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1874. Sales of Englisli wheat during tlie last week iu February amounted 

 to 59,094 quarters, averaget" at 41.s'. 6^7., against 53,964 quarters at 62.?. 

 KM. during the corresponding week of last year. The London averages 

 were 44s. Id. upon 3,584 quarters. The imports into the United King- 

 dom during the third week in February were 479,083 cwts. The last 

 week in February opened upon moderate supplies of English wheat in 

 Mark Lane, with fair arrivals of foreign, of which about a third were 

 from Odessa and the remainder mostly from New York and San Fran- 

 cisco. In Paris, growers demanded from 39s. to 44s. per quarter. The 

 wheat-trade of the French jiroviuces was quite firm, showing an ad- 

 vance of 6d. to Is'. per quarter. The Marseilles market had subsided 

 into calmness after large sales. The Belgium trade was firm, while in 

 Frankfort the cold weather, unaccompanied by snow, made holders 

 indifterent in offering. 



In Mark Lane, London, Essex, and Kent, white commanded 44s. to 

 49s. 5 ditto, red, 42s. to 44s.; Norfolk, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire red, 

 42s. to 44s. Of foreign wheats, Dantzic mixed was quoted at 50s. to 54s. 

 per quarter; Konigsberg, 46s. to 53s. ; Rostock, 44s. to 48s.; Silesian red, 

 43s. to 49s. ; Pomeranian, Mecklenberg, and Uckermark red, 44s. to 46s. ; 

 Ghirka, 41s. to 42s. ; Russian hard, 40s. to 43s,; Saxonska, 43s. to 45s.; 

 Danish and Holstein red, 41s. to 47s.; American red, 40s. to 42s. ; Chilian 

 white, 49s.; California, 50s.; Australian, 50s. to 51s. 



In Liverpool, Canadian white brought 9s. Id. to 10s. per cental; Amer- 

 ican white, 9s. 6d. to 10s.; American red, winter, 9s. 2d. to 9s. 5d. ; spring 

 No. 1, 8s. 10(7. to 9s.; spring No. 2, 8s. M. to 8s. 8d.; Californian, 9s. Id. 

 to 9s. 10f7. ; Oregon, 9s. 10r7. to 10s. ; Chilian, Ss. lOd. to Ss. 1 Id. 



At Odessa*, foreign advices being very discouraging, inferior kinds 

 ■were rapidly put upon the market at rates advantageous to buyers. 



Flour. — The imports, during the third week in February, into the 

 United Kingdom, amounted to 132,615 cwts. The fourth week opened 

 in good supplies of English, with fair arrivals of American in barrels. 

 In Mark Lane, the best town households brought 36s. to 40s. per 280 

 pounds; best country households, 30s. to 31s. ; Norfolk and Sufltblk, 27s. 

 to 29s.; American, per barrel, 21s. to 25s. In Liverpool, English and 

 Irish superfines were quoted at 31s. to 35s. per 280 pounds ; extra, 35s. 6d. 

 to 40s. ; French, 37s. to 45s. ; Trieste, 48s. to 60s. ; Spanish, 38s. to 39s. ; 

 Chilian, 31s. 6(7. to 35s. ; Californian, 36s, to 37s. Qd. ; American, West- 

 ern State and extra, 21s. to 23s. per barrel; Baltimore and Philadelphia, 

 21s. to 23s.; Ohio and extra, 22s. to 28s.; Canadian, 21s. to 26s. In 

 Paris, the best flour was sold for consumption at 30s. Id. to 34s. per 280 

 pounds. 



Maize. — In Mark Lane, white was sold at 39s. to 40s. per quarter; 

 yellow at 34s. to 36s. At Liverpool, new American brought 36s. to 36s. 

 6(7. per 280 pounds; Galatz, 37s. 6(7. to 386'. Large supplies of American 

 had been received iu Loudon, yet the market had advanced 6d. per 

 quarter. 



GRAIN-TRADE OF ODESSA DURING 1874. 



The annual BvUetin du MarcJie des produits Agricoles for 1874, issued 

 Ijy N. Willenz and Simon Bernstein, Courtiers jures, states that the 

 spring and summer of the year lately ended were times of only sufiec- 

 ing and losses. The stagnation of business in foreign countries and 

 the enormous decline in the values of grain shook the financial position 



