AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL.
Sydney, December 6. Wheat : Chick, 3s 3d to 3s 4d ; milling (nomi-naD-old, 3s 6d to 3s 7d ; new, 3s 2d. Flour : Roller brand, £9. Oats, quiet ; prime feeding, 2s Bid.' Maize, firm; prime, 3s 7d. Barley: Englishes. Bran,7ld. Pollard, SJd to 9d. Pease: Prussian blue,' 4s 9d to 4a lOd. Potatoes : Local grown, £3 to £4 0s. Onions, £11 to £12. Butter:
Dairy-made, 6d to 7d ; factory, Bd. Cheese: Prime, 4d to 4M. Bacon, 6d to 6^d. Hams : New Zealand, Is OVd.
Melbourne, December 6. New wheat: Fair business is done at 2s 9d. Oats : Algerian, Is 9d to Is lOd ; stout white, 2s Mto 2s 2d. Maize : Firm ; prime sorts, 3a. Bailey : Cape, 2s 2d ; milling, 4s 3d to 4s 4d. Potatoes, £5 10s to £6". ,_ T , , „ „ . Adelaide, December 6. Wheat, 2s 9d. Flour : Roller, £7 5s to £7 10s. Bran, BJd. Pollard, BVd.
COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS. The weekly returns of the Bank of England show the total reserve to be £16,982,000, and the percentage of reserve to liabilities 50 8. ™?T> } Y& } eS ut per cent - Ascribed stock, I i p i ns. ent Qi do> 92> South Australian 4 per cent, do 1021 ;3J per cent, do, 93*. Queensland 4 per cent, do, lO.Ji ;3J per cent, do, 92. New Zealand 4 per cent, do, 106 ; 3J per cent, do !>7 Tasmaman 3J per cent, do, t»2l. Western Australian 4 per cent. do. 105. Three months' bills are discounted at 2^ vex cent. "
New Zealand long-berried. wheat (ex warehouse), 29s 3d, market weaker ; South Australian wheat (ex warehouse), 30s ; Victorian do, 29s (id, maiket restricted.
Mutton : First quality, 4£d ; second quality, 3?d. Lamb : First quality, 4id. Hemp is unchanged. Kauri gum is in fair demand. Half the quantity offered was sold. Pale hard scraped brought £7 10s, and good three-quarter scraped £4 5s Danish butter, 130s. Colonial butter is expected to fall 4s on Saturday, the weather being mild and the market dull ; but it is hoped the market will be easier in about a week, and then harden up till Christmas. After that the state of the market will be dependent on the weather. The Butter Committee are requesting to be supplied with private advices as to the quantity coniiDg forward.
Sugar : Best German beet, 12s 3d ; Java, 153 6d, quiet tone.
Best Scotch pig iron (f.o.b. in the Clyde), 43a 6d, firm. Antimony, £37 103.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2076, 7 December 1893, Page 24
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401AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL. Otago Witness, Issue 2076, 7 December 1893, Page 24
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