AGRICULTUEAL STATISTICS. 



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Table No. 11. 

 the price of gold. 



As tlie price of gold was the chief element in advancing the pi-ices of domes- 

 tic produce, -which are given in currency values, the following table is essential 

 to a full understanding of the foregoing price tables : 



ENGLISH IMPORTS OF WHEAT. 



The total amount for the last ten years, and the countries from which the prin- 

 cipal supplies were received; capabilities of Russia to successfully compete 

 with tho United States. 



The buoyancy of our own grain markets is so dependent on those of Great 

 Britain that their condition is always an object of interest to the Americaii 

 farmer. We therefore take the following tables from the London Mark Lane 

 Express, which show the English imports of wheat for the last ten years, and 

 the coimtries from which are received the principal amounts : 

 Imports of wheat into Great Britain. 



"Whilst these tables exhibit our supremacy in supplying the demand of Great 

 Britain for wheat, it may be well to consider the causes which, in the future, 

 may affect that supremacy. The most prominent now is the gi'owth of Ilussia. 



