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Table XV. COMPARATIVE MARKET PRICES OF LEAP TOBACCO IN 

 HOME AND FOREIGN MARKETS. 



This table shows the average wholesale quotation of the best 

 grades of Kentucky leaf at New York city in January, and again in 

 October. The same facts are given for Virginia leaf on the London 

 market in January and July. The yearly average wholesale price of 

 all leaf tobacco at Hamburg, Germany, is then given. Also the aver- 

 age value per pound of the leaf tobacco exported each year from the 

 United States. 



Table XVI. PRICES AT INTERIOR MARKETS. 



Cincinnati, Ohio, is one of the oldest tobacco markets in the inte- 

 rior, and is a distributing point for immense quantities of leaf, grown 

 in the central portions of the United States. Its quotations are avail- 

 able since 1853, and are put on record here to show the fluctuations in 

 prices at interior markets. There are four leading grades of the 

 varieties used for manufactured tobacco, but the " average " quality 

 and the " fine " or best grades only, are quoted. The average quota- 



