COMMERCIAL & SHIPPING.
[united pbess association.] London, 11th June. The Bank of England returns published to-day show the total reservo in notes and bullion to be .£18,758,000, being an increase of as compared with the previous week. The proportion of reserve to liabilities is 46 per cent. Consols, 95. Three months' bilk are discounted at 2£ per cent. New Zealand 4 per cent, inscribed stook, 102 ; 3* do., 93*. New Zealand long-berried wheat, 43b 6d ; market weaker. For New Zealand wheat on passage sellers are asking 425, bat buyers will not give more than 41s 6d. Canterbury mutton, 4|d ; Wellington, 4d ; Canterbury lamb, sid. New Zealand beef — Fore-quarters, 3£d ; hind-quarters, 4Jd. New Zealand hemp, fair quality, i! 20; market firnior. Victorian wheat 435 ; market weaker. South Australian wheat 445 ; market weaker. Sugar— Best German beot, 13s 3d ; Java, 15s nominal. The wool market is active. Prices at the Bales are \ery firm. Three thousand bales of sheepskins were offered to-day, and most of them were sold at prices equal to those ruling at last series. 12th June. The National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand has declared a dividend of 5 per cent., and the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company a dividend of 10 per cent. Sydnet, 12th June. Sailed~Waihora, s.s., for "Wellington. (Received June 13, 10.15 a.m.) London, 12th June. Arrived— Ship Invercargill, from Wellington (19th March) ; ship Sonkar, from Wellington (28th Feb.); ship Coriolanus, from Lyttelton (20th March); ship Greta, from Lyttelton (24th March). Washington, 12th June. The wheat crop in the United States is estimated to afford a surplus of 200,000,000 bushels for export purposes. Stdnjet, This Dat. Arrived — Witzman, from Kaipara. Melboubne. This Dat. Arrived— Wrestler, from Kaipara. Sailed — Othello, for Bluff. Adelaide, Thi6 Dat. Sailed— Lake Superior, for New Zealand. Newcastle, This Day. Sailed— Pendlchill, for Napier ; Jessie, for Timaju.
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Evening Post, Volume XLI, Issue 138, 13 June 1891, Page 2
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307COMMERCIAL & SHIPPING. Evening Post, Volume XLI, Issue 138, 13 June 1891, Page 2
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