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The Real Estate Record. 757 ciallj- of Standard qualitj- and size. Yet no an.\ie;y or hurrj' to operate is manifested, aud the demand. as a rule, has hicked spirit since our last. A reduced olYering. and, consequently. less pressure to realize keeps values more uniform and some receivers are becoming a tritle uppish in their views. We quole at tllHTi)!! for random. po.ssibly §1 i.25 ior choice lengths In .süiall cargo. und Sil..')U{r>.I2..50 for .Specials, the'ex¬ treme for extra dillicult. White pine api-iears to Ijc plenty enough for all calls. both as to quantitj- and assoriitietit, but without an oppressive excess. and boklers retain suflicieut ad¬ vantage to keep tbe market in at least a steadj- con¬ dition. with some lulking more eonlideiitly. Demands. however. are quite readiiy met on good fair biiis, and a saiti .'J3. Cargoes at the South, §1 l(fi^I.5..5ü per M.; hewirtiuiber. ST..5(1 (2,14. Ilaniwoods remain about as before, all really good qualities showing a pretty steatiy tune, and dealers leeiing confident that thej" can retain ihe advautage for the same from ihis time forwanl. Supplies have not accumulated to any great extent. and of the leading grades the assoriment is poor. while the pros¬ pects of demand are consideied good, bolb on home and shipiiiug account. We ipiote at whole.salejrates by eniloati abont as follows: Walnut, §77(r;,sr) ••)./ .M;asii ?:;•■'.5; chesiimi! Ist an-'. 2d. S."3(:(»?;:15: do., do.. culls. PJ8ff-J" do; cherry. Sl.-rV;75 do: white wooil. y aud 5,4 iiich.. §-25(ri.-J7..5(\ aud tlo. itich $-U(fißt) do: hickory. ^•J.')(f!53i) do. foFWest- eni. and §H!(?>;.50 for good nearby stock. Vard dealeis. asr. rule, say - iioibiiig new." Some are doing a Utile more business iliau last wei.-k. others a irillc less, but thegeueral aggregate amoiii.ts to about the same aiul covei-s an oriliuarv assortment. t^Uiotations on the .general ränge are iiu"icli the sanie as for sometime given. but it is. we lind. sini|jlv im- possibU- to lix lipon ligures satisfactory to all parties From lumber chariei-s recentlj- made public we seleet ihe following : .\ lir. banjiie. 399 tons, from Si. Mary's to Rio Ja¬ neiro, lumber. §20 net; au Am. sehr., "tti! tons, from Calais to River Plate, lumber, §15 net first taking coal hence 10 Portland at .5.5c. and disch-arged: a Br. brig, 2.5Ü JI lumber. from Montreal lo River Plate. §17 ii'-t: an Am. brig, iSll Ions, tliree trijis from J'onsacola. lo north side Cuba, Havamiexcepted, lumber, §8. Oe¬ tober and November loading; aschr.. 183 tons, iience lo Port Spain. lumber, §7, and.shooks ^250.; au Am. brig. 21.5tons. from Fernandina to St. Kitts, lumber, :siti..5ii: a brig, 375 M bimber, from Pensaeola to New York or a Sound port §8: a sehr., liiO Jl lumber. from Nt.rfolk 10 New York. §^2:25; a sehr.. 180 M lumber. from .lacksonviUe toNew Vork, §7.^25: aschr., 1.50 M liiiiiber, from Jacksonville lo Boston, §8: asclir.,21ü ."^f lumber, from Savannah to New York, .•=(..50; a sehr., ^231 toiKs, hence to Jacksonville and back with luinber, §9 for the round: a sehr.. 214 tous, from Itockport ."Me.. to Jacksonville. ice, §1,50, and back to New York, lumber, S7.^J5; a sehr., from Virginia to New York, chestnut lies, 1.5c. each. ICxports of lumber from the port of New York: 'fliis Smce Week. Jan. 1, '78. f'^et- feet. \\ est Indies .................. 8.5li.^J81 I5,Ml9.49fi South .Vmerica............... 191)317 9,'2ti5.167 Käst Indies.................. U9.4-29 4.039,C.07 Kiirope, Continent............ 15t),.500 3,80().6^28 Kiirope, United Kiiigdom... . liil.:t:.'3 4.417.S57 Total.. 1.4ti3,853 37,428,7.55 GENERAL LUMBER NOTES. STATE. The Albany market is reported by ihe Argus to September Kith, 1S78, as follows: The aetiviiy notieed l.-ist week in pine lumber con- titmes wi'.li an increased attendance of buyers from South and East The improvement in the trade at New York also favorably affects our market. Though we have not made any change in our quotations, wo ijoubt if auy purchases could be mudi! at the inside iigures, aud mauy Iiouses are holding at an advance thereon. The market is also favorably affected by the advance in canal freights and the still larger ad¬ vance. iu rail freights, from the West to the Eost the i-ate being now §79 per ear against §.50, the late rate. 1 he general tone of the market is au increasing trade at better figures. The canal receipts at Alb.-iiiy for nie flrst week of the month arei about equal lo those for Ihe corresponding week last jear. The stoek of pme is gootl and is well assorted. . Coar.se lumber eontinues to be freolj- taken, espec¬ ially spruce, whieh is held at a very low figure. We •eproduce our quotations of Inst week. Canal re¬ ceipts are moderate. Spruce is in largo stock. There IS a fair supply of hemlock. The shipments of lumber from the Saginaw Vallev to September for the sea.sou, are 2;J3,97S,Ü0() feet ngainsl 327.4.50,01)0 ft. iu 1877 and 279,358,000 feel in 1870. Freights from Baj-Cily to Tonawanda aie quoted at Si.!J@1.25 per .M. feet From Tonawanda to Al¬ bany they are §-2.5ÜS,2.75 per 31. feet. From Buffalo lo Albany .5-2.üi!(ä.2.S5 per M. tVet. From Oswvgo to Albany at §l.i;o per ."iI. feet. From Ottawa to .\lbany §•2.75 per .M. feet The receipts of lumber at Chicago from January Ist to August 31st are ü:4.l24.iiU0 feet against 574.5^J8.0(^iO feet for a corresponding dale a j-ear ago. The ship- nieiits, 3G9.4^28.Ü' II feet against 347.:tö.5.ü(!0 feet. The receipts of lumber at Buffalo for the week by lake !tre 7.485.000 feet; by rail. 47 car loads. The receipts at Oswego for the week 4.710.000 feet: tlie shipments b>- canal •2,8tit;.0(K) feet. The receipts at .\lbanv by canal from the opening Ol navigation to September 8th, are: Bds. & Sctg. ft. Shingles. JI. Timber c. t .Staves. U. 1S77.... 191.058.51)0 4.3Ü9 9,^2.!7 9.52 000 1878 ... 187.051,;e0O 5,151 10,075 840,000 The receipts at tide-water from t!ie opening ot nav¬ igation. to Septen.ber 8th are : Bds. & Sctg. ft. SliiiiglH.s. M. Timber. o. f. Siaves U. 1877 ... :J«.-297.9()() 12,15! 21,5,(iOI) 5l.4;i'i.5tl0 1878.... 33.5.917,.500 11.013 316.:J75 53,639,000 The Tonawanda Herald reports prices as follows : I'RICE.^ CUltItEKT. Cargo lots—Jlichigan Inspectiou— Three iippefö........................§30 00((},:i2 (K) Common.............................. 14 oaf^in iK) Culls............................... 9 0()@i 9 50 TIMBEK. Siiingle timber.......................§17 OOfSilS IK) ^S M Norway.............................. lO t»®!! 00 « M Culledlogs......................... 10 IH) t^ M THE AVEST. SAGIX.tW V.\LLEY. Lumberman''s Gazette Offlce: E.IST Saoi.saw, Sept. 9, 1878. The fall trade can hardly be said to have fairly opened, but if the old saying of a •' lull before a storm" h.as any bearing on the lumber market, then we may soon expect a very radical change for betler or worse. The inilicaliims are that the change will be for the better, The siiasmodie briskne.ss which char- acterized the last week in August has been followed by (piiel and content meiit. The shipments during the past week were üreater than during several weeks prcviouslj-, bul there have been but few buyere iu tlie market, »md no sales to speak of have been made. Those ULiile were for eargo lots ranging at §5.5of{tJ for cull.s. §11(5,12 for common, and §-J(i<(r.-28 for the Up¬ per ipnilities, with one or two sah-s at iutermediate (igures. There is but little disposition to seil at llie lower figure.s. und im good or even fair stock can be obtained for tlieiii. The majority of the manufactur¬ ers are holding at the highest flgures, and don't care to seil for them unle.ss crowded for dock room. It is now deflnitely established that the shortage of logs wil! be from 15Ü,000.üli0 to JOO.lKXl.Oi 0 feet asahist !a.t year, and with the supply to come the majority of the mills can not ruu over-'iO days longer. A number of them will stop Ulis month. But few of the mills h-ive a supply in their booms to ruu ihem over a week or two. and the supply from the Rille and Au (»res. which will outla.st the Tittabawasseo but a short time, will be ilistributed among the favored ones. The following shows the total shipments from all points on the Saginaw River from the opening of nav¬ igation to September 7th, 1878: Luuiber,ft................................35:l,00.5.^2lO Lath. pcs.................................... 31, !04.^2C.O Shingles.................................... llü.06t).:tS0 Staves............................ .. 2.9-27,426 Hoops...................................... t7'.t)0ti,0(K) Timber, cubic ft............................ 4ö5,:i.S0 Fkeights.—Lake as anticipated, there has been tili advance, liy cents being added during the latter part of the week to Ohio ports and Buffalo. Charters were made at S1.-25 from Bay City to Buffalo and Tonawanda, and §1.12>^ to Ohio ports, with 12tij cents .added for Saginaw. The following from the Lumberman and .Manufac¬ turer : MixxEAPons. Minn., Sept. 6.1S78. September trade begins light in the West The luir- vests are flni.shed aud the gram is moving rapidly for- war