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The average prices for different periods were as follows 



Week enriino^ Same week in For (5 weeks prior 

 Dec. 24, 16(34. Ib6:i. to Dec. 24, 1864. 



"Wheat, per quarter (8 bushels) SO, 08 $9, 74 $9, 20 



Barley, " " '. 6, 72 7, 94 6, 92 



Oats, " " 4, 58 4, 64 4, 74 



Rye, " " 7, 28 7, 46 7, 30 



Beans, " " 8, 70 8, 44 8, 96 



Peas, " " 8, 52 8, 12 8, 44 



T/'tc what crop of France for 1864. 



The consul of the United States at Havre (France) writes to this department 

 that an average crop of wheat in France is 100,500,000 hectolitres, equal to 

 284,750,000 bushels, and that the crop of 1864 is 14,666,066 bushels less than this 

 average. Consequently it would be 270,583,334 bushels. This makes the 

 v.'heat crop of France in 1864 about 109,887,511 bushels greater than that of 

 the loyal States. 



The acreage of the wheat lands in France for 1S64 is stated by our consul 

 to be 16,415,000 acres, making the average yield per acre 16A bushels. This 

 is a higher average yield than in this country. We doubt its correctness, and 

 think the average wheat crop in France cannot exceed 215,000,000 bushels. 



tab:e of immigration. 



In the bi-monthly report for September and October we gave the number of 

 emigrants for the year ending September 30, 1864. This number was 189.713. 



Through the courtesy of the collectors at the custom houses of New York 

 andPhiladelphia, andof the general agent of immigration at Boston, this depart- 

 ment has received the following returns for the quarter embraced in the months 

 of October, November, and December, 1864: 



NEW YORK. 



Male. Female. Total. 



Arrivals during October 9.252 7,506 16,758 



Arrivals during November 6, 713 5, 433 12, 146 



Arrivals during December 3,124 2,333 5,457 



Total for the quarter 19,089 15,272 34,361 



. PHILADELPHIA. 



Arrivals during October 5 



Arrivals during November 8 



Arrivals during December 480 



Total fur the qiuirter 493 



BOSTON. 



Arrivals during Oct ober 986 



Arivals during November 621 



Arrivals during December 343 



Total for the quarter 1 , 950 



Total immi";ration 36, 840 



