Commercial.

Evening Star, Issue 3783, 9 April 1875, Page 2

Commercial.

l^ oim S °f revenue received at the Custom--s^Ll.l7l<^ld Clear6d fOT coruram P tioll this day At the annual meeting of the Standard InvestCompany, heid last night, the report of the J???*??i““ showed that during toe t!m inoTf°^ ntß J . mortagages amounted to til am’ a^* here , bad been paid on realised shares gTeat demand for money the Province, and the consequent inn.*® ? f mterest ’ the directors recomfffionld h^J? 1 ® ? er cent - scale of interest mto operation; also that the SS&t^»SW Mn 2 e wha * bo termed a to receive sums of not less toan 5s on deposit, at interest not exceeding, say, per annum, and subject to reasonte notice of withdrawal, according to amount. receipts Amounting to Tbe balance to profit and loss acTd the new issue of shares was L 14.572 4s Si new issue, L 10.377 13s 4d. The . optlon of tb® report and statement f ? the . year ending jMarch, 1875, was Since March, 1867, the tment Societ y bos paid on mortgaget, L 85.432; on security of shares, L 6.000: SA 3 jl7 - 398 - 3 >°rine the kme “e subscription received amounted to ’ “Jr repayments of loans to L 55.165. On the motion ofMr Stout the following resolueharesiasuedhi Sbtottett^ ® SocW sbaU be issued under and 1878 m fo . r 9 e P n or to the7th May, r hat l ? the opinion of the shareholders E^W be requested not to eMorce 2a M n«. „ t the entry money be Is, instead of per share, as per Rule 2; and that the fines for one-half the scale provided for by , Messrs J, Dick and Geo. Young were M ® Sarß J ‘ P - M iltir and

[Bx Tbmsiuph.] °' Sliea sports flour at Llolss to Lll ; oats, 3s 5d to 3s 9d- maize ? Caro< ?,f potatoes, 100s to 120s; cheese’ sow™’ hams. Is 2d to Is 3d; bacon. Istolsld’ 5 THE GRAIN MARKET. ™3fJ sXp6 £ ( 2 oe considerable difficulty in giving correct quotations for grain, owing to tne wifn dif fewnce of opinion between sellers and buyers as to and toe comparatively few transactions going dKS ea -L eSp ? ci^ ly > far “ers appelr in* rates, and endeavouring to moke JUMJSPBMnts for shipment direct to Melbourne on toeir own account. Wo have taken pains to oaonr pnceß j* Te 1)6611 obtained since our last* m actual transactions, and learn of the sale of 5 000 at 88 “d of two MxceS resS Ss° and 000 Jxuiliels at 4s. Wlllo ff of l*?” 160 * a P«cel to millers at 3a 10d; this last rf2^n,2£f* Ben lS d “ PT 6 * oader exceptional cummstonees, the particular kind of wheat bought apaciaUy required for milling 2T ith t ? ats wo believe that as muchas2e 6dcouldb® obtained for prime sample, S^? men * to Melbourne. It would oppeaTtifen quotations would be o^follows tooTm^/®®^ 8 miUin ?i, 2a 3d to 2s 6d. according infenorpossibly would not command mmre than 2s ; wheat, 3s 6d to 4s; barley. 4s Mto 4e 9d, according to sample.-* n!o. Times!'