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The length of the voyage from Danzic varies
from ten to twenty days ; so that corn may be
bought and shipped there, and may arrive for entry
in the port of London within a month. In the
following statement I have, therefore, placed the
dates on which the prices of wheat are given at
Danzic, in juxta-position with the rate of duty
which would exist here on the arrival of the
wheat :—
| Price of best high mixed Wheat, free on board, at Danzic. | Duty on Foreign Corn in Weeks ending | ||
| 1841. | s. d. | s. d. | 1841. |
| June 5 | 40
24 8 23 8 23 8 . 22 8 . 21 8 90 S . 19 . . 41 21 I/ 1Q . . . 42 . , . 43
1 1 in . . 44- 18 1 7 . 44 J8 8 13 S . 05 6 8 - 9 R . Aiitr 7 . . . 57 1 5 1 9 8 . 99 94 . . 57 9Q 31 , . 53 10 8 . . Oct fi Spnf 7 . . . 51 Ifi 8 . 11 ia . , . 54 20 8 - OO Q . 20 05 . . 52 27 94 8 . Nnv 3 10 . , , *fi 24 8 - 23 8 . 10 19 .. . 60 17 | ||
This statement hardly needs a comment : it can
