London, Feb. 7.
In connexion with the announcement of an indefinite extension of the monopoly of the Indian Government in the export of wheat from India, a correspondent of The Times" remarks that, unquestionably, the monopoly has been a considerable factor in the cost of the English loaf. India, last summer, was able to supply a quantity of wheat equivalent to fully four weeks consumption in Great Britain and this must have greatly mitigate ed the very serious rise in prices which occurred in March and April.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.