, 1874-01-30
91,s04,1s7,
Total foreign gone into consumers
AAlaA. .....+..s..,,.s..+
DHlTIEu COMMERCE,
M,79o,o69

Total foreign gone into consumers ~
hands. ....,...-.........,,.... 0d29QO69
nH1T1su COMMERCE.
An exchange Gays: The Board Of Trade re-
tuEns for December again show o serious falliug
or in Tho exports Of British and Irish produce
aud manufactures. The total value Of these
516, 6,253 In Decomber, 1872, showing decrease
OF FL ,3G8, TAT, and nearly 7 per cent. There Ia
also decloaso in quantity "a well as in value.
In cotton yarn the deoroaso in quantity ia ~
yarn, II per cent; linen pieco goods, A5 per
cent; woolen yarn, z per cent woolen cloth,
and iron and steel, 27 rer. cent. On the other
ha tho expert Of of coal has Increased from
and Of jute manufacturer tue lucroase iB II
per cent Tho imports exhibit q considerable i'll
crease both in value and quantity. The aggre-
gate value is tE33, l2l. $50, rs compared With
crease OF .Es,77a,s42, OF 1s per cent. The In
crease Ii pretty evenly distributed oyer tho va
rioua artlclea of raw material nud general coll
sumption, tic increase ln wheat being from
December, 1873. The total exports for the year
1878 are valued at e255, ,07a, ,aa6, US compared
with .E25G 257, ,347 III tho year 1874 showing do
elmo Of 81, ,1e4.01l, Or about Oh per cont. Tho
total imports for tho year are valued as $780,
showing an inoisaso Of Gig, ,aG0, ,2sS aud about
~ per cent.
LEAD.
The production OF lead in the West In rapidly
increasing, aud Missouri seems to he taking the
lead. In 1873, St, Louis received 16,0UO tons,
and exported q, 600 tons.
The lend produced by the Omaha Smelling and
Tie Denver Smelling md nolluing Company
commenced operation last spring and ran only
for short time, producing about 1000 pigs, or
The Noso Claro Load aud Spar Company's
(I!linois) production OF pig lead for 1878 was
1850 pigs, or 10 tons.
Tie production Of pig load in tho State Of
California for 1873 was 900 TOM.
The Nevada and Utah 1nines have been extern
stvely developed during TIE past year.
At the beginning of 1878, tho stock Of pig load
In the New York market was aatinated at about
5000 tons, Of which 1900 tons woro foreign lead:
Now York for 1878 was ii7,s75 tons; domestic
receipts, l., ,4ss tons, tho Government romeiting
$3.50 tens.
CALL BOARD,
Provisions were fairly active on tho call. The
1A:a5; do, aolIer February, 814:oo@14,35; do.
sl5.i75@l5.2sT. i @ Ias1, cash, sb.2s % bia; Do,
sslsE ksSSsofy 80 o2sss7 s;e9 XIII d. sSsf a1sh
Short clear, aeller february, 81. 7.8o@7.e71i sell
or March, 10 bid; seller April, 48.4D@8.51 cash
offered at Sc. Short ribs. cash. ut S7,7O@7.72I5;
DC. eoller February, s7.7o bid; DO. se!or March,
ders cash. eb.52115@6.55; do. nolior February,
s5.5o@5.Goi do, solles March s5,671S@po0;
| do, seller April, $G.25@o3711. Sales woro
reported Of 1,25o ,o brls mess nea Rork seller
| or March, w at slI1.aa5; :1,ooU brls' do,
Acller APRIL at s15.20; 900 tea lard, seller Feb
rary, Mt $925; 750 tcs DO, seller Maroh, at $500
500 tca do, so]lor April, at 5079155; 10000 lbs
short ribs, seller February, at Ss77o 20, 600 lbs
Shoulders, dry saltod, at &55219 cash, loose.
| LATEST.
Wheat and corn were active in the afternoon,
the fornor advancing. }E@eGo, and corn about
soler February, closing At 3l.23N GDl. .234
| s1.25N@1.2G14 sol1or March, olosing At 3l.26}a6
| @1.261. Corn ooBed at 585G@955ll 20 seller Fob-
rnary, aud 5o3G G@59sslio seller March. Oats wore
quiet but firm vt 42}5o seller the month, aud
| 4311o seller Mnrch.