London Markets

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 72, 22 September 1893, Page 2

London Markets

| Per Press Association. | London, September 20 Shares in the Bank of New Zealand, new issue, £6 f>s ; old issue, £1 ss. The amount of wheat and flour afloat for Groat Britain is 2,884,000 bushels; for the Continent 1,204,000 bushels. Tho English wheat market shows a general advance of 6d ; the Continental is steady, but the American is unchanged. Tho wool arrived to date amounts to 214,000 bales. Tho total number of bales ayailablo amount to 216,600. Wool is yorj' firm owing to tho prospect of advance in rates. Homo buyors aro competing spmlodly. A largo parcel of Melbourne wools was bought for America at about tho original prices. Tho ostiinated visiblo Amorican wheat supply ia 66.300,000 hushols. The Coptic's pork sold at 4 Ad. Tho New Zoaland Loan and Morcantilo Agency Company, Limited, report under date, London, JSeptombor 20th : — Wool.— Tho sales oponed at the level of last. Tho attendance of both Homo and foreign buyers is good, and the competition is fairty active. Tho totnl quantity ayaihiblo, including wo.)l held over from last sonos, is 294,000 balos, 32,000 balos of whioh havo been forwarded to the manufacturing districts direct. Wheat —Tho market is steady. Now Zealand wheat f.a.q. is worth c.i.f. to arrivo 27s 6d per 480lbs. Spot quotations hayo advanced Is per 4961 bs since last roport.