COMMERCIAL RECORD
BULLION MARKET
Bullion in Bank of England on 14th inst. £12,904,605
LATEST COMPARATIVE VALUE OF GOLD IN FOREIGN MARKETS Bank Rate of Discount, 5 per cent. STOCKS. Highest. Lowest . Latest. Three per Cent. Consols 957/8 943/8-½ Three per Cent. Reduced 941/8 931/8-¼ Three and a quarter per Cents. 95¾ 933/8 ——— Long Annuities, Jan. 1860 47/16 45/16 43/8 Bank Stock, 8 per cent. 213 208 211-13 Exchequer Bills, June 9s.p. 4s.p. 6-9 p. FOREIGN LIST—LATEST PRICES COLONIAL SHARE LIST—LATEST PRICES AGRICULTURAL MARKETS. LATEST LONDON MARKET PRICES. Malt, Pale, per. qr. 65 to 71 Hay...per load 4 15 to 5 5 POULTRY—Capons, 3s.—4s. BACON, per cwt.—Irish, 58s. COCOA, per cwt., Trinidad, 31s. EMIGRATION RECORD. CURRENT RATES OF PASSAGE AND FREIGHT TO THELATEST LONDON PRICES Gold, stand., per oz. £3 17 9
Do., dust 3 16 0Silver bars, stan. per oz 5 13/8
Mexican dollars, ,,
TO LONDON PRICEParis......................0·18 prem.
Hamburgh..............0·59 dis.New York.....0.42 disct 943/8 931/8 India Bonds 12s. 6s. 9-12 p. Paid. RAILWAYS. Highest. Lowest. Latest. Receipts
since
Jan. 1.100 Brighton & S. Coast 104½ 103 103-5 573,016 all Blackwall 85/8 77/8 77/8-81/8 60,290 100 Caledonian 63¼ 59 59-¼ } 622,096 100 Edinb. and Glasgow 58 5 55-7 } all Eastern Counties 12 11½ 11½-¾ 681,186 Gt. Sn. & Wn. (Irel.) 92 90 90-2 246,339 Great Northern 90 87 89-90 756,096 100 Great Western 72¼ 70½ 70½-1 930,682 100 Lancash. & Yorksh. 723/8 70½ 71-¼ 787,426 100 London & N. Westn. 1021/8 100½ 100½-1 2,215,484 100 London & S. Westn. 83½ 81 81-2 557,640 100 Midland 703/8 68¼ 68¼-¾ 1,064,038 100 South-East. & Dover 641/8 61½ 61½-2 708,182 FUNDS RAILWAYS Belgian 4½ per cent., 93½ Sardinian 5 per cent., 88½ Brazilian 5 per cent., 99 East Belgian Junct. ¾-1¼ Chilian 6 per cent., 104 Great Luxembourg 43/8-5/8 Danish 5 per cent., 100 Northern of France 355/8 Dutch 2½ per cent., 61¼ Norwegian Trunk Pref. 8-10 Dutch 4 p. cent. cert, 91¼ Paris and Orleans, 48-50 Mexican 3 per cent., 231/8 Paris and Lyons, 22¼-½ Peruvian 3 per cent., 52½ Paris and Rouen, 38-40 Portuguese 4 per cent., 41 West Flanders, 3¼-4 Russian 5 per cent., 96 West of France, 6½-7 Spanish 3 per cent., 37½ Rouen and Havre, 22¼-¾ MINES BANKS Australian.............1-1½ dis. Australasian.................79 to 80 Do. Freehold.........1/8-3/8 " Eng. Scott and Aust. 13-½ Colonial Gold.........5/8-7/8 " Ind. Aust. and China Port Philip.............1/8-3/8 " Lond. Chart. of Aus. 22¼-¾ South Australia.......7/8-11/8 South Australian 43-5 Union of Australia 68-70 RAILWAYS STEAM COMPANIES East Indian.............3½ prem. Australian Pacific.. Do. Extension 3/8-1/8 d. Australian Royal Mail.. Ind. Peninsula.........5/8-7/8 p. Eastern Steam Navig.... Madras...................¼ d.-¼p. General Screw St. Ship......13½ Pen. and Orient. St. Nav. 68-70 MISCELLANEOUS COMPANIES Australian Agricultural 40-2 North Brit. Australian 5/8-7/8 Van Diemen's Land 12½-13 Peel River Land. 37/8-41/8 South Australian Land 35-7 Scott. Austr. Invest. 17/8-21/8
CORN—IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGE.Week
ending.Wheat. Barley. Oats. Rye. Beans. Peas. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Sept. 23 53 2 29 2 24 7 34 11 42 9 37 3 — 30 55 9 29 2 25 3 35 2 42 11 37 11 Oct. 7 56 7 29 11 25 6 34 8 44 0 39 3 — 14 57 0 30 6 25 4 34 8 44 4 39 0 s. s. £ s. £ s.
Malting Barley " 32 — 33
Oats, best " 28 — 31
Wheat, White " 61 — 70
Flour—
Town made, per. sk. 55 — 60
Country household 48 — 54
American, per barl. 35 —40
Indian Corn, per qr. 40 — 45
CATTLE— s. d. s. d.
Beasts, per st. 4 0 to 4 8
Calves.. " 3 0 — 4 4
Sheep... " 4 2 — 5 0
Pigs.... " 4 2 — 4 8
WOOL, per lb.—
South Downs 1 1 — 1 5
Kentish Fleeces 1 4 — 1 7
German Elect. 3 6 — 5 7
Australian 1 2 — 2 6½
Cape 0 7 — 1 7
Spanish 1 2 — 2 1
Clover " 5 10 — 6 0
Straw " 1 12 — 1 16
Linseed cake per ton, £11 to
£12; Rape cake ditto, £6. 5s.
Bones, ditto, £4. 4s.
HOPS—Kents, 320s. to 380s.
Sussex, 300s. to 360s. Duty
for 1854, £47, 369 9s. 10d.
Fowls, 4s. 0d.—7s.; Chicks,
4s. 0d.—6s. 0d.; Ducks, 4s.—
6s.; Geese, 3s. 6d.—6s.
Turkeys, 3s. 6d.—6s.; Pigeons,
4d.—9d.
HIDES, &c.—Market, 96 lb.,
4¼d.—5d.; do., do., 50 lb.,
3¼d.—½d.; do., Calf-skins,
10 lb., 6 s.; do., Horse-hides,
6s. 6d.METALS OILS Copper, Cakes, per ton, £126
Iron, Pigs, £4 1s. to £4 15s.
Rails, £7 10s. Lead, English
Pig, £23 10s. Steel, Swedish
Keg, £17 10s. to £18. Tin,
English block, £117; Banca,
£117; Spelter, £20.Gallipoli, per ton, £58; Sperm,
£108; Pale Seal, £41 10s.;
Rape, £48 to £51; Cocoa-nut,
£50 to £52; Palm, £46 to £49;
Linseed, £37.
TALLOW—Australian, Beef,
£64 to £66 10s.; Sheep, £60 to
£65 6s.; Y.C. £67 6s.; Rough
Tallow, 30s. 6d.PROVISIONS GROCERY
to 72s.; German, 67s. to
70s.
BEEF—Mid. to prime, p. 8 lb.,
3s. 4d. to 4s. 10d.; Irish India,
per tr. 160s. Hambro', 130s.
to 160s. American, 130s. to 140s.
BUTTER—Best, fresh, per lb.,
13d. to 16d.; Dorset, per
cwt., 96s. to 108s.; Irish, 86s.
102s.; Dutch, 90s. to 94s.
CHEESE—Chesire, per cwt.,
58s. to 74s.; Wiltshire, 50s. to
68s.; Dutch, 52s.
HAMS—York, 65s. to 80s.;
Irish, 68s. to 84s.;
Westphalia, 60s. to 70s.
MUTTON—Mid. to prime, per
8 lb., 3s. 6d. to 4s. 10d.
POTATOES, per ton, 130s. to
180s.
PORK, per 8 lb., 3s. 4d. to 5s. 0d.
VEAL, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 8d.
to 40s.; Bahia, 28s. to 29s. 6d
COFFEE, per cwt.—Ceylon
Native 45s. 0d. to 46s. 6d.; Do.,
Plantation, 54s. to 80s.;
Mocha, 62s. to 86s.; Jamaica,
50s. to 84s.; Java 47s. to
56s.; Costa Rica, 50s. to 75s.
RICE, per cwt.—Carolina, 22s.
to 30s. 0d.; Bengal, 14s. 0d. to
16s. 6d.; Patna, 16s. to 18s. 6d.
SUGAR—Barbadoes, per cwt.
31s. to 38s. 0d.; Mauritius,
30s. 0d. to 37s. 6d., Bengal,
38s. 0d. to 41s. 6d.; Madras,
28s. to 31s. 6d.; Havannah,
32s. to 32s. 6d.
DO. REFINED—Grocery lumps,
43s. to 47s. 6d.; Bastards, 26s.
to 34s.; Crush., 30s. to 30s. 6d.
TEA, per lb. (duty 1s. 6d.)—
Congou, 10¼d. to 1s. 5d.;
Souchong, 10½d. to 2s. 6d.;
Hyson, 1s. 5d. to 3s. 6d.;
Assam, 1s. 3d. to 4s. 4d.
DEPARTURES FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM.1854. Australian
Colonies.British
America. United
States.Other
places. Total To Aug. 31 .......
Sept. ...........50,844
9,10936,296
901138,797
19,8062077
513228,014
30,329Total ............ 59,953 37,197 158,603 2590 258,343
AUSTRALIAN PORTS PER SAILING VESSELFrom Cabin. Inter-
mediate.Steerage. Goods per
40 Cubic feet.London
Liverpool
The Clyde
Belfast£40 to 65
40 50
39 45
40 50£26 to 38
20 26
20 25
20 26£16 to 22
10 14
12 14
11 14£4 10 to £5 10
4 0 4 10
4 0 4 10
4 0 4 10
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