THE MARKETS.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 8781, 30 April 1894, Page 5

THE MARKETS.

g*""» Hwrnm in I i.ni, 33y Telesrapli. CkwyrisU Ex>2*ix>2»V April 2~. Ine Hank ot jLnglana. returns published to-day show tho total reserve in ftofceS and 1 bullion to be tbe proportion of reserve to liabiiiuiea being M.M.

Consols, .100 J. Three months' bills are discounted* at 1 per cent. New Zealand Four per Cent, fnscribed Stock, 107£ : Three and a JHalf do, 100.

New Zealaud long berried whealt, ex warehouse, 26s 9d ; market flat and business restricted. South Australian wheat 278 6d, Victorian 27s 7d. New Zealand Mutton, first quality 4£d 5 second quality 3{ d; market depressed. Lamb, first quality s£d. There is no beef (hindquarters) in the market. .

Hemp is quiet. One hundred and ninety bales of New Zealand hemp Were offered, but had to be bought in. Sugar, best German beet lis Gd; Java do 14s 3d, flat. No. 1 best Scotch pig iron, f.o.b. ia Clyde, 42s 9d, steady. Danish butter 101s. The Miowera brought from San Fran - Cisco a shipment of oranges, whioih arrived in excellent condition after ten keeks' cool storage.

r- }*?** Ze *fend Land Association Limited, have received the following London cable message, dated 2Vth

Frozen meat—Mutton market dull. mutton is worth ttd per lb, Wellington is Trorth 3|d per Jb, prime Uew Zealand lambs are worth per carcase per i b . Thera ia rather better demand. I Tallow—Market steady; quotations I uncnanged since last telegram.