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generally excellent quality, however, of the article 

 will ensure a sale. At New York, Canadian and 

 Southern flour was quoted 23s. Sd. to 26s. 9d. per 

 brl., equal to 33s. 9d. to 38s. 3d. per 280 lbs., and 

 extra fancy 34s. per brl., equal to 48s. 7d. per 

 280 lbs. ; the finest quahties of American, there- 

 fore, exceed our own prices, and the medium 

 descriptions cannot compete with fine French. 



The four weeks' supply has been — from the 

 country 67,984 sacks; in foreign 10,596 brls. 3,765 

 sacks, which about equals the arrivals in October. 



Barley, during the month, though not likely to 

 be imported in quantities from France, has been 

 more depressed than wheat, the falling off in the 

 foreign demand for spirits having very materially 

 reduced the value of sorts fitted for that use, per- 

 mission to distil from grain being one of the 

 benefits recently conferred on agriculture in France 

 by the Government. From 4s. to Os. per qr. is about 

 the amount of reduction sustained on this grain; 

 the first three successive Mondays severally noting 

 a fall of 2s. per qr. on the secondary descriptions ; 

 while the inquiry for the best malting has been so 

 unusually limited, that the reduction on the 

 primest samples has been 3s. to 4s. per qr. The 

 low sorts of foreign grinding, which for some time 

 have been exhibited m quantities at easy rates, 

 have only yielded moderately in price, and the de- 

 mand for pig food will keep the consumption large, 

 as they are relatively cheap with beans and peas. 

 The four weeks' supply from abroad have been 

 30,46s qrs., and in English qualities 14,758 qrs. — 

 the English supplies being rather over and the 

 foreign rather imder the previous month. The 

 best Saale barley at Hambro', 51 lbs. per bushel, 

 was last quoted 33s. 6d. 



The dulness in the sale of malt has brought 

 down prices fis. per qr. — the first three Mondays 

 regularly noting a decline in the value of 2s. per 

 qr. ; and though the last Monday was dull, no 

 lower prices were accepted. 



The oat trade has had to contend against extra- 

 ordinary foreign supplies, chiefly Russian, and for 

 every Monday, excepting the fourth, a decline of 

 about Is. per qr. took place ; but, as a consequence 

 of a falling off, by the fourth Monday there was 

 some reaction, and 6d. to Is. per qr. improvement 

 was occasionally realized in retail; but the trade 

 were then so well in stock, that they preferred 

 realizing to making further purchases at an ad- 

 vance. Arrivals on the approach of winter must 

 diminish ; but the stocks in granary will for some 

 little time be suflicient to feed the market, and 

 moderate shipments may be looked for from Ire- 

 land; but the losses lately sustained by importers 

 must limit arrivals, and we should not be sur- 

 prised to see a further rise in value. The supplies 



in four weeks were 1,796 qrs. English, 2,040 qrs. 

 Scotch, 18,605 qrs. from Ireland, and 168,724 qrs« 

 foreign — showing a weekly average of 47,791 qrs., 

 which exceeds the previous month by 10,000 

 qrs. weekly. 



Beans through the month have been a heavy 

 sale, and have dechned in value fully Is. per qr. 

 Egyptian cargoes may now be expected, and higher 

 rates cannot well be calculated on, though the 

 yield is short, as some old English of the former 

 crop remain. The imports have been into London 

 2,643 qrs. home grown, and 8,378 qrs. foreign — 

 giving a weekly average of about 400 qrs. beyond 

 the last month. 



Hog peas not arriving in plenty, have very little 

 changed in value; but a decline of Is. to 2s. per 

 qr. has obtained. White boilers arriving in 

 large bulk from the Baltic at an unusually mild 

 season, have sent this sort down 5s. to 7s. per qr. 

 without creating a demand. They may, however, 

 recover on the appearance of cold weather, the 

 crop being defective. The supplies in four weeks 

 were, for all kinds of English, 2,643 qrs. ; foreign, 

 nearly all white, 8,378 qrs. — the weekly average 

 being 2,755 qrs. against only 1,044 qrs. in October. 



Linseed has been greatly reduced in value by the 

 monetary pressure — having declined every Monday 

 at the rate of fully 2s. per qr. ; but cakes, being in 

 active inquiry and in small compass, have kept up 

 their price. Oils have been reduced. 



The seed trade has been wholly inactive, and 

 the quotations made can scarcely be considered as 

 beyond nominal. Though prices of cloverseed 

 have fallen in France and Belgium, dealers remain 

 on the reserve. Canaryseed has only been kept up 

 by the extremely limited supply ; but it has yielded 

 about 5s. per qr. from the price of October, the best 

 being only held at about 95s. Mustardseed has 

 entirely lost favour, and sunk materially in value 

 without buyers. Rapeseed has rather declined. 

 Hempseed and the sorts used in confectionary find 

 retail custom at about former rates. 



CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. 



Shillings jie 



Wheat, Essex and Kent, white new 



Ditto, red , 



Norfolk, Lino, and Yorlis., red ,, 



Baelet, malting 32to35..,. Chevalier.new 



Distilling 30 .'i.S.... Grinding 



Malt, Essex, Norfolk, and Suffolk CI G7cxtra 



Kingston, Ware, and town made.. .. CI 67 ,, 



Brown 55 £7 



Rye — — 



Oats, English, feed 20 23 Potato 



Scotch, feed 20 24 Potato 



Irish, feed, white 20 21 fine 



Ditto, black 19 20 ,, 



Beans, Mazagan 33 38 Ticks ...... 



Harrow 35 38 Pigeon 



Peas, white boilers .. 40 44. .Maple .. 42 43. .Grey 

 Flock, per sack of 280Ib3., Town, Households. .40s., fine 



Country 34 35 Households.. 



Norfolk and Suffolk, ex-ship 



