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Show TO SNA UK WaNIL'U. HbrHt UhIIIiii; tir Nisfl tur lruiiBiuruiluu. Suu Francisco, 17. There is leas tonnage in the port than for years psat. Wheat ii advancing daily with grunt rapidity. Tho mo in the pnwt two days tia bt'iii loe. pet' cental. Tbe expert demand is enormou. but fdrmers' aud exporters' hand a are tied aud unable to reap the fruits ol the foreigu advance, owing to the I scarcity in tonnage. Uisengam-d j tonnage in tho port is ouly lj.t53 tone, and this all con third to Anifr-iciin Anifr-iciin Bhips, whieh are holding i 11 (or slid highes hgurce, and when approaehtd tUuiand prices that nobody will pay. At prevent, the quotable wheat rate to Cork is j3 os. per tou. Tnis scarcity ol loiin-t;e will IabL at least for sixty dayo. Htup-pers Htup-pers here have beeu telegraphing all over the world for tonnage, and are chartering it thousands ot mi lee away i as fast ait p.iaMble. This unprecedented unprece-dented demand for ships had u--t a ureal quantity of tonnage this way Imm Australia, New Zealand, C.ihao (.ixty-"even vvpiIs eomiti' Iroiu the latter port), the general weelern coaat, and even Irom the other side. 1 lu-se ttiteeis are all Ctuuing iu baliat. Ttie char lend wiuat fleet in the p ''t uuinlvrs 6'J,744 tons, aga;uil 3.47 at ton 'time ladt year. In addition lo the scarcity ol tonnage auiiors are aiarct, and more than a duieu hijjs are now lying in the stream loaded v, itn wiieat ready to dear, but Ttaitmg I r hand. Tbe total totuiagp now ou the way to this port is 104,y."iJ tons, atiaimt tons at Ibis lime in Ad tiers from I'ortUnd report a similar state ul atlairs there. |