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do. red, 128. to) 12s.y7d.; Chilian whitey 12s. to 12s. 6d.; French 
white, 12s, 3d. to 13s. 6d.; sy do. red, Is 4d. to 128. 7d.; ” Spanish 
128. 4d. to 12s. § .; Danubian, 8s. to 9s. 10d. ; ; Egyptian, 8s. to 
Paris, during the first two weeks, the wheat trade tended 
ywnward, but the decline was arrested, and prices subsequently rose 
what they were at the commencement—white wheat, 56s. to 58s. 
“i quarter ; red, 54s. to 55s. In England the weather Was subject of 
ronic complaint among agriculturists, the intervals of fine weather 
g¢ few and brief, while the unfavorable meteorological conditions 
re varied by storms and floods. But little wheat had been sown, and 
fears were entertained that even that would be rotted by the excessive 
- moisture. This fear was also manifested on the continent, where the 
sowing was more successful. Yet foreign wheat was arriving in London | 
- in such quantities as to make it difficult to maintain standing rates. 
{ London averages were about 1s. below the country AVELALES ; hence the 
poor qualities of British wheat in that market. 
Fxiovur.—In London, British best town households flour steod uni- 
_ formly at 50s. to 57s. per 280 pounds; country households, 43s. to 47s. ; 
Norfolk and Suffolk, 40s. to 42s. ; American flour, per barrel, 25s. to 
S208. ¥ extra and double extra, 30s. to 34s. Supplies of both native and 
_ foreign flour were good. At Liverpool, English and Irish superfines 
were quoted at 40s. to 46s. ; ; do. extra, 43s. to bis. ; ; Trieste and Hungarian, 
61s. to 75s.; Chilian and Californian, 44s. to 50s. : ; American, per bar- 
rel of 196 pounds, western, 28s. 6d. to 31s.; extra State, 29s. to 34s. ; 
Baltimore and Philadelphia, 30s. to 35s. ; Ohio, 51s. to 35s. ; Canadian, 
30s. to 54s. In Paris, during the period under consideration, the flour 
market exhibited a continued improvement, froin, however, a depressed 
starting-point. The weekly range of prices for ‘consumption for each 
week were, respectively, 41s, 9d. to 46s. 2d.; 428. 3d. to 46s.9d. ; 42s. TW. 
to 47s. 5d. ; 43s. 6d. to 4380 45s. 6d. to AS. per 280 pounds. 
INDIAN CORN. —The standing quotations of the Mark Lane, Lotion, 
market, during the month, were 32s. to 34s. per quarter for white corn, 
and 288. to 29s. for yellow ; Liverpool, per 480. pounds, American ities 
dls. to 32s. 6d.; do. yellow, 29s. to 29s. 6d.; Trieste, 30s. to 31s. 3 Danub- 
ian, 29s. 6d. to 32s. 
Woor.—The market in London for English wool was firm and well 
maintained, though transactions were by no means large. Southdown 
hoggets were quoted at 1s. 93d. to 1s. 11d. per pound ; Southdown ewes 
and weathers, 1s. 8d. to 1s. 10d.; Leicester ewes and weathers, 1s. 11d. 
to 2s.; Kent fleeces, 1s. 104d. to 28. Odd. 
BurrEer.—The Mark Lane Express quotes English butter, in London, 
at the close of each wéek, as follows: Dorset, per cwt., 140s. to 144s. ; 
124s. to 140s.; 120s. to 140s.; 112s. to 140s. Friesland, 110s. to 130s. ; ; 
120s. to 130s.; 130s. to 134s. ; 120s. to 132s.; 120s. to 130s. Jersey, 104s. 
to 1128.; 98s. ’to 112s. ; ; 106s. ‘to 12 2085; 108s. ‘to 1248. 5 ; 104s. to 120s. 
CHEESE. . see Cheshire cheese ranged from 50s, to 84s, per 
ewt.; Doubl Gloucester, 58s. to 788; Cheddar, 64s. to a 
50s. to 728. = 
LIVE-STOCK.—Aft the great annual sale of fat stock for Christmas con- 
sumption, held at the Metropolitan Cattle-Market, in London, Deeem- 
ber 16, 1872 , both the number and quality of the animals. offered. ex- 
ceeded all expectation. Late rains had saturated the pastures, espe- 
cially in the great northern cattle-raising counties and in Scotland, 
where the season was one of the most disastrous on record. Scotch 
hay was secured in an indifferent condition, while the root crops turned 
eut poorly. The fine show of animal from those regions Was, ” — 
