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Lyttelton Times, Volume CIX, Issue 13108, 23 April 1903, Page 5

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United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph— Copyright. LONDON, April 21. Three months bills are discounted at 3| pea- cent. Copper—On spot £62 15s per ton, three months' £62 17s 6d pier ton. Pig iron 53s 9d per ton. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,190,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,855,000 quarters. The Atlantic shipments for the ■week are- 193,000 quarters. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company's debentures are quoted alt £BO.

SYDNEY, April 22. Wheat—South Australian milling, nominally 5s lid, prime seed 6s 7d, 9d, Californian 5s 3d, chick, medium 4s Qd, New Zealand ss. " Flour £l2 10s, Manitoban £l2 15s. Oats, New Zealand and Tasmanian milling 3s, prime feeding 2s lOd, good 2s 8d to 2s 9d. Barley, Cape 4s 3d, English 4s 3d to 4s 4d, maize 4s 6d to 4s Bd. Bran Is 3d. Pollard Is 5d to Is 6d. • Potatoes, Circular Heads £3 2s 6d to £3 ss. Onions, Victorian £3 10s to £3 155." Butter Is. Cheese 7d to Bd. Bacon 9d to Is. ■ MELBOURNE, April 22.

Wheat is dull at from bs 6d to 5s 9<l, Californian choice milling 5s 3d to 5s 4d, and Manitoban nominally 5s lOd. Flour is quiet at £l2. Oats, Algerian 2s 7d to 2s lOd, seed 3s to 3s 6d, white 2s 9cl to 2s 10£d, local Tartarian 3s 3d nominal. Barley 3s 3d to 3s 9d, English, 4s 2d to 4s 5d- • Maize nominally 3s lid to 4s. Bran Is 3£dto Is 4d. Pollard Is sd. ADELAIDE, April 22. Wheat 5s Bd. Flour is quiet at £l2. Bran Is 3d. Pollard Is 7d.

SHIPPING. LONDON, April 21. The Rakaia arrived at Gravesend to-day. Her cargo of wool will bo included in the May sales.