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125s. to 135s., until the middle of March, when the last quotation 
for that season's brand was 130s. to 140s. No further quotations 
were made until May, when the new season's brand was oflFered at 
125s. in the first week, and at 110s. to 114s. in the last week. In 
June prices began at Ills., and afterwards varied from 106s. to 
Ills. In July the lowest prices for firsts throughout the year were 
quoted, viz., 106s. to lOTs. In August they ranged from 112s. to 
113s., and from 116s. to 118s. In September, prices were 117s. to 
1188. In October they were 120s. In November, prices varied 
from 125s. in the first week, to 124s. to 129s. in the last week. In 
December, prices began at 124s. to 120s. 
Cork Butter Market. — The past season will be long remembered 
by every one trading in the Cork Market, as one of the most 
unsatisfactory, unprofitable, and almost disastrous, in the memory 
of the oldest merchant. Farmers who sent their produce to 
Cork Market this past season sufi"ered immensely from the low 
prices which ruled throughout the whole season, and the material 
difference of 20s. and 30s. between each quality made a " cut " in 
quality a ruinous loss per firkin. The exporters suffered heavily 
by trying during the whole season to sustain a falling market, 
losing considerably from day to day on stocks accumulating through 
want of orders. The usual reaction at the end of the season was 
looked for in vain this j^ear ; bad trade, bank failures, and want of 
confidence in the brands prevented the usual winter stocks of Cork 
butters being bought, and at the end of December some prices ruled 
in Cork as in the month of May. 
Foreign Butter. — The best brands of Normandy were offered 
in January at 140s. to 148s., and during the last week at 134s. tq 
142s. In the first week of February prices were 132s. to 138s.; 
then, with diminished supplies, they were at the end of the month 
136s. to 160s., and so continued to the first week in April ; after 
that, with some new coming forward, and early growth of grass, 
prices rapidly fell, so that by the last week in May they were as 
low as 108s. to 114s. June and July closed with prices from 112s. 
to 118s.; but in the middle of August prices rose, and were 114s. 
to 120s. During the last week of August and first week of Sep- 
tember they were 112s. to 120s.; after which they varied. In the 
first week in October there was a sudden advance, viz., 128s. to 
136s., and this checked sales: in the second and third weeks in 
October, Normandys in casks were offered at 122s. to 130s.; then 
to the middle of November 120s. to 126s., and by the end of this 
month prices varied from 122s. to 134s. In the first week in 
