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* Paris markets were dull and drooping, the prices for consumption 
closing at 53s. 4d. to 56s. per 280 pounds. The eight marks for Septem- 
ber were 56s. per 280 pounds, and for October, 58s. 10d. Superior flour 
for September, 53s. 10d.; for October, 54s. 
MaizE.—London: American white at the close of September brought 
30s. to 34s. per quarter; yellow, 30s. to 32s.. Liverpool: American white, 
per 480 pounds, 34s. to 34s. 6d.; ditto yellow, 32s. to 32s. 9d.; mixed, 
2s. to 32s. 6d.; Danubian, 31s. to 32s. 6d.; Galatz, 32s. 6d. to 33s. 
Woo.t.—At the close of September the London wool market showed 
no feature of importance. Business had not been brisk, but prices had 
been steady. Southdown hoggets, 1s. 74d. to 1s. 84d. per pound; half- 
breed ditto, 1s. 9d. to 1s. 94d.; Kent fleeces, 1s. 8d. to 1s. 9d.; Southdown 
ewes and wethers, 1s. 45d. to 1s. 5d.; Leicester ditto, 1s. 8d. to 1s. 94d. 
The fourth series of London sales of colonial wool was to commence 
October 2 and continue till October 25. About 100,000 bales consti- 
tuted the aggregate receipts available for disposal. The Australian 
contributions were quite small. Cape supplies, however, were unex- 
pectedly large, and forwarded with unusual promptness. <A slight fall 
‘in Buenos Ayres wool was reported at Antwerp, and the present low 
prices indicate considerable permanence. 
LIVE stock.—The total imports of foreign stock into London during 
the week ending September 27 amounted to 15,334 head of all deserip- 
tions, against 14,589 in 1872, 19,308 in 1871, and 12,459 in 1870. Prices 
were as follows: Coarse, inferior -beasts, 4s. 6d. to 5s. per 8 pounds, to 
sink the offal; second quality, 5s. 2d. to 5s. 6d.; prime large oxen, 5s.. 
10d. to 6s. 2d.; prime Scots, shorthorns, &c., 6s. 2d. to 6s. 4d.; coarse, 
inferior sheep, 4s. 6d. to 5s.; second quality, 5s. 2d. to 5s. 8d:; prime 
coarse wooled, 6s. to 6s. 4d.; prime Southdown, 6s. 6d. to 6s. 10d.; large 
hogs, 4s. 2d. to 4s. 6d.; small porkers, 5s. to 5s. 4d. 
