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ENGLAND.

(Received May 8, 10 p.m.) London, May 7. The total reserve of . the Baok ofEnR. land Is £37,668,000, the proportion of reserve to lfabilitiea being 58-48. Three months' bills are discounted at I per cant. Government securities :— lmperial Cnnsola £111 15< ; New South Wales 4 per cents £122, 3J per cents £108 15a, 3 per oenls £101 15* j New Zealand 4 per centß £115 10a j 3J pet cents £109, 3 per cents £101 10 a; Victorian 4 per uentß 2114, 3J per cents £107 ; Sonth Australian 4 per cents £113, 3J per cents £111 5 3 • QaeenoBland 4 per cents £116 ss ; 3J per cants £109 6s j Weate;n Australian 4 per cents £110 10a. Ftozan mutton ia unohangedj Limb, New Zealand 4j] i per lb. Hemp, unchanged. The English wheat market shows a general decline of 6 1, tho Continental Is steady, the American declining and weak. No. 1 best Sootoh pig iron f.o.b, in Clyde 45a 9d. Su^ar, flit; German 12a 3d, Java 13a 9d. The wool market ia nnohonged there being fair competition. (Received May 8, 10.25 p.m.) There is a atroDg feeling among members of the House of Commons interested In Africa than if Mr Rhodes is suddenly recalled it will seriously aggravate the troubles, The imports during the past month increased £1,467,442, and the exports £1,174,388. Groat Britain has appealed agaiost thedeoleion in Major Lothalre'a trial for the. murder of Mr Stokes. Stanbnry, the Australian- eculler, has arrived. 16 Is reported that the Key. Mr Leaob, an English clergyman, and his wife, have been murdered at Sfax, in Tnola, (Reoeived May 9, 12.10 a.m.) May 8. At the wool sales a Dnnedin brand brought Hid. The hemp market is inscUvo, and NewZealand lota have been withdrawn. Batter, dull, 80s to 88s; Danish has fallen three kroner. The Shaw-Savill Company has declared a dividend of 5 per cent End carded foir-> ward £2992.

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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 10298, 9 May 1896, Page 2

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ENGLAND. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 10298, 9 May 1896, Page 2

ENGLAND. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 10298, 9 May 1896, Page 2

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