250 
Variation in the Price and Supply of Wheat. 
1863. — 170,000 quarters of whe.at, and 12,000 barrels of flour, shipped to 
England in 1863 ; chiefly superior white wheat averaging 64 lbs. per bushel. 
Cost on board, including freight, 47s. 6d for the first seven months, 42s. to 
44s. for the last five months. 
Cattle almost unsaleable. Stall-fed, 21. to 11. 10s. 
18C4. — The drouglit of last winter injured the crop of grain. 60,000 quarters 
of wheat and 281 barrels oi' flour were shipped to England early in the year, 
and 13,000 quarters and 22,000 barrels of flom- to Austraha. Flour was 
imported later in the year. 
1865. — Price of wheat before harvest, 90s. to 100s. per quarter: supplies 
were received from Chili. After the crop the price receded to 60s., and at the 
close of the year was 40s. to 42s. Large exports of 1865 crop to Australia, 
New Zealand, and China, viz., 86,745 quarters of wheat, 163,700 barrels of 
flour. Stocks on hand larger than ever before. The price of barley had been 
54s. to 56s. in January ; after the new crop it fell to 17s. per quarter. There 
have been exports to New York, Pera, Mexico, and Vancouver Island. 
BALTIMORE, 1861.— Connected with Virginia and the interior by the 
Baltimore and Ohio railway, Baltimore is favourably situated for trade. 
Receipts of Grain. 
1858. 
1859. 
1860. 
1861. 
Quarters. 
Quarters. 
Quarters. 
Quarters. 
340,000 
383,000 
355,000 
330,000 
Corn, viz. maize . . 
500,000 
450,000 
380,000 
310,000 
1863. 
1864. 
1865. 
1866. 
291,000 
240,000 
235,000 
170,000 
Corn, viz, maize 
275,000 
285,000 
367,000 
550,000 
The tobacco planters complain of the scarcity of labourers ; they depend 
almost entirely on coloured bauds, to whom they pay 9 dollars to 13 dollars 
a month with rations. The tobacco lands, as a rule, are very unhealthy. 
The state is rich, but the grain trade is not very considerable. 
Exports of Flour from, Baltimore for the last Four Tears. 
Destination. 
1866. 
1865. 
1864. 
1863. 
Great Britain 
Hanse Towns 
River La Plata .. 
British North American 
barrels. 
6 
16 
33 
92,541 
16,507 
70,070 
125 
barrels. 
3 
18 
1 
120,951 
17,249 
76,401 
851 
barrels. 
20,509 
1,242 
2,359 
170,594 
12,286 
14,430 
1,369 
98,869 
11,424 
barrels. 
39,809 
330 
3,817 
157,286 
933 
33,412 
83,473 
7,331 
Total .. .. 
179,298 
215,474 
333,082 
326,391 
