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greater. The lowest price during the year was 65 cents; the 
highest, $1.15; the average, 95J cents. 
The total of shipments of wheat for the year was 7,568,608 
bushels; 5,085,112 of which went to Buffalo, 1,651,282 to Os¬ 
wego, and the remainder to various ports, including Ogdens- 
burgh, Kingston, Collingwood, Montreal, and other Canadian 
cities. 
The Elour trade is rapidly increasing — the receipts of the 
past year amounting to 597,118 barrels, including 202,810 bar¬ 
rels manufactured in the city mills. Average price paid, for 
the year, $4.76f- per bbl. Total of shipments, 457,543 bbls. 
The receipts and shipments of oats, corn, barley and rye, 
are concisely exhibited in the following table: 
Kind of Grain. Receipts. Shipments. 
Oats.. 178,963 bush. 64,682 bush. 
Corn,. 126,404 “ 37,204 “ 
Barley,. 109,975 “ 28,056 “ 
Rye,. 52,382 “ 9,735 “ 
Total,. 467,544 bush. 139,677 bush. 
The receipts of Grass Seed (chiefly Timothy) amounted to 
some 15,000 bushels; the shipments to 10,204. 
Wool is, as yet, not grown in the North-west to an extent to 
warrant tie expectation of large statistical figures. The ship¬ 
ments in 1860 amounted to 659,375 lbs. 
The Hide trade is quite an important branch of business; 
the receipts being 85,000 in number during the year; the ship¬ 
ments, 32,941. 
The Provision business is not immensely large, but is grow¬ 
ing in importance. The following table exhibits the receipts 
and shipments of some of the leading articles for the year: 
Articles. 
Beef Cattle, little less than 
Tallow,. 
Hogs,. 
Butter,. 
Eggs,. 
Receipts. Shipments. 
10,000 head. 
1,253,250 lbs. 
59,790 head. 
889,025 lbs. 
3,679 bbls. 
21,390 bbls 
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28,019 bbls. 
814,630 lbs. 
2,254 bbls. 
The trade in Malt and Spirituous Liquors is very extensive. 
We have no means of knowing precisely what quantities of 
