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turned out the best crop, \vc may probably see some 

 decline in prices. The imports into London for 

 the four weeks were 31,117 qrs. Enghsh, 1,139 

 qrs, Scotch, 7,493 qrs, Irish, and 23,915 qrs. 

 foreign — against 17,850 qrs. English, 14,137 qrs. 

 Scotch, 8,330 qrs, Irish, and 24,790 qrs, foreign 

 in I860. The .Tanuary imports for the kingdom 

 were only 37,430 qrs. 



With fair foreign imports and a liberal supply 

 of Egyptian lentils, beans have closed dull, though 

 no difference of value has been noted. The in- 

 feriority of the oats used must, however, lead to 

 a large consumption for horse food, and we do not 

 see mucli prospect of a serious decline in this 

 grain. Prices, however, are rather easier at Alex- 

 andria, and should receipts there become free they 

 may be lower here. Imports for the four weeks 

 into London were 4,472 qrs. English, 12,353 qrs. 

 foreign : against 5,708 qrs, English, 704 qrs. for- 

 eign in ISGO. The importation for the kingdom 

 last January was 79,720 qrs. 



Though the supplies of peas for the month have 

 been small, the markets have been heavy. A seed 

 demand for a time kept up the high prices of 

 maples, but for consumption the demand has been 

 only limited, and the inferior quality of duns has 

 made them difficult to place. White boilers 

 though comparatively moderate have been less in 

 demand, the return of mild weather giving them 

 little chance of a rally now that the season is ad- 

 vancing. It is, however, extraordinary that the 

 failure of potatoes and greens should not have 

 drawn public attention to this relatively cheaper 

 food. The lower qualities of white are more 

 readily quitted for horse food, being as cheap as 

 beans. The arrivals for four weeks into London 

 were 1,804 qrs. English, and 1,843 qrs. foreign : 

 against 2,217 qrs. English, 978 qrs. foreign in 

 18C0. The imports for January were 40,783 qrs. 

 for all the kingdom. 



The linseed trade has rather given way under 

 the pressure of the previous month's supplies, 

 though prices were then supported. The decline 

 was 2s. to 3s. per qr. on the first Monday ; but, as 

 arrivals somewhat fell off, a firmness was resumed 

 towards the close of February. The receipts for 

 February this year were 29,440 qrs., against 13,076 

 in I860, 



The seed trade, contrary to all expectation, has 

 continued in abeyance. Though the season of 

 I860 made a good crop impossible, some arrivals 

 from America have led buyers to infer that foreign 

 receipts will be quite sufficient for the usual de- 

 mand ; and the very unsatisfactory character of 

 the trade last season, when prices for consumption 

 were only at low speculative rates, seems to have 

 kept all parties on the reserve. There were symp- 

 toms of a demand, however, till the rain of the 

 last week, and holders of fine red and white 

 foreign cloverseed have remained firm. Trefoil, 

 too, has been steady. Large tares have been much 

 inquired for, and as much as 64s. per qr. has been 

 paid ; but small have been offering as low as 46s. 

 per qr. without ready sale, Canaryseed has ruled 

 excessively dull, the quality being unfit to keep. 

 Other seeds much as last quoted. 



69 

 46 

 36 

 77 

 77 

 59 

 37 

 34 

 34 

 28 

 27 

 41 

 50 

 41 

 67 

 49 



CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. 



Shilliiiffa per Quarter. 



WHEAT, Essex and Kent.wliitc, new 40 to 63 tine old 65 to 72 



>f .. red „ 38 59 .. „ 64 72 



Norfolk, Line, and Yorks., red „ 38 58.. ,, 



BARLEY, malting .... 31 to 3'J .. ..Chevalier, now.. 

 Grinding 30 31 ....Distilling 



MALT, Essex, Norfolk, and Suffolk ,, 63 to 60 ,. fine 

 Kingston, Ware, and town made .. 54 62.. „ 

 Brown 



RYE, seed new 



OATS, English, feed... 21 to 26 Potato 



Scotch, feed 24 28 Potato 



Irish, feed, white 20 to 25 .. fine 



Ditto, black 20 25.. „ 



BEANS, Mazagan 31 to 43 .... Ticks 



Harrow 33 47.... Pigeon 



PEAS, new, white, boilers 40 47 Maple 44 to 48 Grey 



FLOUR, per sack of 280 lb., Town, Households 



Country 38 to 40 Households .. 



Norfolk and Suffolk, ex-ship 



FOREIGN GRAIN. 



Shillings per Quarter. 



WHEAT, Dantz;ic,niixed65to — highdo. — to 66 extra — to 72 



Konigsberg 54 ii4 „ — — — 71 



Rostock 65 —fine 69 — 72 



American, red 60 03 white 01 66 



Pomera., Mcckbg.,& Uckermrk, red 60 6t 



Silesian, red 00 03 white 62 68 



Danish and Holstein 60 65 



Russian, hard 54 to 56 .. French 58 to 62 .. white 62 65 



St. Petersburg and Riga 56 61 



Rhine and Belgium 60 66 



BARLEY, grinding 28 to 29 .. DistiUing. 31 34 



OATS, Dutch, brew, & Polands 24 32 . . Feed .... 22 

 Danish and Swedish, feed.. 24 28 .. Stralsund 24 

 Russian 25 



BEANS, Friesland and Holstein • bo 



Konigsberg 39 to 46 . . Egyptian . , , , 37 



PEAS, feeding 40 45 .. fine boilers.. 42 



INDIAN CORN, white 38 41 ..yellow 39 



FLOUR, per sack.. ..French 41 47 ,, Spanishp.sk. 46 

 American, per] brl 28 30 ,, extra & dbl. 31 



29 

 2« 

 44 

 38 

 46 

 42 

 48 

 33 



IMPERIAL AVERAGES. 



For the last Six 



Weeks : 

 Jan, 12, 1861 ..., 



Jan, 19, 1861 



Jan. 26, 1861 



Feb. 2, 1861 



Feb. 9, 1861 



Feb. 16, 1861 



Aggregate Average 

 Same time last year 



COMPARATIVE AVERAGES— 1861-60. 



Fi'om last Friday's Gaz. s. d. 



Wheat 63538 qrs. .'54 9 



Barley 64688 .. 38 11 



Oats 16694 



Rye 99 



Beans 3747 



Peas 9i9 



From Gazetteot 18C0. s. d. 



AVheat 11 7309 qrs. 43 11 



Barley 71541 .. 34 11 



Oats 17985 .. 21 11 



Rye 55 .. 31 10 



40 Oj Beans '!230.. 38 6 



44 7 1 Peas 1681 .. 36 3 



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PRICES OF SEEDS. 



LONDON, MoNUAY, Feb. 25.— The heavy rains and 

 rough weather of the past week have much interfered with the 

 demand for seeds of all descriptions, and to-day tliere was but 

 a limited trade passing, without alteratiou in value. Prime 

 samples of all varieties are most inquired for, with but few 

 offering. Cutler and Barker, Seed Factors. 



BRITISH SEEDS. 



Mdstaedseed, per bush., brown Us. to 15s. 



CoaiANDEE, per cwt 148. lOs. 



Canary, per qr 60s. tSa. 



Teefoil 24s. 30s. 



Tares , winter, new, per bushel lOs. — s. 



Linseed, per qr., sowing — s. to 74s. crushing,. 58s. to 60s. 



Linseed Cakes, per ton .£9 10s. to £10 10s. 



RAPESEED,per qr 70s. to 763. 



Rape Cake, per ton £b 10s. to £6 Os. 



FOREIGN SEEDS, &c. 



CLoviESEED, red 46s. to 64s white 728. to 90s. 



Teefoil 18s. 288. 



Hempseed, small, — s. per qr Du-tch — s. 48s. 



Coriander, per cwt 16s. 18s. 



Caeeaway , c 328. — s. 



LiNSEEB, per qr., Baltic 508. to528.... Bombay 528. 568. 



Linseed Cake, per ton £9 10s. to jEU Os. 



Rapeseed, Dutch —8. to —8 



Rape Case, per ton , £6 Os.to £6 Os. 



