MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXXI, Issue 10237, 4 January 1894, Page 5

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

{.Special to Pbhss Association.*! LONDON, Jan.' 2. The dairy produce by the Morayshire and Devonshire has arrived in excellent condition. Three months bills are discounted at 1| per cent. Jan. 3, The Australian Chilling and Freezing Company announces a further issue of 100,000 shares. SHIPPING. ‘ CAPETOWN, Jan. 1. Sailed-—Suahine, for Wellington. NEW YORK, Jan. 3. Arrived—Abiel Abbot, from Auckland (Sept. 7). LONDON, Jan, 3. Arrived—S.s, Duke of Devonshire, from Wellington (Oct. 3). Messrs Henry S. Fitter and Sons’ local agent has received the following cablegram from their London office, dated LONDON, Jan. 1. Best Canterbury mutton 4|-d to 4|d, best Wellington mutton 4d to 4|-d, Australian sheep 3|d to 3|d, Australian beef, hinds, 3|d to 3|d, fores 2|d to 3d. The New Zealand Land Association (Limited) has received the following cable message dated LONDON, Jan. 2. Wheat.—Market depressed; spot quotations have declined 6d per 496ibs since last report; other quotations unchanged since last telegram, SYDNEY, Jan. 3, Wheat, chicle Sa 2d; milling, new crop, 3s 2d.- old, 3s 6d. Flour, best roller, £8 12s 6d to £8 15s. Oats, market dull; prime feeding aorta, 2a 7d. Maize, market quiet; prime sorts, 3s 6d. Bran, quiet, 7d. Pollard, BJd to Bsd. Peas, Prussian blue, 4s 9d to 4s lOd. Potatoes—localgrown, £3 15s; Warrnambool, £4 15s to £5. Onions, .£lO. Butter, dairy-made, 6d to 7d; factory, 9d. Cheese, prime, 4sd. Bacon, best quality, 6£d to 7£d; hams. New Zealand, Is OJd. MELBOURNE, Jan. S.

A moderate business has been done in the wheat market. New crop; 2a Bi. Oats, fair stout, 2s 3sd.

ADELAIDE. Jan. 3. Wheat, 2s 9d. Flour, roller, £7 5a to £7 10s. Bran and pollard, B£d to S|d. Authorities upon the com trade expect that the wheat yield will be the heaviest in the history of the colony, and anticipate that there will be a surplus available for export, of 11,735,000 bushels.