BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2657, 26 September 1881, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[Reotkr’s Agency.j London Money MarketLondon, Sept. 23, The total reserve in notes and bullion in the bank of England is £13,000,000, being an increase of £600,000 during the week. The bank rale remains at 4 per cent, and the market rate at 3f per cent. Consols, 99|-. New Zealand securities are unchanged at the following quotations:—d pet cent 10-40 loan, 1024 ; d per cent 1889 loan, 1024 ; 44 per cent 1879-1904 loan, 99-J. London Produce Market. Adelaide and New Zealand wheats, ex store, remain at 57s and 55s respectively. Adelaida flour, ex warehouse, has advanced Gd, and is quoted at 4ls 61. The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is 1,870,000 quarters. T 1 « market is linn. Australian tallow has advanced 2s perewt; best beef, 425; best mutton, 44s 6d. The market is decidedly firmer. At the wool sale to day 6800 bales

.were offered, making a total of 255,000 catalogued since the opening series. A firm and active demand was again experienced, and prices for cross-breds ruled fully an |d higher than at the close of the last scries. The total quantity withdrawn from sale since the commencement of the series is 21,000 bales. The auctions close on October 8. Iron. Best Scotch pig iron, No. 1, free on board in the Clyde, is quoted at 52s} galvanised iron, 26 gauge, £l7 10s. The May Mails* ’ The Homeward New Zealand and Australian mails via San Prancisco, which left Auckland on May 16, were delivered to-day. A Mark of Respect. It has transpired that the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, in consideration of the estimation in which the late President Garfield was held, has made a request to the City Corporation for the erection of a bust of the deceased in Guildhall, Trouble in Ireland* Sept. 24. There has been an alarming revival recently of agitation in Ireland on the part of the Land Leaguers, and numerous outrages are reported to have been perpetrated in various parts of the country during the past few days; considerable anxiety prevails in consequence both in Ireland and in this country, and the strongest possible measures are being adopted by the Executive to put down the increasing disorder. The New Power* Capetown, Sept. 23. Telegrams are to hand from Pretoria announcing that the newly elected Yolksraad was opened to-day at that place. President Kruger, in his opening address, stated that the Boer Government, after due consideration, dissented from various portions of the Convention agreed to last month between the English Commissioners and the Boer representatives, and he believed that the English Government would be compelled to agree to modifications of the Convention in favor of the people of the Transvaal.