COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 645, 23 October 1909, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

■:\[ -.' .;, .INVESTMENT SHARES., , ' / Sales. of South British Insurance at £2 145., and Taranalti Petroleum at 85., were reported .yesterday. -.National Bank, buyers £5 IBs., sellers £6; Bank of New Zealand, buyers £9 ■ Bs.; ■National Mortgage, sellers £3; Wellington Investment," buyers lis., sellers lis. 6d.;. Wellington Trust and Loan; sellers £7'25.'6d.; J'cilding Gas, Uuyors £1 Is.; Gisborne Gas, sellers £2 12s. 60.; Sapier Gas, £5 paid,.sellers £1210s.; Jalmerston .North Gas, sellers £7 155.; Wellington Gas,.£6 ■ilia. :paid,- sellers £14- 55.; Ohristchurcn . Meat, buyers £10 12s. 6d.; Gear Meat, £4 paid, buyers £10 ss.'; Jfcat Export, £2' 12s. 6d: paid,'buyen £2 143. 6d., sellers £2 193; 6d.; New .Zealand Shipping; buyers £6' 17s. '6d.; Wellington'--WooUen, buyers £3as;-. 6d.;Uikurangi Coal, -buyers-. IBs. 6d.,f sellers 205.; Taupiri Coal, sellers-•ISa.M.; ■Weatport; Goal, sellers £6 ss.;.Loyland-pßrien Timber, .buyers. £1 2e. 9d., sellers £1 is. 3d.; Now Zealand Consolidated, Dental, sellers'-£1 4s. 6d.; fiharland's, ordinary,-sellers 20s. SqVpre. 'forence, buyers 20s. £d.; Wellington Opera House, sellers £7 17s. 6;l.;'Bycroft, Ltd., sellers lis. 6d. .-.-■■..' -THE BOSTON WOOL MAEKET.. . The recent activity in tho Boston wool market reached its greatest height in tho week" ended August. 20,. and the sales reported were, according to "Fibro and: Fabric," undoubtedly tho largest ■in the history of that market., Estimates ranged from 25,000,000.'t0 50,000,000 pounds,'.but the most conservative put the amount. between 30,-' ODO.OOO and 35.C00.CC0 pounds.. Of this' amountfully 25,000,000. pounds represented. purchases by the American Woollen Company. 'No ■ deflnito information was obtainable regarding prices •paid by tho American Woollen -Company, but it is said on good authority that while the terms were very satisfactory to the .big manufacturing concern,..it was obliged.-to:pay .closo.to tho top prices ruling. "It has been many years since the Boston wool trade has been so optimistic. Earlier in.the season there was much speculation among the • dealers themselves, bat this almost entirely disappeared at the opening of the 1910 light-weight 3cason. To-day both tho iworsted and woollen, mills aro busy, and -are booked- well, in' advance. Taken' from . every standpoint, the goods.market is entirely satisfactory'to the manufacturer." ■ .':•.,':''- ' '.."•'.;'..-•'. ... . .TEADEEf HOPS.' It is not-'unlikely that hops will become an important crop in. New Zealand. Tho demand is steadily, increasing, while supplies continue moderate." A-very difficult position will have to'be'faced by tho brewers of Europe :■ and America, next year. The acreage, under hops in England this season was about 34,000 acres, "considerably lower than it has oven been during the last'loo years..; Owing to unfavourable climatic conditions fully 5000 acres wero ' not •piolicd. : and • tho total yield was, estimated at under 450,000cwt. British consumption is 550.GC0 owt—rather more .than ,lcss. ■ In- Germany :tho reduction, of acreage' has been,.in proportion, fully as large, with the result that Germany will not -produce .within-IOO.OOOcwt. of what 6ho requires for : her own'"consumption. -Last year .Germany was offering hops .in: England: at 20s. •t0..405. per.owt.; this, yoar similar, hops cost £7 10a. pbr cwt.,; and. aro v only, then obtainable .in quite -.small, quantities. Tho yield in. America, is estimated,to fall .short' of the consumption by /35,CC0.baled. . •■•'■ ; ; v. "'/. .//,/" ".'.:■' '] ?:?'' : ';!. ;:the;'/eijbbee IiAEKET.;';. "'.'\ . , •' Prospects .of tho rubber market in ■ London soom to bo: regarded as' favourable to the. producer for some time to come.' According to recent mail ; advices, authorities on, this subject are fully convinced that prices will. bo uphold, owing to. the ;fact. that supplies from Brazil show no signs'of" increasing. So confident ' are traders in the stability of values-that crops, and prospects of, leading; rubber companies nro dis'cus'BQd on,, tho. basis .'of ail average selling price ,'o'Mjs....?dV per lb.-for.tho raw.'produc,t.-' I .Tho i mara ,much, highqr-value on rubber than that.'stated aboye',: as much as.'.9s. 3d; per -lb. having been : paid -for .'best Para; but even on-.tho'lowor'avorago rate thoyreturns from. ■ plantations that havo- entered. : tho productivo stages are most - attractive. A:, table - has 'been propared:by,.Mess,rs.: Hickson Bros."; of Mincing Lano,'.: showing:,,tho '.yields /and estimated.'. dividends'-: of tho .principal companies ',iu'tho Malay ■'States, 'the'" calculations' 'being . made"..'exclusive ■ of'any rotufn-.'from l by-products. •• Owing to. tho :Smttll:,capital accounts-of tho bolder concerns, the-return per.cent, is-very high,-ranging up to 83. per'cent, last year. For.-.tho coming, season , substantial increases aro anticipated, scvoral companies:figuring at over 100,-and-one.cdn-■..cern-i at-.;.overj'i2oo - p6r cent. Shauo: values, -of :;<;our3,ojnh&yo moved' up-, in' proportion; and any 'hew"venture identified, with rubbor. production has met: a'warm welcome from 'tho investing public.'; ::Many-.'of 'tho.' rubber,.; companies'',,'alfio :grow','cpoonuts', which aro Bbld'in'tho'for'm„of copra-. system has just'been, discov.efcd for treating the latter, so as' to 'avoid':risks', of ,doteripratiqn,7tQ which it:is at,,present'exposed under' the''etis'tirfg''methods 'of' mauuffrcturd.'Ultogether: ( thb'>futiiro of rubber-growing, seems to be: fairly, promising. ■""•','■ ':,,'" ; ; HAWEEA GAS'COMPANr.''" Tho balance-sheet of the Hawera Gas Company - for: tho year ended September. 50.. last, ■ shows that the not profit, for. .the year, .amounted - to : £895 25.'9 d..> arid, ,with".tho balance brought for•'wardrthb''aiiibunt" Available' :l f or distribution' is ■ £1300:■ 6s:,Bd;;'?An interim ■'dividend*at'tho' rate of 4, pet .cent':, paid, in May last, absorbed £330, .and.it is .proposed; to "make ■-a I urther-. distribution,,of,''6..per; cent,! which will; absorb '£523 ,17s. 6d.,'riiaU'ing.vtho-,total dividend.for the year.lO per cent.-, arid.leaving £446 9s. 2d.';-.tb,'be carried 'forward. ; Driring;'tho ' year 1000 shares /were placed on:'the market- at"-a' promiurn'of Is. per share.' and 1 , were iover-subscribed;., bringing' the .Capital up to £90G0 ahdi-tho'nrcmium capital to ,£778.,, Tho , bank overdraft, including ing'cheques, amounts.to £6500.-Gs. Ud: The assots includo .land, plant, buildings.- etc., £15,774 13s. Bd.,' accounts- duo to' company £603 10s. 7d., stocks £1094 19s: 3d. ,'' . i Customs, revenue collected at: Wellington yestorday amounted to £2824 IBs. lid.", ' • i ' ; '.. /'.vWOOlii ,HIDB,-iANa TALLOW. SALES; i.-Mossr's. Dalgety' and Company, : Limitod, held .their fortnightly,sale of wool;-skins: hides,'*etc., yestorday, when they oiforcd. a good catalogue of all .classes to. tho usual attendance of buy 'er3." Competition was very keen throughout the sale, and-prices Obtained wcro as under;^Wool: Oniy.bait -lpts-'bffering; /Prices very firm.and in sellers', favour. Medium , crossbred, 7Jd.;, dead '(good:/qualities),'71'to 7{d.; washed pieces,:6d.; ..lock3, 2Jd:- Cow-^hair,, 2jd;; horse-hair, 15..-2Jd. ■Shcopskins:.These wero in very -. good ■ demand, pricos .'showing an,advance of about }d. to Jd. The following prices wero realised;— For, best half-bred,■ Sid.; fine crossbred, I '7id. to 9d.; me dium and co'arso crossbred, 63d. to' Bid;; cross /bred, ■ broken, . 4Jd. to 6d.; dead, 6id. to. 6Jd.i ■ crossbred short, 6d. ;■ hoggets, 61d. - to. 71d.; damaged.hoggeta, sid: tp -5Jd.; black, s}d.; pelts. 4Jd;;."crossbred damp, 63. id., to 7s. Gd.; lambs, ■dairip,'is. 3d..,-Hides:-Prices also'showed an advance, ranging.irom.Jd., to Jd.. They'were as under:—Heavy ox, 7d. to 7id.; medium, 6Jd. to 6Jd.;.light,'63d.;-cut, 4id:.to 5»d.; slippy, 4id.; cow,,sJd.: to' 68d.;;cut.' 3Jd. to od.; slippy; 4Sd.; stags,- 6d,;'. yearling, s?d- to "(Jd,;. cut, 41d.; dry, 3d. to 4id.;' ; calf, best,'9d. to 10{d.j medium, vgd. to:Bjd.; inferior, sd. to 65d.; horse, Us.i"cut, 2s. 6d. to 6s. ' Tallow: In casks, 235.; in tins. 225. ' Messrs.'Abraham and Williams, Ltd.'; Wellington, report-ori their fortnightly sale", .held yes-: torday,- as follows:—We. offered a. good catalogue., to -a -large attendance 'of buyers. ■ Bid.'ding was again,,spirited for everything, offered, and prices/wore, on a par with last sales rates. We' quote':—Wool: Orutchings,; 43d. to' 5Jd.; rough crossbred, 7d.;'doad,. 7d. Skin's: Crossbred,' sid.; fine crossbred,'-' 8Sd;;. medium, 7jd.; coarse, 7}d.. to 7jd.;bcst dead, 6'd.; second dead. 5Jd.; "crossbreds, damaged, - sd, .to -6id.; :damp skins,'best, 7s. Bd. to Bs.;. medium, .7s. to.7s. 7d.; •light, ss. Bd.;. : new season's pclta.'ls. 6d. to Is. Od,; lambs,, Is. 4d: Hides: Heavy' ox; 63d: to 7d.'; medium.'ox:. 6Jd.;':- light. 6d:; medium cows, dry, 53d.; 'stags, best, '9gd. to 10d.; ordinary,: 83d.,-to 93d., Tallow: .In tins, 215.",9 d..' to 225. 9d.-; rough fat, .19s: 3d.; horns, 14s.'6d. to 14s. 9d. Messrs; Levin and Company, Limited, report:— Wo -hold our fortnightly sale yesterday,. when we ottered 3000 skins, 2200 hides, and - calf akins, and a quantity of ta,llow and horsehair. There was a-good attendance of buyers, and bidding was very animated throughout. Wool:-No wool was "offered, all coming to hand being hold-for ■the opening aalo of the now.season on November 12. Skins: Very strong competition;at ! pricea. strongly in sellers' favour. Wo quote:—Fine crossbroda,.-Bd. tb'9Jd.; crossbrcdsl 7d.'tb 81d.; 'hogget"skins; 6d...t0 7Jd.;' dead- skins; 4d. to 63d.; doad-hoggets, sd. to 6id.;'V to, j. wools,-4d. to:6id.;-dry-.pelts, 2Jd. to ijd.; "green: Bkino. ss. to Bs.;-spring Jambs, 9d. to. Is.. sd.- Tallow: Firm; parcels in; shipping. order, .£23 : 15 a.; tins, £18 to. £22" 15b. j' rough fat.£lo to'£l9;los. Horsehair:; IS." to Is. sd. per lb. Horns: ss. to 225. per hundred. Cowtails, Is: 3d. por dozen; Hides:. ..Wo'presented "a fine' catalogs ..of hide's; which attracted excellent competition.: Or. hides -advanced Bd.. on last sale prices; and,,iri- some instances, as much as a penny. We. quote:—Ox hides (heavy), 6Jd.;to 7gd.; ox hides (medium). 6d. to 7d.; ox hides .(light), sd.to od.;.row hides, sd. to 63d.; cut and slippy hidca, 2d, to 5d.; stag.hides, ;2>d. to-41d.; bull'hides, 2d. to IJd.; yearlings,'sd. to ;6Sd.; calf, best, 7d. to 10?. d.; calf, medium, sd. to 63d.; calf, cut and slippy; 3d. to.sd. - ' ' --.-.--- ... Messrs. .Murray, ,Eobcrts and Co', report:—Wo submitted a catalogue yesterday, of 2700 sheepskins, 1700 hides,..and calfskins, and some odd. ments of tallow'. The usual attendance of buy. -era'was -present, and there was.very, keen bidding, prices-hardening in skin, lots in some ■cases;: Hides and calfskins, woro in.very strong request,- the formor at an advance in somo eases of over a farthing per lb. Cain remained firm. We quote the following prices obtained:—Wool (oddments, bag lots, etc.).- crossbred llccce; 7d. to 73d. per lb.; dead and broken; 7d. to 71d. per lb.; pieces, otc.,'3d. to sd. Sheepskins: Halfbreds, 9d, to ■ 9Sd.:, medium. crossbreds, 73d. to BJd.:.'fino.crossbrcdß, 9d. to 9Jd.; coarse crossbreds,.. 7d. to 7id,; crossbreds, inferior pelted. 6Jd. to 7d.; lambs, woolly, 7d. to:8d.; dead'and hoggets. 4d. to 63d.; lambs, short, sd. to 7d,'; badly-damaged' skins, 2>d. to 6d; Hides:' Ox, Ihoavv, "63d. to 7Jd.V ox;:inedinm,: 61d. to 61d.; ox; light; 63d.: to ;6id,:,cow.'good: 6d-. to: 6ld.i cow, fair ordinary,-6Jd;.to 6d,i bulls andstagj,' ,4d. tq Jid,; damaged) cut, otc-Jd, to 51d.;-calf.. '. ■ I ■'-'■' '■''''.:■:,.' v - , ■ .'■"

skius. 'beat, 9jd.'to 92d.; calfskin's; medium,- Bd. .to'-9d.; calfskins,, damaged, sd.';to Vd. Tallow: Casks, 235. 6d. to 245. 6d. per. cw.t. ;■ tins, • etc., 18s. 6d. to'23s. M.; rough fat,.165..t0,165.:6d: , ■■-:Tho Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report' as follows:—Wo Bad very good catalogue, to offer buyers at yester•day's sale.- There was a largo attendance; of buyers, and prices for skinß and hHes were higher by }d. to.jd. per lb. Wo offered a number of! lots of bag wool, which sold veil. Wo quote: Sheepskins: Fine crossbred, 7Jd to B>d.,pcr lb.; coarso-crossbrcd, 7d. to 7id.j dead s'.t'.ns, Sjd, to 61d.; short wools, 4d. to 6id.; damaged, broken skins, 'M. to 4»d.; green and damp skins, 3b:,7d: 'to 7s. lid. cacti; lambs,-Is. 2d: .to Is. 3d. each; pelts; Is. to- Is..6d..each. -Hides: 'On. mc-diura, bSd.-to G3d.;.cow and light ox, 5Jd; to HA.: fai.lty hides, 3Jd. to 51d.; calf, sound best, 9d..t0 l&Jd-i calf, medium, 7d. to -Bid.; c*lf, faulty,.; 3d. ;to 6Jd. Tallow, in tins, 21s. 6d. to 225. 6d..pcr c'wt;

...,-.-.'. WELLINGTON MABKET KEPOI4T. ... ~, ; Messrs.. Lacry and -.Co., Ltd., Wellington,-re-port wbolcsalo prices ruling on-the niarket:Wheat, fowl 4s. Bd. to 45.-10 d.; shrivelled wboat, 45.; feed oats, 2s. to 2s. 5d.;. dun oats. 2s.'3d. to 2s. 4d.; seed oats. 2s. 4d. to 2a. Bd.; algcrian oats, 2s. 2d. to 2s. Cd.; maize, 4s. Id. to 4s. 3d.; crushed malt, 75.; fowl barley. 2s. 4d. to ,2s. 6d.; Capo barley seed, 2s. 6d. to 2s. 9d.; Hour, New' Zealand, £115s. to £11 lCs.; .Australian, £12; bran, £3 lbs. to M; pearl, barley, las;; /.as, Prussian blue, 55..3d. to sb. Cd.; fowl peas. 46.; split, £17105.;' bonedust, £5155.; ■ superphosphates, £5 to £5.55.; pollard, £4, 15s. to £a-.108., basic slag, £4' 10s.; chaff, oaten-sheaf, £3-ss.'to £3 155.; oatmeal. £10 IDs. to £11; potatoes, table, £3 10s. to £4. 10s.; Now Zealand seed potatoes, TJp-to-Datcs, £4.. ss. to £4 10b.; Ua'.ifornian onions, .-*l7; -.molasses. ' fodder, £5;. bacon, factory,, sides, 7'd.; hams, 6}d.'; rollsi B>d.; - butter, . primo bulk, Bd. to Bid.- Poultry: Hens,-4s. 6d. to ss. Cd.;-ducks, 6s. to 75.; turkeys, gobblers. IBs:, to 205.; hens, 10s. to 145.; fresh eggs, Is. dosen; cheese. 6d. to 6Jd. per-lb.; loaf, 7d: to 7jd per lb.; Akaroa machine-dressed cocksfoot, 73d. to Id.:-fanners'- dressed cocksfoot," sd. to.ed. per lb.;-ryegrass, 3s. 9d. to 4s. sd. per- bushel; Italian ryegrass, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. bushel; whito clover, 70s. to 75s,"cwt.;. red plover. 755.:.,cwt.; cow grass, 755.-cwt.; alsiko. 625.. 6d. cwt.; mustard,.4Cs, cwt.; trefoil. 375. 6d. cwt.: race seed. 253. cwt.; timothy, 325. 6d. cwt.; Swede and turnip seed, 50s. to 60s. cwt. " ■'"".:•

The New Zealand Farmers' Co-operalivo Distn. buting Compjny, Ltd., report as follows :-Maize, 4s. 3d.; wheat, wbolo feed, 4s. lOd. to ss. (firm); barley, Capo seed, 3s. 6d.; harley. feed, 25.-9 d: to 3s. perbU3hcl; barley meal,. £5 per-ton; oats; 2s. 3d: to 2s. 5d.; oats, seed, SparrowbiUs, Gartons, Duns, 2s. Bd.; Algerians, 2s. < 4d.;. oats, crushed, Zs. 7d. per bushel; horse beans, 4s. 6d. per bushel; partridge peas, 55.; Prussian- blue peas, ss. 6d.'per-bushel; hay, prime.£3 to £4 per ton; straw, wheaten. £2. 55.; : oaten, £2 2s. 6d.; bran, £4 to £4 10s.; pollard, £5 to £5 10s.; sucrosine, 2Co's £7, ICO's £7 ss. per ton; super-, phosphate, best. £s.per ton; ryegrass, dressed, ss. to ss. 6d. per bushel; cocksfoot, dressed, Bd. per lb.; linseed oil' cako, genuine, £13; primo oaten sheaf chaff, £3 to £3 55.; potatoes, £4 to £5: selected Canterbury Up-to-Datc seeds, £5; onions, Melbourne, £11 10s. per ton; butter, separator, Bid. to 9Jd. per lb.;. dairy, 7d. to Od. per lb.; eggs", fresh. Is. per dozen, good demand; honey, 60's 33d. to 4d„ 14's 4Sd.; beeswax, Is. 6d.; fungus. 5d.; walnuts, sd. to Sid. per lb.; cheese, best factory, mediums 53d. to 6d,; bacon,-fac-tory, sides Bd., rolls 9d.. hams B>d. per lb.; porkers, 70's to 90'b„ 41d.,'90'a to. 100s, 41d.; baconera, 4d.; heavy pigs, 3d. per lb; green peas,' Is. 6d. per sack; cabbage, Bs. to. 11b.; parsnips. ss. 6d.; carrots, table, 75.-9 d. per sack; marrows, 45.; cauliflowers, 10b.; pumpkins, Bs. 6d. per sack;'swedes, 30s: per ton; rhubarb, 45..t075. per dozen; asparagus, ss. per- dozen' bundles; apples, dessert, 155.; apples, cookeri, 11b. 6d. Poultry-Table .roosters. 4s. 6d. to ■ ss.j--cockerels, ss. 6d. to 6s: 6d,; table hens. i.s. 6d. to £s.; ducks, 7s. to Bs.; geese, 6s. 6d.—all at. per pair; turkey, gobblers, 9d.;.. hens,, Bd. per !b. BANK OI 1 ENGLAND; RETURN..; - ; '(By Telegraph.—Pres3 Association.—Copyright.)' '.'"' (Ee'c. October,22, 9.20 Vm.)''' "■'■'■'•' , Lqndonj'-October ;22:'i Thoßanit of England return, -issued..for.,thq -woek ended Wcttncsday, October 2U,'\, is,,/ 'as, under:— '•." ' ".. ' .'.'-', : '•'"■' JESUE DEr-AmUEST.' -; ■". ' Xotalssao ... it0,046,C00 Govisocuritics'll.Ols.OOO , . - ■' Other securt- ; ' tios. .... M34.ooo'■' Gold .. ■ ~ „ .31.5U7.0CU' '.:.,' 'X50.046.tXXJ. .-. i'50,046,«X).- ; ./- ..BASBKODEPARTSrENT. .'. '. ~ : Troprictors ■-' Govt.,securi-:.. . : .:', ; ': ■ • capital - £11,553,000. ties.' • --...' £1G.7fi2,000 ';\ "J-. Fublicdc- -~ . . '.Othorsecun-.:. -. ) ; • posits.-...- 6,38-2,000. tios - :... 25.9i5.003 :. :• Other de- ■'-.'■':' . '■ •'',' ■■;.<-.'-■•■ •:.'. '.." posits -..." 'i0.d53.000 Noto3 ...,' _-, 21.C03.000'. , :- Best, 7-& ay '-. ...V,... . . . ,'■■-*; . .".■ aniloihM. . ' -.Coin. , ,;U :i.3H,00) . : .-.'■■. Urns ... , : 3;6J5,C00 ". ' I'."''.' ,',". '"..'.' :- : ;.'..':'-:... ,' >£CS,OG3.COO .■,'; .' '' '-'£55,063,000'] ;Tho leading itoms Ehglandro-, turn afford the following comparison:— ~;..: .. v ' This'wee'i. Last week. Last year ..•••■ '• '■' -V '■'- £■ - ■ '■ : i'*r':"-V" i- ■. - Bollion ... '„, 21,5.r(,0C0r:q2.«3,C0a . 34,9Jii.000 Ucsene... .'...: 12.:M.0C0. .U-2.b50.C00 ■ ■ '.6.K4.000 .AoleclrculatiOD-20.017.1XU 'JSi.ilb.WD i:iS,m'.<m ■■ Vublic Uopos'its 6,3ff1.C0J ',' 5.67UU)- 4,53),000 Other Deposits' SO,IK),OW id.MS.OOO 45.055.000 '■.. I'f oportiou Of '»:'•:■ .' ' -' .. .. ■ ', ' -'J reserve ■, to . ,-i -.:•.-!' ' -■ •''-•" :\'' " liabilities'... «.60 44.00 51.70. ' ' -Sii ." ■■.GOTEEJi'JtENTIiEOTJItmES.'; . I '.":' r ! ■ The .following' aro: the' 'latest quotations for Govornment securities, ■ %yith-- a comparison of those ruling last week :— ' : , ■■■ , ."'!■--, ' Variations ■"-■ ; '.Price ""P; o ,^ ... , witn, ' ■"*■'• '■ - ' ■"■'•■ ■-.-'■■■-- ■' . last week.' •:-;.."--'•: ■■ • •■'■■■■. " . •• £-e. a: ■■ . ..-'•• /' 2i% Imporial Consols... ... -63 a' B iOs.Sd.Wor 4 „H.S.\V.]9i3Jan.-July ... IDS o'o' -:Vnchi'n ; 'cd 3 i ..N.ij.W.lWli Mar-Sept ■;.. 08 10: 0 - iq s . i owel . 8 ~N.8.\V.1U35Ap1.-oct. . ... SO 0.0 . -Unchanged 4 „ Vic. l'HUJan.-July... ...1010 0 Unchanged tii'-Vi'e.lKMJaniJuly •'■.;: ÜB.-'D'O- 'Unchanged 8 ,v\ic.luSWJJan.rJuiy- ... t6lo'o. 'Unchanged 3j „;B.A'.lWtiJan.-Ouly ■ 9dlo ,U ■ lOfc-highar : 3 ...H.A.'lOlbJan.-Jur/ ... 'b4!OU. Unchanged i- ,QTdISIS-24Jan.-July . ~; 104 0 0" 2a. Od.'lowor 3J ~ l/TolW-l-aWah.-July ... wV) 0 . Unchanged a , (v'l'alsa-lTJan.-Juiy ■■.-„. Sli 10- 0" Unchan"od 4.-. ,Vi!. ifiUay-Kov. ,:. 105 I.l'o' .'.: 6s: lower htf.M-'i. 1340 Jan.-July .., U3 is 0. 2 a .6di-higher .ii „N.ls.liM3April-Oet. ... b6,7 0 i;s.6d.lbwer lb -~W.A.ISMHOifay-Kov ... 1)110 0" .Unchanged a „NV.A.iais-35May-iioy . .... KlO'O.' Unchanged ii „ laa. -' ... 03 o'o-. lOs.lowor 3 .Tas,iaanUJan:-July ,':.: Whi'; 6" Ks.Cd.liighe ■:,,:-.■. ■ THE .MONEY MAEKET. '. ', The Bank of England discount rate is 5 per cent.,. to.Avhich it. was' raised on .October 21.' Tho opon market discount irate" for hest' : threo months' bills is li -higher at:'<6"pcr'bent. -Tha rate in ■ Paris is t -higher;at 2j-per cent!,' and tho rato in Ucriin .is t higher, at-4J-per cent. Short loans an),quoted in London 2i hißhcr-at 3} per cent. ■',-... .., , , -','' -THE METAL MAEKETS.. .'-. , Copper.—Spot, 12s. 6d. lower at £57;-three montns', llis. lower, at- £s8 25.; bd;;, electrolytic, £49 per ton. . "' ■- . '- -. •. ',- 'l'in.T-Spot, ss. lower at £138. . l'ig'irou, 9d. lower at sls. Id. per ton. Lead unchanged at £13 6s;. per. ton. '.' Upcltcr,. £23-23. 6d. pcr'tou.' ■ '. ' '■ . COLONIAL AND OTHER PEODDCE. . ~ T?heat.—Tho market is dull,.with a weakening tondency owiug to less .Continental ucmaud.ana batter, reports o( crops from the- irgentliiti. Tnero is little inquiry for cargoes. Australian .', January-February, shipment -are- olfered at 38s. 3d.,- steamer parcels, January-February shipment, sold for. Antwerp at 375. ■ 9d. -to 385.-od. ■Tnero is a poor demana for wheat on spot,-Aus-tralian 425. 6d, to 438.; New Zealand,, longberry, 38s. to 395.; shortberry, 6d. less. ':.-.- ' i'lour i3-slow;Oi: sale. Patents,'33s. spot," London, on passage 295„ c.i.f. - sugar.—tub market is quiet.- German beet, C3dcg., 10s. lid.; first mark granulated, f.o.b.' Hamburg, 13s.' 3d. per cwt. Butter is quiet. IJanish. 130s to 1325. There is keen competition for tho small parcclß of choicest now colonial, er Otway and liverton Grange, salted. 116s. to llßs.;':unsaited, 118s. to 120b. Nov/ secondaries and' stored • absolutely neglected. There is little prospect' of any improvement for theso at present, as the market'is'plentifully supplied' with everything oicept" choicest. ■'". ; uneeac—There is a slow trade nassing.": New Zealand, about 555. to-sfis. * -•■:;..". ■ Bradford Tops—Uerino counts are - weaker, but there , are bettor. inquiries for 64's at'26d., and sixties at 25d.; crogSDrcds. are.unchanged,...FEOZEN MEAT JIAEKET. '~- - .. I 'fTJETHEEEISE' IN PEICES. ■ Napier, October 22.' The C.C.-,and, D. Company cables -as'follows, ' under ycstordayVdate:—".Wo havo to report.a further considerable riso in frozen meat prices, duo to the operations of speculative.- elements which are osoiting .the markets.. To-day's quotations:' Mutton-Oantcrbury, 4»d.; .Napier, Wellington, and North . Island, ,41d. quality, 5d.; second, 4Jd. Beef-Uihds,'3Jd : .;' fore's, 2Jd." ■'-. -MELBOUENE HIDE. SALES. r .' - : '■•' ' -Melbourne! October 22. ; ; . At tho hide sales supplies wore moderato and competition active at fully a.farthing dearer. . ■SOUTH ATJSTEALIAN-STOCKS. • London, October 21. ' Hontagne Brothers are offering, privately half a million South Australian 33 per cent, certificates, payable to bearer, which will .bo.exchangeable into inscribed stock, with a fifteen years' currency. Tho prico is 100J, payable on December 1, when interest commences.' " ••'■■■■• / GRAIN. ',','.,' Chrlstoliurchi.October 22;, There is no bu/ness whatover.-to record on tho local' grain market. The only, demand 'is for oats, and growers aro not offering, bo that' nothing further can bo done for; cip6rt,'though to'take advantage of tho London'market it is necessary, to ship before the wool., season commences. Mining'news will bo found-on page 10 of this iSSUC. ■ ■ ' ■ . '.' :■ '-.-;;-■. ' -,■-.- •-.';.