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New Zealand Times Office, Saturday evening. The following cablegram, giving the latest London market quotations was received by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company to-day Frozen meats— Hutton market is weak ami iamb quiet. Canterbury mutton, 3i|d per lb ; ‘Wellington mutton, 3fd per lb; lamb, prime Now Zealand, per carcase, 4Jd. Sheepskins—'There if. a good demand. Merino have advanced id per lb ; crossbred, £d. Hemp—Now Zealand hemp market depressed; medium, nominal value, £l2 10s per ton. Levin and Co. have received advices from their London agents ns follows:—Wool market strong and healthy. As compared v/ith closing rates of last sales, wo expect that substantially higher prices? will rule. ’ s --d frisk and active demand for sheepskins (in general). Since our last report prices for crossbred are higher by Id, and for merino by id to fd. Edwards and Mcßeath state of the labour market;—Wo cannot report any improvement during tho past wook. A. G. Taine and Co. report of their Saturday’s horse sale :—Wo had only a moderate entry and a moderate attendance, and nothing very good in tho yard with the exception of two good hacks by Marvel and Torpedo, which wore passed in unsold at .£l7 and £l6. We sold aged draught geldings to *£ls, harness horses i£B to £9 ss, light sorts to .£7, a useful aged pony £4 15s, and made a few other sales of no importance,’ We have sold privately during tho wook tho hack Merriman at a satisfactory price, and draught mare £l4, aged draught gelding £9, and some traps at very satisfactory prices for this season of the year. For next Saturday wo are advised of a low good draughts and harness burses, Which wilt receive duo publicity. By Telegraph.—Press Association. — Copyright. London, Juno 28. Tho Bank of England returns published today show tho total reserve to be £28,698,000, the proportion of reserve to liabilities being 01*64 per cent. Three months 1 bills arc discounted at fith's per cent. _ Tho following are the latest quotations for Government securities Variation as • D „. compared Prlco - with last week,
New Zealand mutton First quality. JljUl per lb j second quality, 3’id. Lamb averages 4sd. There is no Australian in the market. Now Zealand Hemp—The market is unchanged. New Zealand long-berried wheat, ox warehouse, nominally, 27a ; South Australian do., 27a 3dj Victorian do. (restricted), '.!7ei Cd. For an Australian wheat cargo on pasn?.go sellers ask 25s 4-id, and buyers offer 7id. IgjOolonial oats, fine quality, average 25s did ; common, 20s; peas, 2.5 s 4.id. Sugar—Gorman boot, 9s 6d ; Java, 10s. No. 1 best Scotch pig iron, f.0.b., in Clyde, Silver, 2a (lid.
£ 13. (1. Imperial Consols, 2J p.o 107 5 0 20/- higher S .3.W. 4 per cent. 117 0 0 — liM.S.W. 3J p.o 103 10 0 35/- higher ‘Victorian 4 p.c. 100 0 0 25/- higher ’Victorian 3i p.o. 102 0 0 Unchanged !3onth Australian 4 p.o. 111 0 0 d/- higher iiouth Australian 3J p.o 101 1-5 0 25/- higher 1 p,(i,. ... 111 15 0 5/- higher Queensland 3£ p.c. 103 15 0 15/- higher Woat Australian 4 p.c. 110 0 0 Unchanged Tasmania. 3J p.c. 104 15 0 15/- higher New Zealand 4 p.c, ... 112 5 0 10/- higher Wow Zealand 3J p.c. ... 105 0 0 15/- higher
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New Zealand Times, Volume LVII, Issue 2550, 1 July 1895, Page 2
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