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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3768, 13 August 1883, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

MR BROOKING'S SHARE REPORT.

The operations for last week in banking and insurance stocks hare been tolerablybrisk, many linos of both stocks having been quitted by me. Heavy stocks, such as Bank New Zealand, New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Union Steamship Company, and Kaiapoi Woollen Factory, aro not so easily quitted. The same remarks apply to the local companies, or to thoso companies which are not generally quoted out of Hawko's Bay. MABKET QUOTATIONS.

RoorE Brooking, Sharcbroker.

[By Cable.] London, August 9. The total reserve in the Bank of England to-day in notes and bullion is £12,200,000, being £100,000 less than the reserve last Thursday. Tho proportion of reserve to liabilities has advanced to 45 jjer cent. August 10. Consols remain at 100j|, and New Zealand securities as follows :—Five per cent 10-40 loan, 106; five per cent 1889 loan, 104}: four and a half per cent 1879-1904 loan, 102 ; four per cent inscribed stock, 102. Adelaide wheat, ex-store, is quoted today at 48/- ; New Zealand ditto, 44/- to 48/- ; Adelaide flour ex-warehouse, 34/-. Tho total quantity 'of wheat afloat for Groat Britain is 1,590,000 quarters during the week. Oil coast cargoes of New Zealand wheat, 43/-. Australian tallow, beet beef 39/0, and beet mutton 40/6.

Bu»lneis Done, Buyer. Seller. banks: National Bunk N.Z. Colonial ,, „ Bank N.Z, .. INSUKAKCB! South British, K.Z. National, N.Z. .. •X>'ew Zealand Standard, N.Z. .. Union, N.Z. Colonial, N.Z. Accident of IN,Z .. N.Z. Loan ii Merc. WeBtport Coal N.Z Drugs.. MoBg. Woollen Fac. North'n Investment Napier Gas.. £■, d. £ 8. a. 3 7 6 2 3 6 22 7 6 £ s. d. 2 6c.d. 2 6 6 22 U 0 2 16 6 1 5 2 3 14 0 1 5 0 3 12 0 0 12 0 13 0 0 7 9 0 6 6 2 18 8 15 6 3 16 0 0 13 6 14 0 0 8 6 0 7 3 6 15 0 13 9 0 17 0 13 6 4 0 0 13 0 3 18 0 0 18 0 14 0 4 2 0 10 0 9 15 0 9 12 8