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for wheat from the south of France, 68s. 9d. for wheat from the west, 
and 65s. 6d. for that from La Vendee. A correspondent of the Mark Lane 
Express, under date August 2, reported that during the previous week 33 
interior French markets had shown an advance in prices, 54 had remained 
unchanged, and 13 had declined or had shown a declining tendency. 
French wheat-growers were at that time very much occupied, and, hay- 
ing received good prices for their previous crops, were disposed to hold 
their stocks for a better market. _ 
FLour.—tThe imports of flour into the United Kingdom during the 
eight weeks ending July 26, amounted. to 824,984 cwt. The month of 
August opened with a small supply of English flour in London, but 
there was plenty of foreign, at least one-half of which was Ameri- 
can, the remainder being Russian, Spanish, &c. The supply of 
country flour was limited, while millers were very cautious in investing 
in foreign grain. on account of the apparent instability of the market, 
floating cargoes finding but slow sale. American red wheats, however, 
were quite firm. In Mark Lane prices were but little changed: best 
English town households brought 47s. to 55s. per sack of 280 pounds; 
best country households, 43s. to 47s.; Norfolk and Suffolk, 36s. to 43s. ; 
American, be barrel, 26s. to 29s.; ditto, extra, 50s. to 31s. In Liver- 
pool, August 2 , English and Irish superfines brought 40s. to 42s. per 280 
pounds ; extra ‘ditto, 43s. to 51s.; French, 48s. to 53s. 6d. ; Spanish, 44s, 
to 46s.; Trieste and Hungarian, 64s, to 76s. ; ; Chilian and Californian, 
42s, to 48s. ; ; American, per barrel, Western State, 28s. 6d. to 31ls.; extra, 
ditto, 30s. to 34s.; Baltimore and Philadelphia, "308. to 308. 5 Ohio, ols. 
to 35s.; Canadian, 32s. to 34s. 
In Paris the flour market was mostly steady during July, with an im- 
provement at the close of the month; the range of prices for consump- 
tion was from 48s. to 51s. 4d. per 280 ‘pounds. 
MaizE.—London : White per quarter during June and July, 29s. to 30s. 
per quarter; yellow, 27s. to 28s. The supplies in the market largely in- 
creased about the 1st of August and met with a moderate demand at 
previous quotations. Jiverpool: The prices for this grain about August 
1st were, for American white, 30s. 6d. to 31s. per 480 pounds; ditto, yel- 
low, 28s. to 28s. 6d. ; ; Trieste, "27s. to 278. 6d. ; ; Danubian, 27s. Od. to 28s. ; f 
Galatz, 28s. to 28s. 6d. 
WOOL. —The English wool-market at the close of July had shown but 
little alteration. The standing quotations were: for Southdown hog- 
gets, 1s. 74d. to 1s. 84d. per pound; half-breed, ditto, 1s. 8d. to 1s. 94d. ; 
Kent fleeces, 1s. 10d.; Southdown ewes and wethers, 1s. 5d. to 1s. 6d. ; 
Leicester, ditto, 1s. 8d. to 1s. 9d. At public sales of colonial wool, the 
attendance was good and biddings animated at the higher range of 
prices. 
LivE Srockx.—During the last week in July the total imports of 
foreign stocks into London embraced 12,879 head of cattle against 
13,159 in the corresponding week of 1872, 21 993 in 1871, 9,884 i in 1870. 
The prices (per 8 pounds, to sink the offal) for coarse, inferior beasts, 4s. 
8d. to 5s. 2d.; second quality, 5s. 4d. to 5s. 8d.; prime, large oxen, 5s. 
10d. to 6s. 2d.; prime Scots’ short-horn, &e., 6s. Dd. to 6s. 4d.; coarseand 
inferior sheep, 4s, 10d. to 5s.; prime Southdown, 6s. 2d. to 6s. 4d.; ; large: 
hogs, 4s. to 4s. 4d.; small porkers, 4s, 8d. to 5s. 
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