MONETARY AND COMMRCIAL.

Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 21, 24 December 1863, Page 3

MONETARY AND COMMRCIAL.

London, Oct. 2Gth. The Funds remain without movement. 00n5055,93 to 83£ for cash, and 93£ to 9:]|fbr accimnt. The supply of money is good, ;md increasing from day to day. Money is offered at two per cent. The Bank rate is one-fourth per cenl.more. The disc mnt market is uiihout alteration. Colonial Government secuiities, New South Wales Five per' Cent. iSGfi, 100h to 102 i ; ditto l&SB "to 1892, 102^ to D 3. V:'cto"rian Six per Cent.-, January and July, 10a to 1 10 ; dit-o, April nnd October, HOi- to 111. New Zealand Six per Cent., 100 to 111. The Hank of France has raised the rate of discount from four to five per cent. A .£5 call hits been made on new shares of the E-rrglish, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank, for the 2nd of November. The shares cf the I3ank of Olago are reduced from a nominal amount of LlOOto L2O. The dividend of the hartered.Bank of India, Australia, and China, for the half year, is five per cent. The Board of Trade returns arc very satisfactory. To New Zealand, the total exports for the mo-nth are £133,609 against £105.283 in ifhe previous month; decrease. £3 1,67 4. To Adelaide, the decrease fur the month amounts to £8,743.