Note 28 — FREE TRADE AT ITS ZENITH.
Reading edition
Take as an example the importation into London, from 24th to 29th September 1849: prices being—wheat, 41s. 9d.; barley. 27s.; oats, 17s. 10d.
Foreign. Qrs. British. Qrs.
Wheat 18,023 All kinds of
Barley, 8,319 grain.
Oats, 23,408 7,129
Beans, 2,620
52,375
—Week from Oct. 29 to Nov. 3.