[627] Ibid. (1s. ser.), v. 102.
[628] 1838, 64s. 7d. 1839, 70s. 8d.; 1840, 66s. 4d.; 1841, 64s. 4d.
[629] Tooke, History of Prices, iv. 19.
[630] C. Wren Hoskyns, Agricultural Statistics, p. 5.
[631] The abnormal prices during the Crimean War cannot fairly be taken into account. The home and foreign supplies of wheat and flour from 1839-46 were:—
| Home Supplies. | Foreign Supplies. | |
| qrs. | qrs. | |
| 1839-40 | 4,022,000 | 1,762,482 |
| 1840-1 | 3,870,648 | 1,925,241 |
| 1841-2 | 3,626,173 | 2,985,422 |
| 1842-3 | 5,078,989 | 2,405,217 |
| 1843-4 | 5,213,454 | 1,606,912 |
| 1844-5 | 6,664,368 | 476,190 |
| 1845-6 | 5,699,969 | 2,732,134 |
| (Tooke, History of Prices, iv. 414.) | ||
1844-5 was a very abundant crop, and the threatened repeal of the Corn Laws induced farmers to send all the corn possible to market.
[632] Tooke, History of Prices, iv. 32.
[633] Cobden's Speech, March 12, 1844.
[634] Tooke, History of Prices, iv. 142.