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Evening Star, Issue 11891, 20 May 1903, Page 6

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The directors of the Union Steam Ship Company have declared an interim dividend for the half-year ended 31st March last at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum. MONEY AND MARKETS. Prws Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, May 19. (Received May 20, at 11.59 a.m.) Wool.—There was a quieter sale, faulty merinoes selling in the buyers' favor. Th«s total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,175,000 quarters, and" for the Continent 2,265,000 quarters. The shipments from American Atlantic ports are 412,000 quarters, and from the Pacific 23,000. Stock) and Shares.—Banks: Australasia, £B2; New South Wales, £4l; Union, £37; all others unchanged. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, £B3. THE WOOL SALES. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, May 19.—At the wo,ol sales medium cross-breds are tending upwards. Continental buyers are taking the bulk of the merinoes at extreme rates. Parorangi brought 7d, and Pare BJd. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE REPORT. Frew Association—By Tdegrapb—Copyright (Received May 20, at 10.37 a.m.) SYDNEY, May 20.—Wheat: Adelaide seed is nominally 4s lid; Manitoban, 4s 7d ; Argentine, 5s l^d; Californian, 5s Id ; chick—New Zealand, 4s lid to 5s Id. Flour, £l2 5s to £l2 10s; Manitoban, do. Oats: New Zealand, Tasmanian milling, 3s; prime feeding, 2s lOd to 2s lid. Barley : Cape and English, to 4s 3d. Maize: White, 4s Id; yellow, 4s 3d. Bran, Is 3d. Pollard, Is sd. Peas: Blue, 7s 9d to Bs. Potatoes: Circulars, £3 to £3 ss. Onions: Victorian, £3 to £3 15s. Butter, Is Id. Cheese, 6d to Bd. Bacon, 8d to lid. MELBOURNE, May 20.—Wheat is steady at 5s 7d to. 5s 9d; Argentine, 5s 2d. Oats: Algerian feeding, 2s 6d to 2s 7d; New Zealand, to 2s lOd. Barley : Feeding, 3s 4d to 3s 9d; malting, 4s to 4s 2d. Maize, 3s 9d to 3s lOd. Bran, is 3d. Pollard, Is 4d. Onions, £2 15s to £3. Potatoes, £2 10* to £3. ADELAIDE, May 20.—Wheat, 5s Bd. Flour, £l2. Oats, 3s to 3s 3d. Bran, Is 3d. Pollard, Is 6d.