CONTRACT PRICES OF BUTCHER'S MEAT
PER CWT. AT GREENWICH HOSPITAL, 1730-1842.[770]
| £ | s. | d. | ||
| 1730 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |
| 1740 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1750 | 1 | 6 | 6 | |
| 1760 | 1 | 11 | 6 | |
| 1770 | 1 | 8 | 6 | |
| 1780 | 1 | 12 | 6 | |
| 1790 | 1 | 16 | 10 | |
| 1800 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1810 | 3 | 12 | 0 | |
| 1815 | 3 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1820 | 3 | 10 | 4 | |
| 1825 | 2 | 19 | 6 | |
| 1830 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1835 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1840 | 2 | 14 | 0 | |
| 1842 | 2 | 12 | 8 | |
FOOTNOTES:
[760] C. Wren Hoskyns, Pamphlet on Agricultural Statistics, p. 19.
[761] English Agriculture in 1850-1, p. 521. Cf. above, p. 331.
[762] Smith, Memoirs of Wool, i. 157.
[763] In 1908 the rental of agricultural land was 31/2 per cent, of the total income of the country. See The Times May 13, 1909.
[764] Ibid. ii. 264.
[765] Cunningham, Industry and Commerce, ii. 693. Cf. above, p. 328.
[766] Trusler, Practical Husbandry, p. 153.