MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXX, Issue 10220, 14 December 1893, Page 6

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL

TSpicul to Pbisb AaaooiAvsaif.l WASHINGTON, Dec, 12, ' The Committee of Ways and Means proposes that the new tariff shall bfgiuiaJnne. • f shipping:" . Steamship Company haa reaeired advice of the arrival of the fl.l. Maori at Townsville, from Oiloutta, on Monday, Dec. 11. She auv therefore be expected to arrive at Xjtteltou about Dec. 24. The s.s. Rotokino arrived ,at Calcutta on Nov. 80, and is expebtecf' 'to leave there again on Dec.. 15 for Singapore, thence vifc Townsville to Bluff. The New Zealand Land Association, Limited, has received the following cable message, dated , . . LONDON, Disc. 12. Wheat.— The market is steady, and quotations unchanged since last telegram. Butter.— The market is dull. , Fine qualities New Zealand are worth 100 a to 112 s per cwt. ' SYDNEY, Dec. 13. : ohiok 3a 3d to Sa milling 3s 6d to ,3s 7d nommal. Flour, roller-made 4812 s fid to 43 l4s. Oats steady ; prime 9s Bid. . Maize, 8a 6d. Barley, English, 8s.‘ Psifl. Prussian blue, 4s 9d to 4s lOd. Bran, 7id. Pollard, SJJ to 9d. Potatoes Ideally-grown, 44 to ill 15a. Onions, 217 10s to 410. Butter, dairy-made 6d to 7d, factory' Bd. Cheese, prime 4d to 4Jd. < JBacen,'6d to 7dj‘ hams, Now Zealand, Is otf.; . MELBOURNE, Due. 13. Wheat, new crop 2a 9d, prime old crop SslOd. ■ Flour,, stone-made 46 10s, roller 46 17« 6d to 47.. Oats, Algerian prime, naw* crop Is Id, did la 9d; Tartarian, la lid Maize, 2s lOd to 2s lid. Bran, B|d.. Pollard; 7d. Pea3j 2s Id. Potatoes, 4810«. Onions', 46. ADELAIDE. Dec. 13. Wheat, 3s Od., Flour, roller, 47 Sa to 47 10a . ‘Bran.aad pollard are firm but scarce - aißd to Si'd. r ' AUCKLAND. Dec. 13. The first wool sales of the season opened to day. Of the 4365 .bales submitted 4000 were sold, and satisfactory prices realised, the wool on the whole being worth from a farthing to a half-penny per lb more than at lost taler. . Merino on! the contrary was eltghtly lower than it was last season. The ceqdit lbno| much of the wool was heavy, 1 fee&lg damp and more culled than usual. Fvloed ranged as follows s—Cross-bred, 6Jd . t» Bd{ long wool. &idto 7£dj merino, 5Jd