COMMERCIAL TE EGRAMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2202, 14 May 1896, Page 14

COMMERCIAL TE EGRAMS.

Low ON, May 0. Thfi tot-»l quantity of wheat And flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,230,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1 080,000 quarters. Nufciunnl B-uk of New Zealand shares, £lSsi B?nk of New Zealand 4 per ceiit. guaranteed ateck, 105J (ex interest) ; N.Z.L. and M.A. Company i per eett. prior lien debenture*!, •98. Muy 7. The mi *1 reserve in tha Bank of England is 137,668,000 The proportion of reserve to liabilities is 68-48. ■ Threa months' bills are discounted at i per cent. Oonar.la, 11 If. N^w South Wales 4 per cant, stock, 122} 3.} cent, do 108$; 3 per car,t., 101|. New Z saland 4 per cent, stock, 115^ ; 3^ per cent, do, 109 ; 3 per cent, do 101*. Victorian 4 per cent, stcck, 114; 3§ peK cent, do, 107.

Souf h Australian 4 par cone, stock, 113£; 3£ per cent, do, 111£. Queensland i per coat;, stock, 116£ ; 3J pot c«nc do, Id 9£ Ts^manun 3£ per cent., 108 J. Western Australian 3£ per cent, stocfr, 110£ ■ Ffi.zen mutton is unchanged. Lamb, New Zealand, 4| d. The Erg-tish wheat market shows a general decline ot 61. The Continental is steady. American declining «ad weak. No. 1 best Scotch pfg iron (f.o.b. in tha Clyde), 45-> 9.1 Sr-g*r flat. German, 12s 3d ; Java, 13s 9<J. Hemp is inactive, and a number of bales of New Zealand urera withdrawn. Butter 1b dull at 80a to 88s per cwfc. Danish has fallen 3 kroner.

May 10. The annual report of the Trust Agency i'om. pany of Australasia showed 'hat th<* profit for the year amounted to £82,670. A lividend at th» rato of 20 per cent, per annum with a bonus of 2J per cent, was declared, and the sum of £692 carried forward.

Tallow : Mutton (fine), 20s ; medium 19a. Beef (fioeX Wa U ; medium, !7s 6d. lliHes : New South "\Vale» heavy ox, 3id ; light, 31<1 ; cow, 2JJ. Basils : Now Zealand, strained, BJd. DUNEDIN MARKETS. WHOLESALE PRODUCE REPORTS. Mr J. Fleming 1 , Princes street south, reporte under r!ate the 12th inst :—: — Wh":it per ushel. per ton. Best milling; 3/7-:t/9 Oatnioal, in ffii'a 200/0 Medium do 3/4—3/6 Oa.ten chaff J5/O— SO/0 Fowls' 2/10—3/1 Ryegrasshay ... 55/0 Milling cits 1/9-1/10} Straw .... 30/0 32/6 Feed oats 1/7—l/8 per ton MU It Barley 2/9—3/3 Pearl-barley ... 25U/0 Feed bar Toy 2/o—2/3 Onions ...- ... 8/6 Cape barley... 2/6—2/9 / per lb. Maize 3/3-3/6 Rolled bacon ... 0/6} per ton. Side bacon ... 0/5 Flour ... ISO/o— 2oo/0 ; Smoked hams ... 0/7 Pollard 85/0 Cheese ... 0/3| -0/4 Bran 70/0 Good salt butter, Barley dust ... 70/0 I 7Jd to 8d per lb, Oaten hay ... 60/0 I according to quality. New local potatoes £2 78-ffd to £2 IZs 6d per ton. FARM AND DAIRY PRODUCE. Messrs Mercer Bros, report paying for produce dming the. week ending the 12th inst. as follows :— Bacon (roll), Gd p. lb Fresh butter, lOd p. lb Kama, 7d p. lb Salt bunter, 7id p. lb Fre3h eggs, la lid doz Fresh butter, good ordinary (in lib and jib prints), 7d to Bd' p. lb. FROZEN MEAT. Napier, M-iy 7.— The Colonial Consignment and Distributing Company cabled, to Nelson Bros, from London yesterday :—" Market quotation! are : Best Canterbury nmttoD, 3Jd pec lb ; do Dunedin, 2|d ; do Napier and North: Island, 2gd.'*