| Date. | Price per ounce. British standard, 925 thousandths fine. |
Equivalent in United States money per ounce fine with exchange at par, 4.8665. |
Average monthly price at New York of exchange on London. |
Equivalent in United States money of fine bar-silver, 1,000 fine, based on average monthly London quotations, with exchange at average monthly rate. |
Average monthly New York price of fine bar silver. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885. | Pence. | |||||
| July | 49.194 | $1.07,839 | $4.86,33 | $1.07,768 | $1.07,282 | |
| August | 48.832 | 1.07,045 | 4.86,78 | 1.07,075 | 1.07,138 | |
| September | 47.623 | 1.04,305 | 4.85,58 | 1.04,166 | 1.04,353 | |
| October | 47.428 | 1.03,967 | 4.86,27 | 1.03,887 | 1.03,725 | |
| November | 47.420 | 1.03,950 | 4.84,95 | 1.03,587 | 1.03,630 | |
| December | 47.125 | 1.03,303 | 4.86,81 | 1.03,338 | 1.03,182 | |
| 1886. | ||||||
| January | 46.733 | 1.02,444 | 4.89,06 | 1.02,951 | 1.02,930 | |
| February | 46.685 | 1.02,339 | 4.89,09 | 1.02,852 | 1.02,984 | |
| March | 46.766 | 1.02,517 | 4.88,94 | 1.02,999 | 1.03,027 | |
| April | 46.386 | 1.01,683 | 4.88,32 | 1.02,032 | 1.02,283 | |
| May | 45.425 | 0.99,577 | 4.88,94 | 1.00,046 | 1.00,909 | |
| June | 44,835 | 0.98,283 | 4.89,05 | 0.98,768 | 0.99,212 | |
| Average | 47.038 | 1.03,112 | 4.87,51 | 1.03,295 | 1.03,388 | |