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Statement of the Average Prices of Wheat free on board at Danzic, Petersburg, and Odessa for the ten Years ending 1840, the expense of importation and a comparison of the aggregate Averages with the aggregate Average of the Price of British Wheat for the same period.

	PRICES FREE ON BOARD.			England.
	Danzic.	Peters- burg.	Odessa.
	s.  d.	s.  d.	s.  d.	s.  d.
1831	52  8	36 11	30  0	66  4
1832	39  0	33  7	26 10	58  8
1833	31  0	33  2	31  4	52 11
1834	27  4	32  1	33  2	46  2
1835	26  0	32  3	25  7	39  4
1836	28  6	35  0	22  0	48  6
1837	31  1	32  8	22 10	55 10
1838	41 10	40 11	24 11	64  7
1839	51  9	39  9	30  0	70  8
1840	46  6	42 11	30 10	66  4
Average of ten years	37  7	36  0	27  9	56 11
Expense of Importation	6 10	8  0	13  3
Allowed for damage by heat	…	…	2  0
Interest and profit	2  6	2  6	2  6
Duty	10  0	10  0	10  0
	56 11	56  6	55  6	56 11

The value of Danzic and English Wheat may be considered as equal; Russian Wheat is inferior to either by more than the difference of cost shown here.

For the detail of Import Charges, see Note, Appendix.