LONDON—April 16.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8757, 19 April 1890, Page 4

LON DON— A priI 16.

MONBY «Ecr.iiUTih9.— 3 per cent. Oonsol* now ai 9"£ (ex tiiv) 21 per cent. Consols 97. New "Zealand se-s'irities are quoted as follows: — fi per cent. 10* 10 loan, 105^ ; I per cent. 1879-1904 lonn, 107: ?A per cent, inscribed stock. 984 M&ikut rate of discount is 2 per cent ; and ipnk i-ate of discount is now 3 per cent. 1 o'al ipsei ye in the Baok of England in notes and buljion i« now £15,106.000. being a reereaso ot £248,C00 on previ us we k. Proportion o£ reserve to liabilities is 43 per cen'., beiog a increase on laat week of 2 per cent. BREADSTUBts. — Wheat market: Australian wfceat, cx-waiehoose, 36s €d per 480 lbs (quiet). N.Z. lon<r lerried wheat : Ex store, 37s 61 per 4981 b (quie) ; Aus ruliaa flour, 27s 6d ; New Zealand flour, 24s 6d. X Tallow. —Australian tallow : Beet, medium 23s ; tne<'ium rouHon, 24%

Leather, — Best tioen Australian lent fur 9d. to 9Jd per lb. ; Imies are realising from 3jjdto3iflFlax. — Ne*> Zealand Has market has fallen figain; beet quality, £22; f,ur, *20; middling, £19.

BTTITER — New Zealand butter, btst, £3 12« to £4 ; fair quality. £2 10s to £3 per cwt. N.Z cheese, '4Ss the c*t : medium quality, 28s io 445. Frozen Meat. — Last quotations are: New Zealand ho7f mutton, Canterbury and Wellirgtop, 4Jcl io £d ; frozen beef, hind qnartere, 4^(1; lore qua t;rs, :-J \ per lb. Wool.— The mo.rktt is busker, but prices are not up to those of the Feb-utry sales,