COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2252, 29 April 1897, Page 14

COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS.

Mutton and hemp are unchanged. The English wheat market is firm, but with little business doing. The Continental is steady, ond the American shows a general advance. No. 1 bard Dulu^h, 34». The Bradford wool market is improving. Sugar is quiet. German beet, 8s 7£J; I Java, 10s 10£ d. * I Iron, 44? Ud. April 23. The piice of Panish batter has lowered four I kroner. Australian is steady. The market is virtually bare. Rabbits: Australian, lOd ; Euglibh, Fcaice. Australian frozen meat is quiui. At yesterday's sale 1860 cast a of kauri pum were "offered, and 850 were sold. Pnces »howed a decline of 2< (sd. Thret?-qunrfcer scraped sold at 933. The quantity low in stock amounts to 1152 cases.

London, April 21. j The total quantity of wheat and flour ' j afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,470,000 , quarter*, and for the Continent 500,000 j quarters, ! i Share quotations : National Bink of New Zealand, 1$; 13 ink of New Zealand 4 percent, j ' guaranteed stock, 105; New Zealand Loan ; J and Mercantile Agency Company 4 per CBnt. ' prior lien debentures, 91^ Silver, as 4gd. The American visible supply of wheat is estimated at 52,009,000 bushels, i April 22. • j The Bank of England reserve is L 25.802.000, j the proportion of reserve to liabilities being 1 50 94-. Three months' bills are discounted at I§. Conaolß, 112. Quotations for colonial stocks :—: —

Price. Variations compared with I last week 4%N.5.W 3},' i N.S.W.3 % N.S.W 4 % Victorian ... 35 % Vicbo'ian „, 4 Z South Australian 4 % Queensland 3i % Queensland ... 3J % 'la=inaman 3J % Weit Australian 4 % New Zea'iind ... 3V % New Zealand ... 3 % New Zealand ... £ h. d.' 121 15 0 5s lower 10S 0 0 15s lower 101 15 0 10ft higher 113 0 0 5-. lower 107 0 0 HBcbanged 112 15 0 5s lower 113 10 0 — H>7 0 0 — lI S 10 0 unchanged 110 0 0 unchanged 113 15 I) fx higher 101! 15 0 os lower 100 0 0 unchanged