendix III.