Commercial.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5581, 31 March 1886, Page 4

Commercial.

Russian Squadron. Obituary. • ['.ReUTUr's TeLROT!AMB.] LOKDOtf, Mauch 29. Consols have decline' l f;o .£IOO 7s 6d. New Zealand seounii'ss are unaltered. The bank rate is 2 per cent, and the market rate If. Colonial breadstuff 9 anil tallow are at last quotations. Scotch pig- iron, f.o.b. vi Clyde, has advanced to 42a pur ton. Wool— Ton thousand fi"e hundred bales wer,e offered at auction to-day. K Market quiet. Low quality crossbreds exhibited a firm tendency; merino wools £d to Id lower than last sales ; scoured wools about Id lower; and low to ordinary scoured ' about l£d below last sales.

CONSTANTINOPiiP, Maech 30. The Kussian vessels belonging to the combined squadron at present ' stationed at Suda Bay, Crete, have been ordered to proceed to Smyrna.

LONDON, March 80. The death is announcer], at the age of 80, of Sir Henry Taylor, K.C.M.G., ■who joined the Colonial Office in 1824. : [Special to Press As.\(.oution.] LONDON. Mahch 29. It is believed that France will agree not to send convicts even to New Caledonia after a lapse of seven years. The French Government offers to guarantee the protection of missionaries in the New Hebrides, and will probably surrender Ripa and v not Eaiatea. New South Wales and New Zealand are in favour of a compromise, but the Federated Colonies are opposed to such a course. Mr • Murray Smith hag presented a protest on behalf of Victoria. Sir Philip Cunliffe Owen is extending the Colonies a helping hand in the establishment of a Colonial market. The Agents General will be allowed free admission to debates in the House of Lords.