COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS.
London, August 28.
The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,740 0-30 quarters, and for the Continent 770,000 quaiteiM. The estimattd American \isible eupply is 43,100,000 bushel**. A portion of the Home's butter was sold at 91s. Danish is quoted at 106*. Oheere : Victorian, 30* to 40s. The weekly return* of the Bank of. England, published to-day, show the total reserve to be L 31,750,000, nnd the proportion of reserve to liabilities CO 12.
Three months' bills are discounted at 3J per cent., with the market firmer. Console, 107£. The following are tbe quotations for colonial stocks : —
New Zealand long-tevried wheat, tx warehouse (flit), 2G< ; South Australian, do, 2G* Gd ; Victorian, 26s Gd.
For cargoes on passage, sellers ask 25a 3d ; sellers offer 6(3 less. For off- coast cargoes 25* is asked, and 24* 6J offered.
New Zealand frozen meat quotations are unchanged.
Tbe New Zealand hemp market is dull. Fair quality from Wellington brought Ll3 10s per ton. Peas, 25^. Sugar : German beet (firm), da 6J ; Java, 12s Gd, with the market steady.
The wool sales at Bradford are animated, with prices hardening.
August 3fl.
Of 2430 br>xes of kauii gum offered to-day 869 were sold. There was a steady demand. Threequarter scraped brought 82s, half scraped 51b 3d, pickings 3ls 9d. The Rome's butter was landed in very good condition. It was not affected by the fire. September 1. Tallow : Medium mutton, 21s 6d ; beef, 20s 6d. The English wheat market has declined 6d, while the Continental is dull and the American changing & little for the better. Silver, 2s flid per ounce. D*nii,b buttsr, lOSs.
Price. Variation as compared with last week. 4 % N.S W 3J2NS.W :■»* % Tasmania 4 % Victorian 3J X Victorian 4 Y. South Australian 3J % South Austialian 4 '/. Queensland 3} % Queensland ... 4 Z West Australian 4 X New Zealand ... 31 % New Zealand ... £ b. d 116 5 0 107 10 0 105 0 0 108 0 0 101 10 0 112 10 0 106 5 0 111 10 0 104 10 0 120 0 0 U2 5 0 105 10 0 20s higher unchanged 20s higher unchanged unchanged Xl- higher unengaged 10a higher uncharged unchanged 5s higher unchanged
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Otago Witness, Issue 2167, 5 September 1895, Page 12
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