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white wheat ranged from 64s. to 70s. per quarter; Spauish white, from 

 Marseilles, was offered at 69s. per quarter; American spring at 61s. per 

 quarter. 



In Mark Lane, Essex, and Kent, new white was quoted at 54s. to 67s. 

 per quarter; ditto red, 56s. to 64s.; Norfolk, Lincolnshire, and York- 

 shire, new red, 55s. to 62s. Of foreign wheat, Dantzic mixed brought 

 61s. to 7is. ; Konigsberg 61s. to 70s. ; Eostock, 63s. to 70s. ; Silesian red, 

 58s. to 60s.; ditto white, 63s. to 65s.; Pomeranian, Mecklenberg, and 

 Uckermark red, 61s. to 63s. ; Russian hard, 54s. to 57s. ; Saxonska, 61s. 

 to 62s.; Danish and Holstein red, 61s. to 63s.; American, 58s. to 60s.; 

 Chilian white, 64s. ; Californian, 67s. ; Australian, 69s. to 71s. 



In Liverpool the import-trade was declining but the exports were in- 

 creasing. American white, per cental, brought 13s. to 13s. 6of. ; ditto 

 red winter and southern, 12s. 4(Z. to 13s. ; ditto No. 1 spring, 12s. to 12s. 

 2d.', ditto No. 2 spring, lis. 6d. to lis. lOd.; Canadian white, 13s. to 

 13s. id. ; ditto red, 12s. 2d. to 12s. 4f7.; Californian white, 12s. lOd. to 13s. 

 8d. ; Chilian white, 12s. 4fZ. ; Australian white, 14s. to 14s. 2d. ; Spanish 

 white, 12s. lOd. to 13s. ; Danubian, 7s. to 9s. ; Ghirka, lis. 6d. to 12s. ; 

 Egyptian, 10s. lOfZ. to 12s. dd. 



I^LOUR. — The supplies of both English and foreign flour were quite 

 moderate in London in the third week of February. Trade was dull, 

 but holders were not disposed to lower the rates. The Paris market 

 suddenly declined 3 francs per 157 kilograms in the face of declining 

 supplies of wheat, the range being from 49s. 4d. to 51s. M. per 280 

 pounds. In Mark Lane the best town household flour brought from 

 50s. to 57s. per 280 pounds ; best country household 45s to 47s.; Nor- 

 folk and Suffolk, 39s. to 44s, American flour, per barrel, 28s. to 30s.; 

 extra, 30s. to 32s. In Liverpool English and Irish superfines, 44s. to 

 45s. dd. per 280 pounds ; ditto extra, 45s. ikl. to 50s. ; French, 56s. to 

 60s.; Spanish, 49s. to 52s. 6rf. ; Trieste and Hungarian, 66s. to 78s.; 

 Chilian and Californian, 46s. to 52s.; American Western State, per 

 barrel, 30s. to 32s. ; extra State, 31s. to 33s.; Baltimore and Philadel- 

 phia, 30s. to 32s.; Ohio, 31s. to 35s. ; Canadian, 33s, to 37s. 



Maize. — In Mark Lane, American white was quoted at 40s. to 43s. per 

 quarter; ditto red, 36s. to 38s. In Liverpool, American white, 39s.; 

 ditto yellow, 37s.; Danubian, 37s. 6d. to 38s.; Galatz, 40s. 



Wool. — The London wool trade has become firmer. Business not re- 

 markably brisk in English wools, but steady. Colonial wools are steady 

 at current rates. 



Live stock. — The cattle trade was quiet but firmer on account of 

 short supplies. Coarse a/id inferior beasts brought 4s. 6d. to 4s. lOd. per 

 8 pounds ; second quality, 4s. lOd. to 5s.; prime large oxen, 5s. 6d. to 5s. 

 Sd.; prime scots, 5s. Sd. to 5s. lOd.-, coarse and inferior sheep, .5s. to 5s. 

 6(?.; second quality, 5s. 6d. to 5s. lOfZ.; prime coarse wooled, 6s. Gd. to 

 6s. Sd.; prime southdowns, 6s. Sd. to 6s. lOd.; large coarse calves, 5s. to 

 5s. 6d.; prime small calves, 6s. to 6s. 4<?.; large hogs, 3s. 6d. to 3s. lOd.; 

 small porkers, 4s. 4d. to 4s. 6d. 



TRADE OF ODESSA. 



Odessa, at the head of the Black Sea, is the grand emporium of 

 Southern Russia. It was made a free port in 1817, a privilege which, 

 in connection with its admirable commercial position, has given it a 

 practical monopoly of the trade of Southeastern Europe in the export of 



