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the 'beginning of December, first Corks wore advanced to 136s. to 
14:3s., seconds were 115s. to 126s., and thirds, 108s. to 112s. Very 
few firkins wore then classed as firsts in tlie Cork market. The 
second week firsts were 140s. to 145s. ; seconds, 115s. to 121s. ; thirds, 
108s. to 110s. The third week scarcely any firsts were offered ; 
seconds, 116s. to 126s. ; thirds, fresh inspected, lOGs. to 109s. 
Foreign Butter. — Really fine butters were scarce. First 
Normandys began at 130s. to 136s., and finished at 128s. to 136s.; 
but from the first week in January to the third week in February 
prices varied little. Dutch began at 116s. to 120s.; the third 
week in January they were 120s. to 124s. ; the fii'st two weeks in 
February, 184s. to 136s. ; the next week, 130s. to 132s. In American 
there was a wide range, the extremes, according to quality, were 
50s. to 110s.; the next fortnight, 40s. to 110s.; then, to the third 
week in February, 35s. to 120s. The month of April began with 
cold weather, and vegetation was backward. In the first week of 
May there was snow and frost, and the end of the month was wet ; 
this kept vegetation backward. Normandy firsts, in the first week 
in April, were 104s. to 120s. ; in the first week in May they were 
112s. to 130s. American, at the same period, was 30s. to 105s. The 
month of June was milder, but much rain fell, and vegetation was 
still very backward ; at the end of the month there was scarcely 
any signs of haymaking. July also was wet and cold, and the 
] ainfall was heavy ; harvest prospects were therefore gloomy. 
From the beginning of June to the end of August first Norman dys 
fluctuated but little. The haymaking season was the worst one 
known in England for many years ; the crops were light, potatoes 
were blighted, fruit was not half an average crop, and hops not 
one-fourth. In September the prices of first Normandys diff'ered 
little from those of the previous month; they began at 106s. to 
112s., and closed at 108s. to 118s. In October prices began to 
advance, and early in November they were 122s. to 128s.; then, 
with a change to severe winterly weather, at the end of this month 
the prices were 126s. to 132s. In December there was a falling off 
in the make of fine butter, and prices in the third week were 136s. 
to 146s. for those in casks. Dutch butter was 108s. to 112s. in the 
first week in September ; the third week in December it was 130s. 
to 140s. In American there was a wide range both in quality and 
price ; the first week in September the prices were 60s. to 95s. ; 
the third week in December they were 90s. to 140s. 
Chkkse. — For the first six months of the year there was scarcely 
any change worth notice in the prices of the best descriptions of 
