, 1861-09-28

Eo00 Rf0ApeCt8 In Great Britain.
The following communication, On the food pros
p2cts Of Great Britain, NE find in the Nark Lane
EapTees Of Sept.9:
Seeing that large quantities Of wheat are being
wsskly taken ior France, Belgium and Holland,
without much affecting our prices, aud that large
TurShases arc also being made By those countries
II thoee quarters from whence we draw q11e chief
io1eien supplies, think it is time that we gare
ten Tie matter or attention and should be glad il
Fane one well acqnainted with It would give US
such information as will enable us to arrive at a
tolIeet conclusion respecting our future pros
The matter appears to me to stand thus: The
pepnlat1on OF france as ascertained by the census
about onefth than that Of he United Kin1". No.
DOM, and. taking the calculation usually adopted
n England, VIZ, that the consumption Of wheat Is
equal to one quarter fer each individual, we aud
the consumption Of France to be th six million
quarters, which believe, with an average CROP is
al produced there, Then, IS regards the field
there It i universally stated to be from
to oue-thtrd thort this year, which gives def
eency Of nine to twelve million quarters. This I
fpd to be confirmed By market report from
ese cow 1sGn fn i ana Co. ef Hantss Of Which
They s&yI-"The deficiency Of the crop through ghout
ne county Is now estimated at from one-third 10
ansion1th-Sas nine to twelve million Quarters
under an ordinary yield; go that We ehal} require
ah excess Of 1mportations over expectations Of
ton until next harvest
taleK mat We may correctly put 1t down a. QUE
1oa1t9 ehost in quantity Of an average even after
allowing 1or extra quallty: and the quantity OF an
aFetsse crop OF wheat grown IN the United King
com being generally allowed to be about twenty
tvnr million quarters, this gives deficiency Of
Y millions; however, not to overstate the mat
ter Jet NJ say that shall require an extra three
mlillon quarters, to which We must add the five
lallllon quarters required by us even when We
nave an average crop, making onr requirements
1of this year, nom harvest to harvest eight mil
Eon quarters; and If we gay that France viii re-
qn1fe ant1Ig the same period four Millions It ap-
psa1s that twelve million quarters will have to be
obtained from come source OF sources for these
two countries. This, you will perceive, Is With
ont saving anything about the requirements Of
Uelsinm, Holland. aud Portugal, Of which coun-
tries have 60 statistics
during the twelve months ending July 31zt. 1851,
Ee imported Of wheat and aour little over ten
haye required our prices to be shout Ice PET or
higher than they are now. OF this ten million
quarters, one million came from France, and nine
millions from other countries
A2ss 5eat We had all the world to supply uE. and
believe that nearly every country but ourselEes
end England have to draw twelve million quarters
HON those countries That we last gear drew nine
million quarters from.
- et us now t1y this By the rule OF three and
10 dlaT nine million quarters i required 4
fange prices 1os higher than the present
million quarters from the same placesf Wemust
also remember that the crop il America - not 20
duunoant as II Was last year, And we coaAnt EA-
Peg 70 get ne sane quantity from the Austraan
ports as We did Last year.
Y ny calculations are correct, it is surely time
prices. ~ A. {.