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mated at 500,000 quarters, oulj* two-thirds of the previous crop of the 

 colony. In Hungary the high prices of flour caused such a general dis- 

 use of that article of diet as to extort a concession of 1 shilling per 

 quarter on wheat. Fine wheat had begun to come to Odessa in consid- 

 erable quantities, but was met by an ample demand at high prices. 

 French, Belgian, and Dutch country markets gave signs of close ex- 

 haustion ; while Switzerland and Italy are heavy importers of wheat, and 

 Germany also feels the stress. The Indian famine adds its depressing 

 influence. All indications seem to point to a scramble for breadstufl^s 

 in Europe before the coming harvest. The weekly deliveries in Loudon 

 during- the last week in May were nearly 15,000 quarters short of the 

 corresponding week of 1873. The aggregate of deliveries for seven and 

 a half months of the cereal year, ending April 11, amounted to 7,190,805 

 quarters, requiring 4,809,105 before harvest. The shortening foreign 

 supplies of the harvest of 1873, as shown by the startling growth of 

 weekly deficiencies, give but poor prospect of meeting this demand in 

 England, where farmers will have to purchase largely for bread.for their 

 own families. In France the pressure is still more severe, all the coun- 

 try markets showing a serious rise in prices. Late rains in the south of 

 France have materiallj' enhanced the prospect of the growing crop. 



The London averages during the last week in May were 63 shillings 

 per quarter on 1,322 quarters. Full half of the current arrivals from 

 abroad were from ISTew York. In Mark Lane, Essex, and Kent, white 

 wheat brought 53^. to 67-9. per quarter ; ditto, red, 55s. to 63s. ; Norfolk, 

 Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire, o5s. to 61s. Of foreign wheats, Dantzig 

 mixed, all grades, is quoted at 60s. to 70s. ; Konigsberg, 59s. to 09s. ; 

 Eostock, 63s. to 69s. ; Silesian red, 58s. to 00s. ; ditto white, G3s. to 68s. ; 

 Pomeranian, Mecklenberg, andNolenmark, red, 59s. to 62s. ; Ghirca, 56s. 

 to 60s. ; Eussian, hard, 51s. to 57s. ; Saxouska, 60s. to 61s. ; Danish and 

 Hoist ein, red, 60s. to 62s. ; American, 58s. to 62s. ; Chilian, white, 65s. ; 

 Californian, Q6s.; Australian, 61s. to 67s, In Liverpool American white 

 brought 12s. Gd. to 13s. per cental : red winter and southern, 12s. M. to 

 12s. Gd. ; No. 1 spring, lis. lOd. to 12s. ; No. 2 spring, lis. 2d. to lis. dd.; 

 Canadian white, 12s. 6^7. to 12s. 10f7. ; ditto, red, 12s. to 12s. 2d. ; California 

 white, 12s. Id. to 13s. 3d. ; Chili, white, 12s. 2d. to 12s. 4f7. ; Australian. 

 13s. Gd. to 13s. 9d.', Spanish, white, 12s. to 12s. 2f7. ; Danubian, 7s. 6f7. to 

 9s. 6(7. ; Egyptian, 10s. 8f7. to 12s. 6(7. In Paris French wheats brought 

 67s. to 73s. 6f7. per quarter. At Eouen and Havre, California was quoted 

 at 69s. 6(7. ; Chili, 68s. ; American spring and Polish, 63s. 6(7. 



Floue. — The supply of flour in London at the opening of the last 

 week of May was very moderate, the imports of the> previous week being 

 only 86,.391 cwt. In Mark Lane the best town households brought 47s. 

 to 54s. per 280 pounds ; best country households, 44s. to 47s. ; Norfolk 

 and Suffolk, 38s. to 44s. ; American, jier barrel, all grades, 30s. to 34s. 

 In Liverpool English and Irish superflnes were quoted at 43s. 6(7. to 50s. 

 per 280 pounds; French, 55s. 6(7. to 59s. 6(7. ; Spanish, 48s. 0(7. to 52s.; 

 Trieste and Hungarian, 65s. Gd. to 77s. 6(7. ; Chilian and California, 45s. 

 6(7. to 51s. 6(7. ; American, Western State, per barrel, 25s. 6(7. to 32s. 6(7.; 

 Baltimore and Philadelphia, 29s. 6(7. to 31s. 6(7. ; Ohio, 29s. 0(7. to 34s. 

 6(7.; Canadian, 29s. 6(7. to 36s. 6(7. In Paris prices for consumption were- 

 strengthening, from 51s. 4(7. to 54s. per 280 pounds. 



Maize. — In Mark Lane, London, white is quoted at 41s. to 44s. per 

 (juarter; yellow at 37s. to 39s. lu Liverpool American white brought 

 from 39s. to 39s. 6(7. per 480 pounds; ditto vellow, 37s. 6(7.; Dauubian, 

 38s. to 38s. 6(7. ; Galatz, 44s. 6(7. to 45s. 



