LONDON MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.
Consols; ißj^ij to Bpi for money, 76| to 76f ■ for; account, Bank rate of interest 10 "per- cent, "" . . '.■.-■ : Various opinions ; are with regard to" tlie ..Bank' .Directors' hot reducting; the rate of -discountj . but . a general .belief: prevails tha't^ they have been guided by a sincere desire to uphold' ;thV substantial interests of tha country;-; ; • - • .; ■ Colonial securities j-r-:Jfew South Wales ;i five per cents., J1866, no quotati<mXd6 v ; fiyepercen'ia, 1871, 1876,;92 to ' 94; Victoria six per cents, 102 to ip4'|'.''Ney.\Zeaiand five per cents., 94 to 96; Queensland five per cents, Jan. and! July, #6. to^S.; South Australian five per .cents,, 1878 and upwards, no quptetipriV . " . Thetotal^liabilities of the Agra and Masterman's, Bank, are stated. to be -1i7,9G6i892.j assets estimated at L9';058^497. :: ;:£[;^ J;\ ; :: :;Z ■/;;;" . .;; 4 The Board of Trade retui-ns for the imoiith present favorable results..; Exndrts to -Adelaide 'and New Zealand sEqw; a nlarted.jd(Screase. '. "". : , : -Foreign ; exchanges : are unsettled, ; 'especially' between' ■Holland 'and A.us<tri'a o\7ii}g to thft Cpntinoii.tai war, but
public- feeling in; England in money matters is improving:
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Grey River Argus, Issue 95, 21 August 1866, Page 3
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172LONDON MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. Grey River Argus, Issue 95, 21 August 1866, Page 3
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