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than last year and the comparatively high con dition figures caused quite little scattered was the perfect weather prevailing in the win ter wheat country. Opening trades in July ranged from S3% to s3lsc, compared with yes terday's closing prices Of sSlsc For a brief Then the firm Northwest markets. light re- ceipts in that section and liberal commission house buying caused a hardening of prices and a slow advance, which was continued for nearly two hours. Before 11:3O o'clock the market had advanced to S4ssc This was close to ''call" prices. and selling against the priyi- sent July back to s4kc., Before noon the mar ket began to recover The advance was slow, however, until reports from California even more sensational than those received yester- San Francisco said there was to be no further exports from there for fifteen months and a Chicago firm had sold for 1t in san Fran bushel over yesterday. The weather in Cali fornia was still unfavorable, with no prospects of relief. Kansas also complained of drought The market after the noon hour rapidly grew strong Besides the support received from the California news the market was aided by the enormous continental demand for cargoes Liv- erpool and Paris advces both stating that last hour of trading was quite active buying being general and heavy and prices advanced sharply. The strength was maintained to the close. July finally advancing to S55sc and clos ing firm at S5l2qS5aSc
 The strength Of wheat overshadowed every thing else in corn and drove shorts to cover May closed a shade higher.
 Oats were steady for May, but trade was slow and of professional character. May closed ssc higher.
 Provisions were very dull. Packers did most of the business and dealt only in small lots The feeling was steady, with fluctuations mar row in all products. At the close May pork was Sc lower. May lard unchanged and May ribs 21Sc lower
 The leading futures ranged as follows.
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HIDES, TALLow. WOOL AND HOPS.

There are still quotations for the new clip of Wool owing to the dullness of the market.
 Hops are altogether nominal.
 Hides show no alteration.
 HIDES AND SKINS-Culls and brands sell about lc under the quotations. Heavy salted steers. 10c; medium. 9c; light, Sc; Cowhides, Sc; Stags. 6c; salted Kip. Sc; Calf, 1Oc; dry Hides 16@161zc; culls and brands 1Sg1Slzoi dry Kip and Veal 1691619c; dry Calf, 1S420c; culls i6G17c Goatskins, 3O9371Rc each: Kids, 5@1oc; Deerskins. good summer 25GS0c per ID; medium, 20c winter 10c; Sheepskins. shear medium. 7oa9Oc; long wools. sOcG$1 30 each.
 TALLOW-No 1 rendered, 3G3l5c per ID; No. ?, 2Q219c; refined, Sc; Grease. 2c
 WOOL-Fan clip-San Joaquin. defective, TO 9e; Southern Mountain. s@11e; free Northern,
 HOPS-1Ss6 crop. 206c for poor to fair and SQ10c for good; 1897 crop. 11@14c ger ID.
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OUR SUPPLY OF MONEY.

On the first day of April, 1898, there was more money in the country than there has ever been before. says the Wall Street Journal. and there was more money in circulation. The coined or issued was S2, 413, 736, ,14S Compared with April l. 1889, the money in the country has increased from s1, e90, ,046. .4s7, or nearly $500. GOO 000 and the money in circulation has increased from S1.406, 4S1, ,SSe or about s350.- eco GOO. The Treasury has gold reserve larger than for several years and the amount of gold coined Is trihe more than 30 per cent of the total stock in the country This gold will be swelled by further arrivals from Europe and Australia; so far as the amount of money is concerned, there is no danger of stringency. The danger is of a sufficiently large war scare to induce general hoarding, and this. the best judges do not believe be brought about by a with Spain. For that reason they are confident that there be real strin- gency in money, although they look for higher rates than have been prevailing.
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EXPLANATION.

The arrow flies with the wind. The top flg- ures at station indicate minimum temperature for the days; those underneath 1t, if any, the amount of rainfall or of melted snow in inches and hundredths during the asst twelve hours lsobars, or solid lines. connect points of equal air pressure; isotherms. or dotted lines equal temperature. The word high" means high barometric pressure and Is usually accompanied by fair weather; low refers to low pres sure and is usually preceded and accompanied by cloudy weather and rains. Lows usually first appear on the Washington coast When along the coast. and the isobars extend north and south along the coast, rain is> probable but when the low Is inclosed with sobars of marked curvature, rain south of Oregon is im- probable. With high. in the vicinity of Idaho, and the pressure falling to the Cali fornia coast warmer weather may be expected in summer and colder weather in winter. The reverse of these conditions will produce an opposite result
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EASTERN MARKETS.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

NEW YORK, April l2.-To-day's stock mar ket was listless and the movement of prices exceedingly sluggish Heaviness was the pre- vailing tone, however. and the net results are In nearly all cases losses. It is evident that the prevailing sentiment in Wall street is not hopeful. Doubt and uncertainty prevailed in all quarters and reports from European bourses indicated the same uncertain feeling in every market in the world as to the out come of the controversy between the United States and Spain If transactions in few speculative leaders were taken out of to-day's market the dimensions of trading would appear almost ludcrously small. Even such .specu- lative fayorites as the Changers showed com parative apathy. There was a movement in tobacco which carried the price up nearly points. the motive being the reported settle ment of the controversy in the trade of the plug tobacco. The advance in price was also short interest There was large buying of the companys scrip also and resulting rise Of 4 per cent in its price, Rubber preferred was a.. the railroad list Northwest was the only prominent stock which showed gain. though Rock Island at one time shade above yesterdays closing. Opening prices here were not as low the London parity and there was The market showed a slight degree of anima- tion in the first hour on buying. attributed to ences in Congress would beget delay and that delay added to the chances of peaceful set impressive and it had almost ceased before noon. For the rest of the day the market was to all intents and purposes iifeiess less dan and The bond market was intensely dull and showed slight recoveres in some eases from early weakness. Total sales. $500, 900.
 United States As advanced A in the bid price. Government bonds otherwise were un7
 Total sales of stock to-day were 21o. 700 shares, including: l7l49 Burlington. s2aO Northern Pacific preferred. 14,575 St Paul, 2S S55 Union Pacific, 55,524 American Tobacco, 39. .s65 American Sugar.
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PROVISIONS.

The market is slow again at unchanged quotations.
 CURED MEATs-Bacon. SAC per fb for heavy, 9%c for light medium, l0Ac for light, He for extra light and l21zc for sugar-cured; Eastern sugar Hams, ,1ols@11c: Califor- nia Hams. 1oc; Mess Beef, s9 per bbl; extra Mess Beef SIC: Family Beef, $11Q12; Salt Pork. S9; extra prime Pork s10; extra clear, SIS; mess, S16 Smoked Beef, nQi2c per ID.
 LARD-Eastern tierces quoted at 5lac per ID for compound and 7c for pure; pails, 7Ac; California terces, 51ac per ID for compound and 614c for pure: half barrels, SAC; 1O-fo tins,
 CoTTOLENE-T 57sasHc: packages. less than 800 ibs-1-fb pails, 50 in case. S7sc 3-ib pais, 20 in case, S9sc; 5-fb pails. 12 in a case, SAc; 10-fb pails, in case. S1sc; 50-fh tins, or ? in case 77sc; wooden buckets % lbs net 77sc; fancy tubs, so lbs net, 7ssc; half bbls bout 110 lbs, 7Isc per fb
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HAY AND FEEDsTUFFs.

Another dollar was tackled on to most kinds of Hay yesterday, and even now some dealers consider the quotations given below under the real market. There is no knowing where Hay will go to now, for there Is not much in sight anywhere either in warehouse or growing in the field
 No further change in Feedstufs is reported
 BRAN-s20d21 per ton.
 MIDDLINGS-s236l25 50 per ton.
 FEEDSTUFFS-Rolled Barley, s3oG31 per ton: Ocake Meal at the mill. BPS 50429 50; jobbng $50; Cocoanut Cake. S21 50d22 50: Cot tonseed Meal s2Sd30 per ton; Cornmeal $24; ; Cracked Corn. s24G25
 HAY-(Ex-car in round Iots)-Wheat s210 25; Wheat and Oat, s20G24; Oat s1S121; Barley s1SG21: compressed Wheat. s21625: compressed Oat, s1S@21; Alfalfa, s14Q16 25; stock. sl3Q15; Clover sl4Q15.
 STRAW-456D55c per bale
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PUBLIC MONEY IN SAN FRANCISCO.
WAR AND THE MARKETS.

The Toledo Market Report says
 "The first effects of the war of 1S61-65 were apparent in a great imitation of prices and an abnormal activity of trade; the reactienary Arrangements were delayed until the panic of 1873. At the beginning of that struggle we had only $50, 6O0 GOO of gold in the country to-day have S750, coo, 00O War always be- comes a serious question of gold resource and this difference between now and then is an advantage of the utmost value; the more so the threatened would be of far in- ferior magnitude to that of thrty-hve years ago. Still although We might safely count upon these ameliorations of war when it had fairly got under way. It's immediate effect would be sharp shock to all the markets but the result has already been anticipated its severer features would soon disappear, and speculation would become conspicuous fea- ture of business at large, but especially in
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DRIED FRUIT IN THE EAST.

NEW YORK, April 12.-The Journal of Com merce says The situation in the dried fruit market, so far at least as California goods are concerned, seems to be very firm. The consum- ing demand has been stimulated by the pros pect of an advance, and in spite of the unset tied present situation some of the larger local handlers of California products report more movement than for weeks past. The demand 1t is stated, is based on the prospect of a very short crop this year. Recent advices from Philadelphia state that there Is nothing left there, Chicago having bought up all of it's sur- plus. Chicago as well as Philadelphia has been buyer here during the past week or two as prices quoted on the spot were as low as a similar quality of goods could be bought at on looking for better prices and are not at all anxious to sell. Good Peaches are scarce and firm on spot and in all positions for that mat ter. The coming crop promises, according to latest advices from the coast. to be small, but consumers seem to be indifferent There are large buyers in the market and the current wants of the consumption appear to be light but these are firm In their views The Prime market is somewhat unsettled.
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NEW YORK, April 12.-FLOUR-Receipts 32.554 barrels exports. 15l IF barrels; quiet but firm and held higher.
 WHEAT-Receipts, 51.S00 bushels; exports. l95,664 bushels; spot strong; No. 2 red s1 06a f. O. b. afoat spot. Options opened weak under disappointing cables. but speedily developed strength, which they held all day, closing M61 1Ac higher; No. red May, s1 0i%Q1 03, closed at S1 03.
 HoPS-Steady; Pacific Coast 1895 crop. Sc: 1896 crop. 7G9c; 1897 crop. 15Ql7c.
 WOOL-Quiet.
 PETROLEUM-Dull.
 METALS-Aside from Copper which has shown decided turn for the better, the local market ruled dull and featureless. The metal exchange calls:
 PIG IRON-Warrants at the close dull and unchanged with s6 65 bid and s6 S5 asked LAKE COPPER-Very firm, with buyers at TIN-Quiet. with sl4 35 bid and sl4 45 asked. SPELTER-Firm. with s4 % ibid and s4 35 asked
 LEAD-steady. s3 65 bid, sS 70 asked Lead is still quoted at s3 50 by the firm fixing the settling price for miners and smeters in the COFFEE-Options closed barely steady. with April unchanged. other months 5G10 points net S Spot sl'S 9ees eaey No May at voice 61sc; No. jobbing, 7c. Mild, steady: sUGAR--Raw, steady; fair refining. sssc; centrifugal. 96 test 41sc. Refined. steady BUTTER-Receipts, s334 packages; weak. Western creamery. l7921c; Elgins, 21c; factory, 'EGGS-Receipts, 17,74s packages; steady: Western. l0hc; Southern, s1hQs%c
 DRIED FRUIT.
 NEW YORK, April 12.-California dried EVAPoRATED APPLES Common. 5a7nc; prime wire tray Sc; ae,g,r wood dried. prime, SKc; cheIssi PEfiNsssai9@SSe S%s; fsass; s9s'sc,
 coTs-Royai, 5h97c; Moorpark. sha TEACHES -Unpeeled. 5@sc; peeled. 11arc.
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FLOUR AND MILLsTUFFs.

Quotations for all descriptions are very firm and further advances are likely. especially if the dry weather keeps on.
 FLoUR-Family Extras. s 25q5 S5; Bakers Extras. s5d5 10 per bbl.
 MILLSTUFFS-Prices in sacks are as fol- lows, usual discount to the trade: Graham Flour. 8 per 100 lbs; Rye Flour, g 75 per 100: Rice Flour, s6; Cornmeal, s2 5O extra cream Cornmeal 8 25: Oatmeal, $4; Oat Groats $4 % {: Hominy. s 25Q3 50; Buckwheat Flour, s4@4 25; Cracked Wheat B 75; Farina. s4 75: Whole Wheat Flour, sS 25; Rolled Oats (barrels), s S0; @6 20; in sacks, $5 60Gl6: Pearl Barley, $4 75; Split Peas, S4 %; Green Peas, q 50 per 100 lbs
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EASTERN LIVESTOCK MARKET.

CHICAGO, ,,I April 12.-CATTLE-sales were on basis of s 90G54 25 for the commonest dressed beef steers up to 8 25G5 90 for choice to extra fine shipping cattle; fed Westerns B 90G5 10, largely s4 45Q4 80; Texas feeders, s 50q4 5O; choice calves, s5 75Gl6.
 HOGS-Largely 2l1c higher; bulk of the sales 5 o Soqi; common ,11 1 heavy packer hogs sa 759 LAMBs-Were only fairly active at s4 500 s5 for, shorn and s5 5oq5 70 for wooded focks vooed Coorados selling at 5 eoa5 70. Sheep sold slowly at weak prices. They were mostly shorn and sold at A 1094 50. few culls going for sSq3 75; wooded sheep, s4 6oa4 80. sC0o. o.0e'p'' A''ie' -'0'' NOsS' 10VOO' sheep'
 OMAHA
 OMAHA, April 12.-CATTLE-Receipts 5a00 Market steady. Native beef steers, s465: Vest ern steers, $3 SGQ4 70 Texas steers, s 259D4 35; cows ss y. and heifers strong ss 25a4 5o canners HoGs-Recelpts, s50o. Market easy. Heavy, s 1Oqs so; mixed, B 7ogS 72; light. s3 65qa 75; SHEEP-Receipts, 5000. Market steady. Fair W m @ eG and fa stdc to shoee s3Q4; lambs, $4 50G5 70.
 KANSAS CITY.
 KANSAS CITY, April 12.-CATTLE = Re- ceipts, S400 natives. Market active Dressed beef steers, $4 35I4 S5; Western fed steers sl 10 GA 45; native cows and heifers. S3gi4 75: West g5 B. D9'' --'N -e-N-e' '' ''e''s' 70 70 HoGs-Receipts. 1S.2oO. Market opened easier and closed strong. Bulk of sales, 8 6oQS 75; sS 5OG3 65; pigs, B 25q3 60. ''7A' '-eN''' SHEEP = Receipts, 5000. Market active. steady. Western sheep, s 75654 75; Western lambs, s4 s5Q5 70; yearlings. s4 75Q5.
 DENVER.
 DENVER, April 12.-Receipts, 100 Market steady. Beef steers. sS 2og4 :5; cows. s2 75@ 8 75; feeders. freight paid to river s494 70: stockers do, $4q4 50: bulls and stags, etc, s3 Q3.
 HOGS-Receipts. 700. Market steady to firm. Light packers s3 IoQ3 75; mixed, sS 65Q3 70; heavy. B 60G3 75.
 sHEEP-Receipts, none Market unchanged.
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san franclSCO temperature. Maximum, IT. minimum, 61; mean. s.
 WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL
 FORECASTS.
 The pressure has fallen rapidly during the past 24 hours Washington and Vancouver island The of high pressure which was central last night over Washington has moved southeastward and tonight overlies Southern Idaho Wyoming and Utah.
 The temperature has risen in the interior of California north of San Francisco and over all of the State south Of San Francisco. The temperatures in the great valleys and in Southern California are 20 degrees above the normal.
 A maximum temperature of s6s degrees oc- cured at San Francisco. The highest April temperature was SS degrees. on April If. 1SSS A maximum wind velocity of 36 miles per hour from the north is reported at Yuma trace of rain fell at Yuma
 Forecasts made at San Francisco for thirty hours ending midnight. April 13. 1898:
 Northern Caifornia-Fair Wednesday; ccel- CT; fog along the coast: southwesterly wind. southern Caifornia-Fair Wednesday,; colder along the coast: westerly winds.
 Neyada-Fair Wednesday,; colder north. Utah-Fair Wednesday. Arizona--Cloudy Wednesday.
 San Francisco and vicinity-Fair Wednes- day; colder in the afternoon and night, with fog: fresh westerly winds
 Special report from Mount Tamalpais, taken
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POULTRY AND GAME.

The market is rather weaker for some de- scriptions, owing to the free receipts from the East The Eastern stock is selling at 13c for Turkeys s5 for Ducks, s6q6 50 for Hens and s4 50 for old Boosters.
 POULTRY-Live Turkeys. 11G12c for Cob blers. and 12a13c for Hens; dressed Turkeys are out; Geese. per pair, s1 25Q1 50; Goslings, s2@2 50: Ducks, s4a5 for old and s6GS for vo,Ing: Hens S46D5; Boosters, young $7 50QS 50; Roosters. old. 8 75G4: Fryers, s6 50@7; Bro:l- CTS s505 50 for large. s2 50G3 50 for small; Pig cons. S1 7512 per dozen for young and S1 25@ i 50 for old.
 GAME-Nominal.
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SCHEDULE.

This Charter shall be published for twenty days in The San Francisco Call and in the Daily Report, daily news papers of SC -eral -cUl;.tion in the City and County of San Francisco, and after such publication, viz: on Thurs day, the tWenty-siXth day of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, it shall be submitted to the qualified electors of said City and County of San Francisco, at a spe- cial election which shall be held on that day, for the sole purpose of voting upon the adoption of the same; and if a ma jority of the qualified electors of said City and County voting at said election shall ratify the same it shall be sub- mitted to the Legislature of the State of California for its approval or rejec- ton. If the Legislature shall approve the same, 1t shall take effect and be in force. except as hereinafter otherwise provided, on and after the hour of noon on the first Monday after the first day of January in the year nineteen hun dred and shall thereupon become the Charter and organic law of the City and County of SGn Francisco, and shall supersede the existing Charter of said City and County. and all amendments thereof, and all laws inconsistent with this Charter.
 The form of ballots at sai. election shall be as follows:
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SAN FRANCISCO MEAT MARKET.

Lamb is rather weaker. Hogs continue dull. Otherwise there is nothing new.
 Wholesale rates for dressed stock from slaughterers are as follows:
 BEEF-First quality 613@7c; second quality, 511G6c; third quality, 4G5c per fb.
 VEAL-Large, 6@61zc; small 7971ac per ID. MUTTON-Wethers, Sc; Ewes, S1aQ9c per ib. LAMB-Spring. 9dl10c per ID. PORK-Live Hogs 3&137sc for large and 40 4Ac for medium; stock Hogs. 2%q3c; dressed Hogs b@M615c.
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THE CALL CALENDAR.
NOTICE TO MARI. FRS.

A branch Of the United States Hydrographio Office. located in the Merchants Exchange, is maintained in San Francisco for the benefit of mariners without regard to nationality and free of expense.
 Navisators are ially invited to visit the office, where complete sets of charts and sail ing directions Of the world are kept. on hand for comparison and reference. and the latest Information can always be obtained regarding lights dangers to navigation and all matters Of interest to ocean commerce.
 The time ball on top of the building on Teie- graph HiH Is hoisted about ten minutes before noon and is dropped at noon. l20th meridian by telegraphc signal received each day from the United States Naval Observatory at Mare Island, Cal.
 notice stating whether the time ball was dropped time giving the error if any is published the day by the afternoon papers. and by the morning papers the follow ing day. ". s. HUGHES.
 Lieutenant. IT. s. N. fin charge
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BUTTER CHEESE AND EGGS.

Prices are stationary. Eggs are steady and dairy Butter is firm, while creamery is weak. BUTTER
 Creamery-Fancy creameries. 1slsaisc; sec onds 161kQ17lsc.
 Dairy = Choice to fancy. 1791sc; second grades, HG16c per lb
 Eastern Butter-Imitation creamery, 160lS1sc; ladle- packed, 15@16c per ID.
 CHEESE-Choice mild new, 9410c; common to good, 71k@S1kc: Cream Cheddar, 10911c; Young America, 1o9f1c; Western, uQ12c; East ern Rta4lahc per lb.
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Cash quotations follows: Flour, firm: No. spring wheat 90Gs9c; No. red s1 05ik@1 O6; No. ? corn, 2sa4 43Oc; No oats, 25A@26c; No. white f. 0. b., 2slsc; No. 3 white, f. O. b., 2Sd29c; No. 2 rye SC; No 2 barley, f. o. b., 35440c; No. faxseed, si 2216 ; prime timothy seed, $2 1892 80; mess pork, per ders tboxedD. s4 75@4 S71s; short clear sides (boxed), s5 5O@5 55; whisky, distillers' finished goods ner gal sl 20
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STEAMERS TO SAIL.
THE TIME BALL.

Branch Photographic office, U S. N. Mer-
 chants Exchange. San Francisco April 12 1898.
 The time ball Telegraph Hill was dropped exactly at noon to-day-i. e., at noon of the 12nth meridian, exactly p. m., Greenwich time. J. T. MCMILLAN. Assistant in charge
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AVAILABLE GRAIN suppLY.

NEW YORK, April 12.-special cablegram and telegraphic dispatches to Bradstreets, coy- ering the principal points of accumulation, tn- dicate the following changes in available sup plies last Saturday as compared with the pre- ceding Saturday:
 WHEAT-United States and Canada, east of Rocky Mountains, decrease 324 900; af1oat for and in Europe, increase, 1.s00,00o bushels worlds supply, net increase. 1.47s. 900.
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RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE.

Earthenware sleepers, the invention of a Japanese, were recently experi- mented on at Shimbashi Station, Japan. Fairly good results were obtained. It is claimed that the increased cost of earthenware seepers is amply compen- sated by their freedom from decay.
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SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS

Silver a fraction higher. Wheat freights nominal. Wheat and Barley firm. Another advance in Oats. Some changes In Corn. Rye and Buckwheat going ur. Another dollar tackled on to Hay. Straw advanced. Feedstuffs very firm. Beans and Seeds unchanged. Coal as before. Potatoes weak. Onions unchanged. Summer Vegetables lower. Butter. Cheese and Eggs as before. Poultry weaker. Fresh fruits unchanged. Dried fruits doing rather better. Nuts firm. Honey in brisk demand. Provisions unchanged. Wool dull. Hops nominal. Nothing new in Hides and Leather. Hogs weak. Lambs lower. Beef and Mutton unchanged. Coffee about the same. No change in Oils. Shipment of sSS.520 to China. Increased receipts of Wine and Brandy.
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RECEIPTS OF WINE AND BRANDY.

Receipts of wine and brandy at this port during the first three months of the year were as follows, compared with the same time in 1897: Wine. 4 3S7 eco gallons. against 2S27,- 900: brandy SS.o00 gallons. against 56,440.