MONETAET AND COMMERCIAL.

Southland Times, Issue 1681, 27 December 1872, Page 3

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

London, Dec. 14. Victorian Government six per cents., January and July, 116% ; do, April and October, 112 ; Victorian fives, January and July, 107 f; New South "Walts fives, 104 f; New Zealand Consolidated fives, 102 f; Queensland sizes, January and July, 111 ; South Australian sixes, long date, 116 f; Union Bank shares, 46i ; English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank, 20£. Tallow is dull. Petroleum firm. Sydney oil, £29 to £31. Sperm, £90. Copper steady. Australian tin, £82 to £89. New Zealand Flax, £28 to £40. Queensland cotton— 3ooo bales have been sold at 10d per lb. "Wheat is easier. The Sarah Bell and Dundonald have arrived at San Francisco. ■.m ,^- • LoiTDoir, Dec. 17,4.41 p.m. . .The Australian. shipments are increasing ; the^month's exports to Victoria and Sydney each exceed £600,000. - -The Clara is sailing for Sydney, with 12 officers and 100 men, to be employed in theVPolynesiaii eervice. ~ >

The repairs to the s.s. Atrato have been completed, and the vessel will Bhortly proceed to her destination. Arrived. — Excelsior, Dasie (? Royal Dane), Major Palliser has been knighted. Consols, ex div., 91£Obituary. — Viscountess Beaconsfield (Mrs Disraeli). Pabis, Dec. 17. Saturday's sitting of the Assembly, when a resolution waa arrived at against a dissolution, has favorably impressed the Paris commercial world. M. Thiers declines to take the initiative in carrying into effect the proposal for constitutional changes. He believes the sole, remedy for the difficulties to be the creation of a second Chamber. It is his intention, in the event of the report of the committee being opposed to his views and projects to appeal to the Assembly. Beblin, Dec. 17. Prince Bismarck only resigns the Premiership, but the Berlin papers are not satisfied, and insist upon his retaining it.