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FOREIGN MARKETS. 



Wheat. — The month of March, in Europe, was generally mild, with, 

 however, a wintry reaction which pervaded the whole continent about 

 the middle of the month. Ice re- appeared at Odessa and at many other 

 points. This was followed by more seasonable weather. These varia- 

 tions created considerable sensitiveness in the markets. Advices from 

 the United Kingdom still indicate short supplies and an anxious outlook 

 to the coming harvest. Weekly deliveries in March show an average 

 falling off, as compared withlast year, of 5,G67 quarters, the deficiency of 

 January and February amounting to 400,000 quarters. To supply bread 

 to the British nation till the end of August, nearly 7,000,000 quarters 

 will be required, or nearly half the reported stocks at New York and 

 other great supply markets. French farmers have sold out their stock 

 with unusual closeness, and the wants of Southern Europe will probably 

 divert early deliveries of the next harvest from the United Kingdom. 

 The weekly imj)orts of foreign wheat during the four weeks ending- 

 March 21, respectively, were as follows : 1,120,694 quarters, 800,704 

 quarters, 910,533 quarters, and 639,537 quarters. The London averages 

 during the third week of March were 04s. lid. on 1,533 quarters. The 

 wheat-trade of France shows an upward tendency. In Paris, Califor- 

 nia brought 68s. 9*:?. per quarter, American red winter 63s. Gd. ; spring- 

 ditto, 62s. In Mark Lane, London, Essex, and Kent, new white brought 

 from 53s. to i>Gs. per quarter; ditto red, 55s. to 62s. ; Norfolk, Lin- 

 colnshire, and Yorkshire, new red, 55s. to 60s. Of foreign wheats, Dant- 

 zic, mixed, was quoted 58s. to 69s. ; Konigsberg, 58s. to 68s. ; Rostock, 

 61s. to 67s, ; Silesian red, 56s. to 57s. ; ditto white, 61s. to 63s. ; Po- 

 merania, Mecklenburgh, and Uckermark, red, 58s. to 60s. ; Russian hard, 

 52s. to 55s. ; Danish and Holstein, red, 58s. to 60s. ; American, 55s. 

 to 57s: ; Chilian, white, 62s.; California, 65s. ; Australian, 67s. to 69s. 



In Liverpool, American white was quoted at 12s. 6d. to 12s. dd. 

 per cental ; red winter and southern, 12s. to 12s. 2^. ; No. 1, spring, 

 12s. to 12s. 6c?.; Canadian white, 12s. M. to 13s. ; ditto red, 12s. to 

 12s. 2(7.; California white, 12s. 6(7. to 13s. ; Chilian, 12s. to 12s. 2d.', 

 Australian, 14s. ; Spanish white, 12s. 2d. to 12s. 5(Z.; Danubian, 7s. to 

 9s. ; Ghirka, lis. 6(7. to 12s.; Egyptian, 10s. to 12s. 2(7. 



Flour. — The third week in March opened, in London, upon moderate 

 supplies, both of English and foreign Hour, yet the trade was quite slow 

 upon English samples at the prices of the previous week. In foreign flour 

 prices were nnchanged, but the demand was less urgent. The Paris 

 market collapsed 4 francs per 157 kilograms on flour ior consumption, 

 the range being from 48s. to 49s. 4(7. per 280 pounds. In Mark Lane, 

 Loudon, the best town households brought from 50s. to 57s. per sack 

 of 280 pounds ; best country households, 44s. to 46s. ; Norfolk and Suf- 

 folk, 38s. to 43s. ; American, per barrel, 28s. to 29s. ; extra, 29s. to 31s. 

 In Liverpool English and Irish superfines were quoted at 44s. to 45s. 6d. 

 per 280 pounds ; extra ditto, 45s. 6d. to 50s. ; French, 56s. to 60s. ; 

 Spanish, 49s. to 52s. 6(7. ; Trieste and Hungarian, G6s. to 78s. ; Chfliau 

 and Californian, 46s. to 52s. ; American, Western States, per 196 pounds, 

 30s. to 32s. ; extra State, 31s. to 33s. ; Baltimore and Philadelphia, 30«. 

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



Maize. — In Mark Lane, London, white is quoted at 40s. to 44s. per 

 quarter; yellow, 37s. to 40s. In Liverpool American white brought 

 40s. to 40s. 6(7. per 480 pounds ; ditto yellow, 40s. ; Danubian, 38s. to 

 38s. 6(7. ; Galatz, 40s. 



