In the loan market quotations were 6@7 per cent.

Eastern exchange sold at 70@75c per $1,000 premium.

Government securities are as follows: 

4’s coupons, 1907              Q. Apr.      123-1/4
4’s reg., 1907                 Q. Apr.      123-1/4
4-1/2’s coupon, 1891           Q. Mar.      114-1/8
4-1/2’s registered, 1891       Q. Mar.      114-1/8
3’s registered                 Q. Mar.      100

GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

The leading produce markets have been irregular for several days past, and the tendency, in the main, was downward.  Yesterday wheat was moderately active, but the market was depressed at the close.  There was a drop, also, in corn, oats, mess pork, and lard.

FLOUR was quiet at about the following rates.

Choice to favorite white winters $5 25 @ 5 50
Fair to good brands of white winters 4 75 @ 5 00
Good to choice red winters 5 00 @ 5 50
Prime to choice springs 4 75 @ 5 00
Good to choice export stock, in sacks, extras 4 25 @ 4 50
Good to choice export stock, double extras 4 50 @ 4 65
Fair to good Minnesota springs 4 50 @ 4 75
Choice to fancy Minnesota springs 5 25 @ 5 75
Patent springs 6 00 @ 6 50
Low grades 2 25 @ 3 50

WHEAT.—­Red winter, No. 2 96 @ 98c; car lots of spring, No. 2, sold at 93-3/4 @ 95c; No. 3, do. 77-1/2 @ 81c.

CORN.—­Moderately active.  Car lots No. 2, 57-3/8 @ 57-5/8c; rejected, 46-1/2; new mixed, 48 @ 48-1/4c.

OATS.—­No. 2 in store, closed 33-1/2 @ 33-5/8.

RYE.—­May, in store 58 @ 58-1/2.

BARLEY.—­No. 2, 62 @ 63c; No. 3, 44c.

FLAX.—­Closed at $1 41.

TIMOTHY.—­$1 25 per bushel.  Little doing.

CLOVER.—­Quiet at $5 90 @ 6 15 for prime.

PROVISIONS.—­Mess pork, February, $14 45 @ 14 47-1/2 per bbl; May, $15 @ 15 05.  Green hams, 8-3/8c, per lb.  Short ribs, $7 42-1/2 per cwt.

LARD.—­January, $8 75; February, $8 85.

LUMBER.

Lumber unchanged.  Quotations for green are as follows: 

Short dimension, per M $9 50 @ 10 00
Long dimension, per M 10 00 @ 11 50
Boards and strips, No. 2 11 00 @ 13 00
Boards and strips, medium 13 00 @ 16 00
Boards and strips, No. 1 choice 16 00 @ 20 00
Shingles, standard 2 10 @ 2 20
Shingles, choice 2 25 @ 2 30
Shingles, extra 2 40 @ 2 60
Lath 1 65 @ 1 70

COUNTRY PRODUCE.