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the last week iu May, 21 French markets showed a tendency to advance, 

 00 were calm or firm, and 27 shov.ed a declining tendency. In Paris 

 holders asked full prices. The trade was quite animated at Marseilles, 

 one day sales amounting to 19,000 quarters. Most of the European 

 markets showed a calm state of the trade. 



In Mark Lane, London, Essex and Kent, white brought 43<s. to 47s. 

 per quarter ; ditto, red, 41s. to 43s. ; Norfolk, Lincolnshire, and York- 

 shire red, 41s. to 43s. ; of foreign wheats, Dautzic mixed was quoted at 

 49s. to 53s. 5 Konigsberg, 455. to 52s. ; Eostock, 44s. to 47s. ; Silesian 

 red, 42s. to 44s. ; ditto, white, 45s. to 48s. ; Pomerauia, Mecklenberg, 

 and L^ckermark, 43s. to 45s. ; Gliirka, 41s. to 42s. ; Eussiau hard, 39s. 

 to 42s. ; Saxonska, 42s. to 44s. ; Danish and Holstein red, 40s. to 45s. j 

 American red, 40s. to 42s. ; Californian, 40s. ; Chilian white, 45s. ; Aus- 

 tralian, 47s. to 48s. 



In Liverpool, American white wheat brought 9s. 2d. to 9s. 6d. per 

 cental ; ditto, No. 1 spring, 8s. 9^?. to 9s. Id. ; ditto. No. 2 spring, 8s. M. 

 to 8s. Id. ; Canadian white, 9s. 2d. to 9s. 6d. ; ditto, red Club, 9s. to 

 9s. 2d. ; Egyptian, extra Saidi, 8s. to 8s. 3^7. ; Californian, average, 8s. 

 lid. to 9s. If?.; ditto. Club, 9s. 3d. to Is. 5d.', Oregon, 9s. 4fZ. to 

 9s. 6d. ; Chilian, 8s. Od. to 8s. lid. 



At Paris white sorts were quoted at 40s. to 45s. ; red, 3Gs. to 43s. M. 

 At Marseilles Danube wheat brought 38s. 8d. ; Berdiauski, 31s. 75^7. ; 

 Chirha, 43s. Qd. ; Marianopoli, 46s. 5d. At Bordeaux the best white 

 wheat still commanded 44s. At Brussels, native wheat, 47s. ; foreign, 

 46s. ; Hambro, wheat firm at 40s. ; Berlin, 40s. ; St. Petersburg, 42s. 6d. 



Flouk. — The last week of May, in Mark Lane, London, opened 

 upon moderate supplies of English flour, with small foreign stocks, yet 

 the trade iu Norfolk brands was quite heavy, with a downward scale of 

 prices. Foreign was sold only in small lots to retail buyers. The Paris 

 market was firm, with an upward tendency. In Liverpool, flour was 

 considerably neglected, though quotations remained unchanged. In 

 Mark Lane the best town households brought 36s. to 40s. per sack of 

 280 pounds ; best county households, 30s. to 31s. ; Norfolk and Suffolk, 

 28s. to 29s. ; American flour, 21s. to 24s. per barrel. At Liverpool, Eng- 

 lish and Irish supertiues brought 35s. to 32s. per 280 pounds ; ditto, 

 extra, 32s. 6d. to 34s. ; French, 35s. to 43s. ; Trieste, 48s. to 60s. ; Spanish, 

 38s. to 39s. ; Chilian, 30s. M. to 32s. Gd. ; Californian, 33s. Qd. to 34s. 6d. ; 

 American Western and extra State, 21s. to 22s. per barrel; Baltimore 

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

 and extra, 21s. to 23s. 6d. At Paris, prices for consumption ranged from 

 31s. 6d. to 34s. Id. per 280 pounds. 



Maize. — In Mark Lane, white brought 32s. to 34s. per quarter. In 

 Liverpool, American, 30s. to 34s. per 480 pounds ; Galatz, 32s. Qd. In 

 Paris it sold in small lots at 40s. to 41s. i^er quarter. 



