ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2327, 19 September 1881, Page 3

ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

[EEUTEE’s TELEGEAM3.] LONDON, September 16. QuotationsConsols are unchanged at 99, New Zealand securities remain at the following quotations :—Five per Cent. 10-40 Loan, 1021 ; Five per Cent. 1889 Loan, 1021; Four and a-Half per Cent. 1879-1904 Loan, 991. The market rate of discount has advanced to 3»; the Bank rate remains at 4 per cent. Colonial breadstuffs are without quotable change. Adelaide wheat, ox store, 575; New Zealand wheat, ox store, 565; Adelaide Sour, ex warehouse, 41s. The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is 1,830,000 quarters. Australian tallow, best beef advanced Is to 39s 6d, and best mutton Is 6d to 42s por cwt. An active demand continues for most descriptions of hides ; best sides Australian leather, Had, At the wool sale to-day 11,500 bales wore offered. A fair demand was experienced. Accounts to band from the Kentish hop grounds give unfavorable reports of the stase of the crop, which has been partially damaged by the recent excessive rains. The Commercial Treaties

It lias been agreed between the French and English Governments that the present commercial treaties shall he prolonged for a further period of three months from November next, when they would otherwise terminate. In the meantime negotiations will be carried on between tho two powers with a view to bring about a permanent future understanding in regard to commercial relations. PARIS, September 17. The Tunisian Water Famine-

Telegrams have been received from Tunis announcing that tho necessary repairs to the city aqueduct have been completed, and tho water famine is now ended.