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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2548, 21 May 1881, Page 2

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London, May 19. . Consols remain at 102 ft. New Zealand 5 percent 10.40 loan, New Zealand 5 per cent 1831) loan, 104, ex dir, ; New Zealand 4£ pef cent, .1879-1904, 101£. Adelaide and New Zealand breadstuff* are without quotable change. Rest Scotch pig iron, No. 1, f.o.b, in Clyde, 475. There is little enquiry for hides, Prices are ftd per lb lower. . At the wool auction to-day 10,000 bales were offered. There was a good demand generally, and full prices were realised. The withdrawals to date since the opening of the present series amount to 4000 bales. The Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company have declared a dividend of 2£ per cent for the half-yea . 'The total reserve in notes and bullion in the Bank of England is £14,875.500, Sydney, May 20, Kerosene, diamond, per gallon, Is St; Devoe’s, per gallon, Is lid ; New Zealand wheat, per bushel, 4s 8d ; New Zealand oats, per bushel, 2s 6d ; maize, per 601 b, 2s> 5d ; tobacco, Raven’s twist, per lb, Is 5d ; caudles, D.R.S.’s, per lb, Bd. Adelaide, May 20. Wheat, per bushel, 4s 6d to 4s 7£d; the tone of the market is steady. Town flour, £lO 10s to £lO 12s 6d; country flour, £9 los to £lO. The frieght market is dull, with very little doing during the week. Freights remain at last quotations. Melbourne, May 20. Fifteen hundred bags of New Zealand Oats were sold to-day at 3s 4d.