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The following figures show the receipts of flour, wheat, corn, and oats at 
Chicago, up to the 14th of December, for the years 1867 and 1866: 
1867. 1866. 
Wome, [eucelis) se Ses - ders onde gee eee oo | 1,789, 140 1,775, 016 
Wheat, (bushels)-.----.------ .----- s----- ------ ---- ---- 12, 889, 512 11, 853, 980 
rari 5 ear ee is eet g|h 2  aespae ae 23, 196, 332 31, 917, 924 
OAS a0 Sobigea Gade dasa nOloe aac cd=id5 3 aces paameoee eS ='5 | 10, 906, 763 9, 945, 578 
The receipts of flour and wheat for the same years, from July 29 to Decem- 
ber 14, compare as follows : 
| 1867. 1866. 
ae sy ab 
Inliare -((agipts p86 6o465 4 canes cdaeae somes cScSos Gueuse $90, 666 933, 619 
Maret paclicleys a AAe Sheets We aoe ee ee oe, 5 OU | 11, 161,417 8, 409, 105 
Showing an increase for the months named of over six per cent. in receipts 
of flour and nearly 33 per cent. of wheat. 
The receipts of breadstuffs at New York, from all sources, for the eleven 
months ending November 30, 1867, were as follows, compared with those of two 
preceding years : 
1867. 1866. | 1865. 
Wiheat flour, (barrels). ./-.=- --2--+ se se.s-c- 2, 409, 476 2, 494, 979 | 3, 228, 393 
Gormomealh=s- ss cases ceeeteek haere 196, 717 247, 906 279, 879 
Mihent(bushels)2.6 2.2. :.cctueeelcand ie 9, 448, 979 4,546, 831 | 7, 810, 347 
BEA Seok = einstein wae seodss ches eecoesen 745, 678 1, 048, 675 | 677, 503 
Ontsret eee aa5- occa oi acemececc-Stasee 7, 890, 554 7, 698, 352 | 9, 056, 799 
ipeleyee ee oe See eo a eerie 2a eee 2, 538, 730 4, 832, 766 | 2, 904, 050 
[Eich oh Petes ES ae ee eee ec 655, 385 406, 582 140, 586 
(Mis paoessoacced ano 5ed Sado oo deoros=552 14, 600, 260 20, 689, 802 14, 794, 440 
It will be seen that the increase of wheat receipts over last year is upwards 
of 100 per ceut , while corn has fallen off more than six million bushels. 
PORK-PACKING IN CHICAGO. 
Up to the 21st of December the pork-packing in Chicago sums up 528,981 
head, against 165,000 same period last year, and 55,000 the previous year. 
The receipts of hogs for the week ending as above sum up as follows: Live, 
73,149; dressed, 26,453 ; total, 99,602; and the shipments, live, 6,883 ; dressed, 
1,034; total, 7,917 ; leaving for packers, city use, and numbers left over in the 
pens, 91,685 head. For the corresponding period last year the receipts were, 
live, 56,824; dressed, 16,388; total, 73,212; and the shipments, live, 2,606 ; 
dressed, 5,812; total, 8.218; leaving for packers, &c., 64,994 head. The hogs 
now arriving are very superior to those received early, and it is said that the 
best are yet to come. 
The receipts of hogs at Cincinnati, for the week ending December 24, were 
35,448 head against 64,574 for the corresponding week last year. ‘Total for 
