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red winter, 9s. to 9s. 6d.; Minnesota No. 1, 8s. 10d. to 9s. 2d.; No. 1 
spring, 8s. 9d. to 9s.; No. 2 spring, 7s. 10d. to 8s. 3d.; Bombay, 8s. 6d. 
to 9s.; Egyptian, average, 6s. to 8s.; California, 9s. 2d. to 9s. 5d.; club, 
9s. 8d. to 9s. 10d.; Oregon, 9s. Td. to 9s. 9d.; Chilian, 8s. 8d. to 9s.; Aus- 
tralian, 9s. 10d. to 10s. 
At the close of the last week in August the French harvest had been 
completed, but the results had not been ascertained, except that the 
grain was supposed to average 6 or 7 per cent. greater in weight per 
bushel than in 1875. In the north, east, and south, with plentiful 
supplies, prices range from 49s. 2d. to 52s, 9d. per quarter; in the cen- 
ter, from 46s. 6d. to 47s. 10d. During the week 22 county markets had 
advanced or tended to advance, against 34 the week previous; 42 were 
reported from calm to firm, against 32 the previous week ; 85 had de- 
clined or shown a declining tendency, against 83 the previous week. 
The total showing indicated a weakness on the whole, and a prepon- 
derance in favor of lower prices. At Paris, wheat on the spot showed 
a declining tendency. The week’s arrivals at Marseilles amounted to 
84,570 quarters, increasing the already inconvenient presence of extra 
supplies upon that market, and causing a decline of prices. At Ant- 
werp the prospect of an average crop depressed prices. Amsterdam 
notes a dull trade, with a tendency in prices to weaken. In Berlin, 
with an active trade in wheat, both on the spot and in transitu, prices 
did not advance. At Berlin the receipts were of fine quality, but the 
- yield of the dependent wheat-region was reported below average; the 
trade was quiet at previous quotations; Holstein and Rostock sold at 
50s. 6d. to 52s. per 504 pounds. At Leipsig the trade was dull at old 
prices; low water had caused some stagnation in the milling business. 
The Odessa wheat-market was very animated, in spite of discouraging 
advices from abroad; the sales were considerable, and the stock on 
hand remarkably low, as supplies from the interior were slow in coming 
in; prices consequently firm. At Alexandria supplies had begun to 
come in more freely, without, however, disturbing the status of prices ; 
the amount of business was quite limited. 
FLouR.—The imports of flour into the United Kingdom during the 
week ending August 19 amounted to 67,507 cwt., against 124,132 cwt. 
the previous week. The trade was without change, and the amount of 
business very limited. The best town households, in Mark Lane, brought 
36s. to 43s. per sack of 280 pounds; best country households, old, 34s. 
to 36s.; Norfolk and Suffolk, old, 29s. to 31s.; French, 30s. to 35s. ; 
American and extras, 21s. to 24s. per barrel of 196 pounds. At Liver- 
pool English and Irish superfines were quoted at 36s. to 38s. per 280 
pounds; ditto extras, 39s. to 41s.; French, 38s. 6d. to 46s. 6d.; Trieste, 
47s. Od. to 52s. 6d. ; Chilian, 25s. to 28s. ; Californian, 34s. to 37s. ; Ameri- 
can western and extra State, 22s. to 24s. 6d. per barrel; Baltimore and 
Philadelphia, 22s. to 25s. 6d.; Ohio and extra, 22s. to 25s.; Canadian, 
22s. to 26s.; patent, 29s. to 33s. The prices of eight marks in the Paris 
market, August 26, averaged 37s. per 280 pounds ; superior flour 36s, 2d. 
MaizE.—In Mark Lane, at the close of August, white maize was 
quoted at 26s. to 27s. per quarter ; yellow ditto, 25s. to 26s. In Liver- 
pool American white, per.480 pounds, 26s. 6d.; ditto mixed, 25s. to 25s, 
dd.; Galatz, 26s. 9d. to 27s.; Danubian, 25s. 3d. to 25s. 6d.; Dari, 23s. 
to 24s. 
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