ENGLAND.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 10628, 5 June 1897, Page 3

ENGLAND.

(Received June i, 6 p.m.) London, Jane 3. Oxford I) Diversity oonferß the honorary title of Dootor of Liws upon the oolonial Premiere. [Reoelved Juno i, 8.15 p.m.] Iron, 44i 10|d, The Bradford wool market Is dall. Sugar— German beet Ss 7}d, Java 10a 9d. Three months bills are discounted at 1 j per cent. The Bank of England reserve 1b £25,246,000, she proportion of reserve to liabilities being 50 56 per cent. Tha Amerloan vltlble wheat supply is estimated at 37,975,000 bushels, The English wheat market showa a general decline of sixpence per qaarter : the Continental Is deollnlng and weak ; and the American shows a general deollne. Gallfornian No. 1 milling. 30a 9d ; Kn«Blan oargoes, 2Si. London qnotatlon : No. 1 hard Dnlath, 32a 3d. Government securities. — Imperial consolH, £112 158 ; New South Wales 4 per oents £120, 3J per oenta £108, 3 per cent, £102 ; Victorian 4 per cants £111 15?,- 3J per cents £108 10s; Sonth Australian 4 per cents £113 15s, 3J per cents £113; Queensland 4 per oanta £112 109, 3} per cento £106 10s ; Tasmanian 3J per caots £107 ; Western Australian 3} per cents £108 ; New Zealand 4 per cents £114 10s, 3J per oents £106 15s, 3 per oenta £100. Stooks showing a heavy fall compared with last week are ex dividend deolared on June Ist. [Recelvod June i, 9.40 p.m.] Mr Seddon has presented the gold badge of the New Zealand Marine Engl* neen 1 Association to the president of the British society. Mr Seddon is negotiating with variono shlppiag companies trading to New Zealand, and Is hopeful of securing a reduotion of freights on produce to the Australian level. (Received June 6, 13,50 a.m.) June 4. Forty thousand troops will take part in the jubilee procession, wbloh will alio Include 63 banda.