and wheat, 6 ore for barley, and up to 4 gre for oats, yet so that producers shall be guaranteed a minimum price of 22 ore for wheat and 20 gre for rye. In order to stimulate the consumption of corn of their own production the Monopoly moreover pays to growers a certain bounty on corn ground at country (local) mills. This bounty has been 4 gre per kilogramme for rye, wheat, and barley, and 3 ore for oats; but for the grain-year of 1934/35 it has been increased to 9 ore per kilo- gramme for wheat and rye, 6 ore for barley, and 3 ore for oats, The above prices paid for corn are for deliy- ery at the nearest railway station or steamship halt, and on the same terms the Monopoly deliv- ers its products free at buyer’s nearest railway station or steamship halt. For more remote districts there are special terms for further car- riage allowances. Of the 1932 yield the Monopoly purchased about 52,000 tons of home-grown corn and _ paid bounties on approximately 154,000 tons of corn ground at country mills. In the corn-year of 1933/34 the quantity amounted to 50,000 tons and bounties were paid on approximately 150,000 tons. According to official returns the imports of grain and flour (meal) were as follows: 124