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Reuter's Tklegrams — Copyright. (Received April 2, 11 a.m.) . , ... London, March 31. Consols are q|ioie"d at 'lo2s. . The bank rate of discount remains at 3 and the market rate at 2£ per cent. : The total reserve in notes and bullion in the Bank of England is £13,000,000. There has been a .reduction of £600*000 during the week. The proportion of the reserve to liabilibiea is 38 •per cent. ' ■ •- ; ?Tew Zealand seouritiea are at the following prices : -5 per cent. 10.40 ldafl 107* ; 5 per cent. 1889 loan 106 ; 4£ per cent 1879-1904. loan 102^ ; 4 per cent inscribed, Btqo'i, 102£. , ,Colonial breadstuffa continue quiet at last quotations, viz., Adelaide wheat, 50j ex warehouse ; New Zealand wheat, ex warehouse 46s to 50s : Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, 31s 6d. The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is 2,400,000 quarters, being an increase of 80,000 quarters during the week. Australian tallow is quoted at 42a for best beef and 41s 6d for best mutton. '• ; Received April' 2, at I p.m. i "' ■" "'2\ SYDNEY, April 2nA . Arrived yesterday mbroing, s.s. Wakatipu, I from Wellington. _' - i . ■ • . ; machinery of the Austral has been found to be but littb'injured by long immersion, and only requires cleaning to be again in working order. ; . ..."'.' MELBOtrhnE,. April 2.' [ .The Viotorion revenue returns to 31st March have been published. They Bhow that the total receipts for the Mttch qujr'r tejr amounted to. £1,475,000, being a dp- 1 ci;ea3e of £6^6OjJ, as compared, with. the cdrresponding quarter of last year. The falling. offihas been chiefly, in Excise-, and' Laad rdvenues.' The revenue for the year ended^.lst -'March .was £5, '631100,0, being 'an fqcroaseoj, £88^000, or a net increase of £42,000 durirjg tho first nine < months of the financial year ending 30oh June. • Adeiaide, April 2. Tha South Australian revenue for last; quarter amounts to £570,000, being, an increase of £8,000 aa compared with the corresponding quarter of 1882. The .revenue for the nine months ended 31st March was £1,578,000, being an decrease of £146,0(J0 as compared with corresponding perioi 1881-82. . The filling off was chiefly in Land revenue due to the bad season • '
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Mataura Ensign, Volume V, Issue 243, 3 April 1883, Page 2
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