[BY CABLE.] LONDON MARKETS.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1405, 5 July 1881, Page 2

[BY CABLE.] LONDON MARKETS.

London, June 30. — Consols remain at 100 J. The bank rate of discount continues at 2j per cent., and the market rate at 2 J per cent. Ihe New Zetland securities are unchanged, as follows .—5. — 5 per cent. 10- \o and 5 per cent. 1889 loans, each 105; \\ percent. 187(3-1904 loan, 103. Adelaide whe.it, a warehouse, is 50s ; New Zealand wheat, ex ship, is 475 ; Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, is 2 |s. Australian beef tajlow, best, '"> 35* 6d; best mutton is 37s 6d. The total reserve in notes and bullion 111 the Baiik of England is Best Scotch pig iron, No. x, f.0.b., on the Cl>de, is 17s 6d per ton. London, July 1. — Hie consols h,«c risen |, and are quoted to-d.iy at 100^. New Zealand 5 per cent. 10-40 loan is 10^ ; New Zealand 5 per cent. 1889 loan is 105 ; New Zealand 4^ per cent. 18791904 loan if 103. Adelaide wheat", cv warehouse, has fallen to 48s 6d ; New Zealand wheat is unchanged at 475, ex ship ; Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, is 345. The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is 2,060,000 quarters. Australian tallow, best beef, per cwt., is 365; best mutton is 38s. Total stork tallow this day is 12,000 casks. Best Scotch pig iron No. 1, free on board in the Clyde, per ton, is 47s 6d,

LONDON WOOL MARKET. London, June 30.— At the wool sales to-day 8300 bales were offered. The firm tone oi the market was ag.iin maintained. Prices generally for greasy wools are now Jd to id higher than the prices at the close of the last sale. The total number of bales withdrawn from sale since the commencement of the present series is 17,000. The next series will open on the 23rd of August. The arrivals to date for the auctions amount to 290,000 bales. The total probable quantity to be offered, including that to be held over from the , present sales, is 400,000 bales. , . X ' London, July x, — The wool sales cioscd to-day. The firm tone of the market was maintained to the conclusion. The total quantity sold during the scries was 31 0,000 bales. The quantitysheld over . for the next sales is 40,000.