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FOREIGN MARKETS. 



VV^nEAT. — Daring October the weelcly average pi ice of wLeat per 

 quarter, iu Loudon, ranged from 5C.s. 7d. to 59,s. In the (juotations of the 

 Mark Lane Express. American wheat is quoted at 5t).S'. to 62s.', Cah- 

 fornia, GQs.; English, 50s. to G4.s.; German, 59s. to lis.; linssian, 47«. to 

 ijls.; Australian, 6-ls. to Gls. Iii Liverpool, American and California 

 white maintained a steady maximum at 14.s. Gd. per cental, ranging as 

 low as Xos. Other va'rieties showed a gradual decline, red and southern 

 ranging from 12,9. M. to 13s. Gd.; spring, Xo. 1, 12s. to 12s. dd. In Paris, 

 Ijrices per quarter ranged from 526'. Gd. to 5Gs. for white, and from 52.s. 

 to 54s. for red. The.importations of wheat into the United Kingdom 

 during the month amounted to 5,718,647 hundred-weight, of which nmount 

 1,042,309 hundred- weight were from the United States— about 500,000 

 hundred-weight less than during October, 1871. 



During the first three weeks of November the weekly averages of 

 wheat iu London, were from 5Cs. G^. to 58s. 7d. per <iuarter ; English 

 Avhite ranged from 58s. to GGs. ; American, 58s. to Gls,; Calfornia, C5s. In 

 Liverpool, American white was steady from 13s. 2d. to 14s. Gd. per cental ; 

 red winter and southern from lis. dd. to 12s. M. ; spring No. 1, lis. dd. 

 to 12s.; California white, 12s. lOd. to 13s 9r7. In Paris, fine white wheat- 

 brought from 56s. to 58s. per quarter; red 53%. to 54s. At the opening of 

 the month prices were too high for business, holders were generally 

 lirm and consequently but little activity was noticed. 



Flour. — The quotations of the Mark Lane E.ypress, for London, dur- 

 ing October, were as follows: English, per sack of 280 pounds, 40s. to 

 57s.; American, per barrel, 2Gs. to 29s.; extra, 30s. to 34s. Liver- 

 pool: English and Irish superfines, per 280 ponnds, 4 Is. to 46s.; the 

 same, extra, 47s. to 5Gs.; Hungarian and Trieste, 61s. to 75s.; Chilian 

 and Calitbrnian, 41.v. to 49s.; American, Western State, 28s. Gd. and 30s.: 

 ditto, extra, 20,s-. Gd. to 31s.; Baltimore and Philadelphia, 32s. Gd. to 34s.; 

 Ohio, 32s. to 33s.; Canadian, 30s. to 32s, Imports of flour into the United 

 Kingdom during October, 636,199 hundred-weight, of which 114,749 

 hundred-weight were from the United States. In Paris the prices of 

 superior flour, on the spot, rose from 43s. 2d. per 280 pounds, at' the 

 beginning of the month, to 46s. 2(7. in the first week of November. 



In London, during the first three weeks of November, English flour 

 is quoted at 40s. to 57s. per 280 pounds; American 2.5s. per barrel and 

 30s. to 34s. for extras. In Liverpool, English and Irish superfines 

 ranged from 41s. to 46s. per 2^0 pounds ; extras 47s. to 56s. American, 

 per 'barrel, Western States, 28s. 6^7. to 36s. ; extra State 29s. Gd. to 31s.; 

 i^altimore and Philadelphia, 32s. 0^7. to 34s.; Ohio, 32s. to 33s. 



Indian Corn. — Mark Lane, London: 27s. to 31s. per quarter for 

 yellow, and 32s. to 35s. for white. Liverpool: per 480 pounds, ximeri- 

 can white. 30s. to 32s.; the same, vellow, 29s. 6rf. to 30s. 6(7.; Trieste, 

 .30s. to 31s.'; Danubian, 30s. to 32s. 



During the first three weeks of November Indian corn in London, 

 langed from 27s. to 29s. per quarter for yellow, and from 31s. to 34\. 

 for v.'hite. Liverpool prices unchanged. 



WooL.-^London : Fleeces, Southdown hoggets, per pound, Is. 9|/7. to 

 Is. lOld.; half-breed, ditto, Is. 9.](7. to Is. 10(7.; Kent fleeces. Is. lO^d. 

 andl6\ 11(7.; Southdown ewes and wethers, Is. 9(7. to Is. 10(7.; Leicester 

 ditto, Is. 11(7. and 2s. Prices during the first three weeks of November 

 unchanged. 



Cheese. — London: per liundred weight, Cheshire, 60s. to 70s.; double 

 Gloucester, 56s. to 7Gs. ; Cheddac, 70s. to 86s. ; American, 54s. to C4s. 

 November, (lirst three weeks) Cheshire, 60s. to 70s. per cwt., double. 

 C;iou(;cstor, 64s. to 7Ss.; Cheddar, 68s. to 84s.; American, GOs. to 72s. 



