per lb.

0 1 1-1/2 0 1 2-1/2 Iron--Bars, British per ton 7 2 6 8 17 6 Pig, No.

1 Clyde per ton 2 13 3 3 16 0 Lead per ton 18 7 6 8 17 6 Tin per ton 137 0 0 157 0 0 Copper--Sheeting per ton 75 10 0 95 0 0 Wheat (GAZETTE average) per qr.

2 12 0 2 15 8 -- and in other cases there is a tendency upwards in price much more often than there is a tendency downwards.
'This general rise of price must be due either to a diminution in the supply of the quoted articles, or to an increased demand for them.

In some cases there has no doubt been a short supply.