MELBOURNE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume V, Issue 1308, 25 January 1868, Page 3

MELBOURNE.

Little of very special consequence has been allowed to transpire in the import markets to-day, the week having closed without adding materially to the business reported at an earlier period. Flour has been disposed of in parcels ut -£lo 10a for Victorian, and up to £16 for small lots. Sales of wheat to a moderate extent continue to be effected, at 6s 6d to 6s 9d. Maize is very ateady at 4a 2d; sales, however, have nov been extensive. A fair inquiry is maintained for teu at 2 a for fine medium congous. There had been more inquiry for candles ; and we hear of trade at t"ir best biande. Sugars are still moved off verj* Ireely at 34s to 355. Of brewing crystals, w-* hear of 550 bags having been closed for at those figures. A line of 200 drums of colza oil has been sold

J for shipment at 4s 9d, in bond- Holders of prepared opium have been onabled to establish a slight advance, ! iwul tlio prico now realised is 25b. In liquids, sales i of JIJKZ geneva aro mentioned at 42s 6d ; and we I learn that buyers of Hennery's o;iso brandy have been compelled to puy 27s 6d. We Lavs been favoured by lUessrt. J. C. Robertson nnd Co., with the following tea ttlegram:—" Vco Chow, JSowmber 30. —Owing to discouraging advices few buyers of any extent have upprauod for the K;.glish nuirkot. Tlio principal have N:eu marl'; for Australia '1 he low price uf flavom-y cunguita is attracting tho attention of tho eolonios. Congous in parcols. of any quality, aro acai co. Tho quality to arrivo from the country has beun estimated to scarcely exceed •20,000 chests. Quotations exhibit no alterations since lust advised. In Pokoes thero have been no settlements. Vessels loading : I'.lla Gladstone, India. ■iSuiled: October 26, Ediptio; JsovLinber 1, Corypheus, for Melbournu ; November 8, Eliza, C'jrry, for ' New Zealand ; Catherine, M. W. I.ass, and Frances Henty, for Melbourne."—Art/its, January 13. HOBABT TOWN. The wot weatlior of yesterday and to-day was very i unfavourable for business, aud little has been done ; besides which, nearly all are so busily engaged in preparations for the reception of his Koyal Highness as to have little time for suoli socondary matters. We may quote as follows : —Wheat, 5s 9d; flour, £18 to £13 10s; oats, 3s; hay, £2 15s; new potatoes, 6s per cwt.; Tasmanian oatmeal, £-5 to £2S. The holidays continuing "t Hobart Town, no business is being done.—Examiner, January 11. LOUDON MARKETS. Many of the adveiso operators who for two or three months past have been counting on the probability of foreign complications as well as on tho unsettled feeling at home occasioned by Traders' Union and other outrages, appo j rto have formed an opinion that the recent turn of events has not been in favor of their views, and in the .English and foreign stock markotß there is consequently a bettor tono than has been obsorvablo for soino tiino past. Consols this morning opened at an advance of which was well maintained, the quotations being 941 to J for delivery, and 93J to | ox dividend for the sth of December. Australian" Securities—Mr. Westgarth writes a Since last Circular, tho market in Australian and New Zealand lioverniuent Debentures has continued most active at a further considerable advance in tho prices of nearly all the stocks, The fact, which in mediately transpii ed, that Messrs Kothschild wore tho purchasers of the Sew Zealand loan sold by the Crown agents on the 19th, hud great influence in directing attention to theso securities, and particularly to the New Zealand Loans, the prices of which, Provinci.il as well as Colonial, have especially improved. The loan itself, bought at 104J ex coupon due 15th proximo, has advanced to 2to 3 premium. Th<) balance of the Auckland Six por font, loan, in the hands of tho Bank of New Zealand, at tho price of 95, was all taken up on the 21st, amounting to £120,000. A condition of the purchase was that the stook bo quoted in tho stock and share list; and it appears that thero is no insurmountable obstacle to this important position, although, as we understand, some objection has always been made by the Stock Exchange to granting a quotation to tho subdivisions of a colony. The attainment of a quotation will improve tho value of all theso provincial nocks, and, indeed, this prospect seems already to have had its effect upon their price. A small South Australian loan was disposed of on tho Bamo day, the 21st; its amount was only £40,000, at tho price of 106. The debentures were due 1897, the interest at usual on Ist January and Ist July. following ia a summary of changes in prices : —ln New South Wales 5 per cents , those of 1871-6 aro J- higher, and those of 1888 are 1 higher. In Victoria 6 per cents., the loan of 1891 is a further J per cent higher, at the all but unprecedented prico of 113. Queensland, after reaching 103J —4J is at 103— i, or i lower than before. In t outh Australian, 1878 upwards, there is an advance of 2 per cent In Tasmania, the main stock, due 1595, is 3 higher, and the other stocks Ito 2 higher. Tho New Zealand Stocks are all higher, the 5 per cents by 2 per cont, aud tho threo 6 ter cont. stocka by 2 to 3 percent.each. In Provincials the advance is even greater, Auckland 6 per cents being 5.V higher, and Otago 6 per cents 4 higher, wh'lo Canterbury Railway are 2|, and Canterbury 50 Years Loan iU- higher. The Melbourne and Hobson's Bay .Railway Bonds ate anain in more demand, and the 6 per cents 1880, at 97-8 have advanced a further 1 por cent. In the miscellaneous list the changes aro inconsiderable, with the exception of Peninsular Steam, which has advanced £4 per share. Of the banks, Australian and South Australian are each 1 lower, and Oriental A lower, while Union of Australia is about 1 hiuher. Scottish Australian Investment anrt South Australian are each 1 higher, an'l Otago and Southland lower, Port Philip 1-16 higher.—Times, November 2G.

ENGLISH SHARE MARKET. Govkr-Nmknt Skcuiutiks. I Paid. | Closing Prices. N. S. Wales Government, 5 p. cent. 18GG, January and Julv j 100 . — Do., 5 percent., 1871 to 1876 ?<«0 99 —100 Do., 5p. cent., 18S3 to 1S95 100 97 — 98 New Zealand 6 per cent 100 — Do., 5 per cent ; 100 97 — 93 Queensland Government, 0 perccnt, January and .Jaly 100 I 103 —104 S.Australian Government, 6p.cent., ( 1878 and upwards 100 108J — 109J Victoria Government, C per ccnt., April and Octobcr 103 110 J — 111 J Shared. | Banks. raid. Closing Prices. j 10 ;Bank of New Zealand ... 10 9 pm. 40 'Australasia All G3 20 Hank of Otago 10 4 dis. 100 j Bank of Queensland ... 25 — 50 jBank ol Vietoriu ... ... 25 — 20 New Soutli Wales All 40 25 Union of Australia ... All j 53 Shares. Miscellaneous. raid. Closing Prices. 25 Australian Agricultural Co. 20J 18} 25 Australian Mortgage, Laud anil Finance 5 $ pm. 50 Home & Colonial Assurance 5 2$ dis. Stock North British Australasian (limited) 100 40 -5 New Zealand loan & Mcr. Agency (lim.) 2J J pm. 25 N. Zealand Trust and Loan.. 5 1pm. 10 Otago and Southland Investment 2 $ dis. 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Mail All C 5 Ditto All 3 Stock Scottish Australian Investment Co 100 123 25 Soutli Australian Land Co... All 37 10 Trust and Agency Company • of Australasia 1 1 p m . 30 Van Pieman's Land Co. ... 284 9 THE SUN.—HIGH WATER. From Chapman's Almanac. « • llion Water. Datk. 5 5 £ | Morn. Even. n. M. H. M. H. M. U. M. Friday, January 24.... 5 11 714 <5 41 7 0 METEOROLOUCAL OBSERVATIONS. Made at 3 p.m. g Thermometer. 3 o! Rain g S in 21 4 S Max. Min. Sun ' a hours P3 ruys. Fri. 21 30.402 81 03 103 If.tV. — * Corrected to mean sea level. T. Peacock, Optician, 11, Sliortland-street,