BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXI, Issue 7274, 23 June 1884, Page 4

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[B7 ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT.'] [Reuter’s Telegrams.] [Received June 23, at 12.35 NEW YORK. June 20. It is considered probable that Mr Cleveland, Governor of New York State, will receive the Democratic vote at the approaching Presidential election. [Special to Press Association.] 1 Received June 21, at 10.15 a.m,J LONDON, June 20. Mr Deeble, of Sydney, publishes a challenge in the Sportsman, to match a sculler (not Btanlan) against any man in the world for <£soo. SHIPPING AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] [Received June 21, at 1.15 p.m.J LONDON. June 19. Consols remain at 99| ex div. The Bank rate of discount is 2, and the market rate 1| per cent. The Bank reserve is now <£15,900,000, at increase of £600,000 during the week. The proportion of reserve to liabilities is 47 per cent. New Zealand securities are at last quotations. The markets for Colonial breadstuffs and tallow are without quotable change. The Canadian Government loan of five millions sterling,, bearing interest at the rate of 3-1 per cent per annum, has been successfully floated here. The total tenders amounted to £5,600,000. Tenders at 91 will receive 60 per cent of the allotment, and those above that price will receive in full. Arrived, at Plymouth—Steamship Rome, from Melbourne (May 6). [Received Juno 23, at 12.35 a.to. | LONDON, June 20. Consols remain at 99| and New Zealand securities at last quotations. Markets for Colonial tallow and breadstuffs are unchanged. The total quantity of wheat on passage and shipping to the United Kingdom is 2,M0,000 quarters, a decrease during the week of 40,000 quarters. Prime New Zealand mutton is quoted to-day at s|-d per lb. Copra has declined 10s per ton; Sydney sun-dried is now <vorth £l7 10s. Australian leather, best sides, has advanced to ll|d. The market for hides is quiet. Accounts to hand from the English hop districts are generally less favourable, more rain being required. The wool market is quiet. Arrivals of new wools for the August-Septem-ber series of auctions now araoimt to 200,000 bales. The Homeward mails, per Orient

steamship Liguria, dated Melbourne, May 16, were delivered to-day. The New Zealand Shipping Company, Limited, have received the following cable message:— LONDON, J une 19. The s.h. lonic left Plymouth to-day for Auckland, Wellington, and Lyttelton.