COMMERCIAL & SHIPPING. [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.]
Melbourne. 2lst April. Arrived— Star of Victoria, from London. (Received April 22, 11 a.m.) London, 21st April. The Bank of England returns published to-day show tho total reserve in notes and bullion to be j£1G,720,000. tho proportion of reserve to liabilities being 4814. Three months bills are discounted at lij per cont. Consols, 991 ; Now Zealand 4 por cent, inscribed stock, 105 ; 3£ per cont. do., 971 Now Zealand long-berried wheat, ex warehouso, 30s, flat ; South Australian wheat, ex warehouse, 33s 3d, quiet; Victorian do, 335, flat. Frozen mutton, first quality, 4 1-lGd ; lamb, 5Jd. 800f — Forequarters, 3jd; hind quartors. 4id. Thf-re is nothing doing in New Zealand hemp. Kauri gum, good solectod, is in strong demand, fine pale sorapod bringing JE9, throe-quarter scraped £5 ss, and pickings £2 10s. Svgar — Best Gorman beet, 16s 4£d, firm ; Java, 17s 6d, firm. No. 1 best Scotch pig iron, f.o.b. in Clydo, 403 9d, flat. Wool is in strong demand, and thero is inoreased competition for most sorts. American buyers are inactive. Arrived — Silvcrstream, barqno, from Wellington, 22nd December ; Jessie Roadman, ship, from Picton, 12th January. NKWCABTLK. THIS DAT. Sailod — Edward Pembroke, for Lyttelton ; Kate Tatham, for Napier ; Anthons, for Auckland ; Coquetto, for Onohunga. Townsville, This Day. Arrived — Sarah Pile, from Wellington. Hobart, This Day. Sailed— Freetrado, for Now Zealand.
The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) havo received tho following cable message from their Lon- i lon office, dated 2lst instant : — Frozen Moats. — Mutton market weak, quotations i mcliangfld since last tolegram. Lamb i narkot quiet. Primo New Zealand lambs ' ire worth, por carcaso, 5Jd per lb. Boof narkot weak. Now Zealand beef, fore- i niartora, is worth 3Jd per lb ; hindquarters, ' Lid. Tallow — Market has a downward i ondoncy. Fino mutton tallow is worth 30a ; 'or cwt. ; good bcof, 27s Gd. '
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Evening Post, Volume XLV, Issue 94, 22 April 1893, Page 2
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308COMMERCIAL & SHIPPING. [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Evening Post, Volume XLV, Issue 94, 22 April 1893, Page 2
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