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they found their level, the reduced demand for 

 distillation telHng upon the finer descriptions. Some 

 concession generally was made on the third Mon- 

 day, and fully Is. per qr. less was quoted on the 

 last day, when the heaviest supply got up. Should 

 the Baltic close early, and cut off foreign ship- 

 ments, it seems more probable that this grain will 

 advance than decline, as the growth is less in Ire- 

 land than last year. The suppUes into London for 

 the month have been as follows : 5,584 qrs. Eng- 

 lish, 867 qrs. Scotch, 15,748 qrs. Irish, and 128,715 

 qrs. foreign. 



In the absence of arrivals from Egypt, the 

 foreign supply of beans has been lessened ; but 

 those of home-growth, being aided by the new 

 crop, have increased. From their first appearance 

 there may have been a decline of Is. to 2s. per qr. 

 on new sorts, but hardly any quotable abatement 

 can be noted in old or foreign qualities. Future 

 rates must depend on Egyptian supplies ; but as 

 these are relatively moderate in price, when com- 

 pared with other grain, there must be a large con- 

 sumption, and it does not seem likely they will be 

 much cheaper. We have received in the month 

 3,518 qrs. of home-growth and 1,795 qrs. from 

 the continent. 



The supplies of peas have rather increased, but are 

 still moderate. The market throughout the month 

 has been remarkably steady, and the rates for hog- 

 feeding kinds have kept high, though boilers have 

 lately risen nearer to their former relative value, 

 fine white being worth 52s. and maples about 4Gs. 

 per qr. The English and foreign supplies have 

 nearly been equal, the former being 2,092 qrs. and 

 the latter 2,084 qrs. 



The supply of hnseed this month, being 32,520 

 qrs., has exceeded the last by 2,300 qrs. ; but the 

 exports being 6,364 qrs. against 1,166 qrs. in Sep- 

 tember, leave the quantity for home-use 2,907 qrs. 

 less ; still the state of the money market has 

 lowered prices by about 2s. per qr. in the course 

 of the last fortnight. The demand, however, for 

 cake has been so continuous, that crushers have not 

 found it necessary to make any abatement in prices. 

 The high price of meat has evidently encouraged 

 graziers to keep their stock well up, as there is 

 abundance of grass and the root crops are large. 



In the seed trade there has been little stirring, 

 canary having fallen to £5 per qr., with a slow sale. 

 The few forward purchases in foreign cloverseed 

 have not been followed up ; prices in France have 

 therefore been declining, and speculation on this 

 side has ceased, the high rates of interest obtam- 

 able on capital making early purchases undesirable, 

 especially as it is thought some quantity has been 

 secured here, from the fineness of the weather in 

 September, and that the deficiencies once reported 



in France were over-rated or doubtful. V»'hite 

 cloverseed and trefoil have been also exceedingly 

 dull. White mustardseed has kept its value; brown 

 remaining difficult to place. Winter tares are not 

 yet cleared from the market, and sell at easy rates. 

 Hempseed, rapeseed, and other descriptions used 

 in confectionery, remain much the same in value as 

 last reported, with but a limited consumption. 



CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. 



r Quarter 

 47 to 68 

 46 53 



ShilliD^Biie 



Wheat, Essex and Kent, white 43to68 new 



Ditto, red 44 53 



Norfolk, Line, and Yorks., red 44 54 



Bablet, malting 37 to 40.... Chevalier, new 



Distilling ; 34 37.... Grinding 



Malt, Essex, Norfolk, and Suflfolk....59 65 73 new 



Kingston, Ware, and town made.. 61 6G 73 ,, 



Brown 55 57 



Rye — — 



Oats, English, feed 20 25 Potato 



Scotch, feed 20 25 Potato 



Irish, feed, white 20 22 fine 



Ditto, black 20 22 ,, 



Beans, Mazagan 34 39 Ticks 



Harrow 36 40 Pigeon 



Peas, white boUers .. 40 50. .Maple .. 42 45. .Grey 

 FLO0E, per sack of 2SUlb3., Town, Households.. 4Gs., fine 



Country 38 40 Households.. 



Norfolk and Suffolk, ex-ship 



FOREIGN GRAIN. 



SbiUiu^s per 



59 high do. — — extra 



56 „ — — 



58 fine.... — — 



58 red.... 50 53 



53 

 45 

 30 

 71 

 73 



35 

 32 

 33 

 30 

 24 

 38 

 47 

 42 

 50 

 42 

 37 



Wheat, Dantzic, mixed.. 56 



Konigsberg 50 



Rostock 46 



American, white ... .54 



Pomera., Meckbg.,& Uckermrk, red 48 52 



Silesian,red 45 52 white 



Danish and Holstein 



Russian, hard 45 54 French....,, 



St. Petersburg and Riga 



Rhine and Belgium 



Baklet, grinding 23 29 Distilling.... 



Oats, Dutch, brew, and Polands.. 20 28 Feed 



Danish and Swedish, feed . ..20 25 Stralsund.... 



Russian 



Beans, Friesland and Holstein 



Quarter 

 — 61 



Konigsberg 32 



Peas, feeding , 40 



Indian Cohn, white 36 



Flooe, per sack French — 



American, per barrel, sour... .22 



37 Egyptian .... 

 42 fine boilers.. 



38 yellow 



— Spanish ..., 

 25 sweet 



54 58 



45 50 

 (none) 



46 54 

 54 

 39 

 25 

 26 

 24 

 39 

 38 

 50 

 38 



IMPERIAL AVERAGES. 



For the last Six Wheat. 

 Weeks: 1 s. d. 



Sept. 12, 1857 ....' 55 8 

 Sept. 19, 1857 ....'56 9 

 Sept. 26, 1857 ....' 57 6 

 Oct 3, 1857 ..,.! 66 3 

 Oct. 10, 1857 ....I 55 8 



Oct. 17, 1857 55 10 



Aggregate average 66 4 

 Saraetimelastyear 65 7 



Barley, 



s. d. 



42 5 



42 3 



42 11 



43 4 

 43 



43 

 42 10 



44 4 



Oats, 



s. d. 



26 1 



26 5 

 25 6 



27 

 25 6 



25 6 



26 

 26 4 



Rye. I 

 s. d. 



38 9 



Beans 

 8. d. 



46 



37 45 4 



37 7 45 



35 6 45 



35 7 45 



35 4 45 



36 8 45 

 42 5 45 



Peas. 

 8. d. 



41 7 



42 U 



44 5 

 43 4 



COMPARATIVE AVERAGES-1857-56. 



From last Friday's Oa^. s. d.i From Oazette of \SFi6. a. d. 



Wheat 122,132 qrs., 55 10 Wheat 137,286 qrs., 65 9 



Barley 65,252 .. 43 Barley 63 852 .. 44 



Oats 10,786 .. 25 6 Oats 13,563 .. 26 8 



Rye 932 .. 35 4 I Rye 519 .. 40 1 



Beans 5,251 .. 45 6 I Beans 5,830 .. 46 1 



Peas 2,207 .. 44 5 | Peas l,8f'3 .. 44 



FLUCTUATIONS IN THE AVERAGE PRICE opWHE AT. 

 PiiiOB. iSept. 12. Sept. 19.;Sept. 28. Oct. 3. Oct. 10. Oct.l7. 



573. 6d. 

 56s. 9d. 

 56s. 3d. 

 553. lOd. 

 Sd3. 8d. 



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