COMMERICAL TELEGRAMS.
London,, May 13. ' The total quantity of wheat aad flour , afloat for tha United! K>ngdom is. 2<280,000.'quarter,-*, and for tire Continent 1,240,000 quarters. Tha American visible supply cf wheat is 77,700,000 bushels: Australian acd New Zealand" Mortgage Oompiiny'g 4A per cent, debentures, 107. May H. Tbe total reserve in the Bank, of England" is L37.1ii2.000. The proportion to-liabJliti6S being 55H0. Three months' bills aro discounted at, 15 16-^ha. Qaotations for colom&I stocks: — I j ■. I 1 ' > ' ' i i ! j , I I ' j , > | I j
Fn z 'ti meat is onohangod. The market is lifeless. Wheat: For off-coast cargoes business is quiet;. Oats: Fine, 24a 93; common, 215.9 d. Baans, 27s 3d. Sugar: G-erman bßefc, 123 4^<T; Java, 14s. Iron, 465. Wool: Inferior Helecbiofc and faulties, irregular; good, unchanged. H?nip quiet. Ninety bales of Nevr Zealand sold at Lls 5«. ' SUvar, 2s 7 l-16d. M*y 17. At the tallow sales 925 ca&ks were offered, of which 149 were fold. Fine mutton • brought 20-<, medinm 18* 9d; fine beesf 18*. • medium 17'; 3d.
Price. Variations compared with last week. 4 '/. N.S W 3£%N.S.W 3% N.H.W 4% Victorian 3J% Victorian 4 "/. rfnuth Australian 3& % S-mth. Australian 4 % Queeabland ... 3£ % Queensland ... 3J %Ta manian ... 31 % West Australian 3 7. West Australian 4 % Mow Zealand ... 3-} % New Zealand ... 3% Ne\Y Zealand £ b. d 122 0 0 110 0 0 10i 0 0 114 15 0 107 5 0 U4' 0 0 111 15 0 ITG 10- 0 109 10 0 109 0- ft 111 0 0 101 12 0 115 15 0 109. 0 0 102 0 0l unchunsed 25a higher 6i higher 15a higher 5s higher 15s higher Vdi higher UKchanjed 5a higher 5t lower 55? lu'ghtr nuquotat'n, 5d Higher ui:chai!t;ed 10s higher
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Otago Witness, Issue 2203, 21 May 1896, Page 14
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291COMMERICAL TELEGRAMS. Otago Witness, Issue 2203, 21 May 1896, Page 14
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