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DJO Household Narrative Volume VI (1855) Page 144
 
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COMMERCIAL RECORD.

BULLION MARKET.

Bullion in Bank of England on 16th inst., £18,060,716.

LATEST LONDON PRICES.

Gold stand., per oz.     
£3 17 9       Silver bars, stan. per oz.     5  13/8
Do., dust,       "   3 16 0 Mexican dollars,      "
4 117/8

Latest Comparative Value of Gold in Foreign Markets
to London Price.

Paris0·08 disct.       New York    0·67 disct.
Hamburgh   0·71 pr.

Bank Rate of Discount, 4 per cent.

STOCKSHighest.     Lowest.     Latest.
Three per Cent. Consols
927/8901/291-1/4
Three per Cent. Reduced 923/491923/8
New Three per Cents927/8911/4921/4-3/8
Long Annuities, Jan., 1860   
437/837/8
Bank Stock, 8 per cent. . .2111/22082101/2-111/2

Exchequer Bills, March

231414-18

India Bonds

301230
Paid.RAILWAYS.Highest.Lowest.Latest.

Receipts
since
Jan. 1.

100Brighton & S. Coast1031/4
1003/4
102             225,487
11·6·3    Blackwall873/877/825,484
100Caledonian651/2633/8631/4223,902
100Edinb. and Glasgow60           57           581/294,811
20Eastern Counties
125/8117/8121/8-1/4
423,532
100 Gt. Sn. & Wn. (Irel.)
102961/2100-2118,491
100Great Northern
933/4921/4901/2379,457
100Great Western
691/4671/2671/2-5/8476,863
100Lancash. & Yorksh.
933/8791/2813/8-7/8384,144
100London & N . Westn.  
1041/21013/81023/41,043,039
100London & S. Westn.
851/2831/2831/2-3/4257,932
100Midland731/4725/8741/4-1/2496,256
100South-East. & Dover64613/862-1/2289,488

FOREIGN LIST.—LATEST PRICES

FUNDS.RAILWAYS.

Belgian 41/2 per cent., 93-5
Brazilian 5 per cent., 100-5
Chilian 6 per cent., 102-4
Danish 5 per cent., 100-2
Dutch 21/2 per cent., 64-6
Dutch 4 p. cent, cert., 94-6
Mexican 3 per cent., 211/2
Peruvian 3 per cent., 49-51
Portuguese 4 per cent., 44-6        
Russian 5 per cent., 99
Spanish 3 per cent., 381/2-9
Sardinian 5 per cent., 85-7

East Belgian Junct., 21/2
Great W. of Canada 211/4-3/4
Great Luxembourg, 4-1/8
Northern of France, 361/4
Norwegian Trunk Pref., 89
Paris and Orleans, 46-8
Paris and Lyons, 483/4-91/4
Paris and Rouen, 45-7
Rouen and Havre, 24-51/2
West Flanders, 33/4-4
West of France, 291/4-3/4

MINES.

Linares71/2            Quartz Rock1/8-1/4
Nouveau Monde   1/4-3/8St. John Del Ray  28-30

COLONIAL SHARE LIST.—LATEST PRICES.

MINES.BANKS.
Australian
11/4-3/4        Australasian
84-851/2
Colonial Gold
3/8-5/8
Eng. Scott, and Aust.     
181/2
Great Nugget
3/8-5/8Lond. Chart, of Aust.
20-1
Port Philip
1/4-3/8
South Australian ....
42-4
South Australian   5/8-7/8Union of Australia . .74-5
RAILWAYS.STEAM COMPANIES.
Bombay and Baroda
20-1/4Australasian Pacific . .
71/2
East Indian
251/8Australian Royal Mail
33/4-7/8
     Do., Extension
235/8Eastern Steam Navig. .
Indian Peninsula..
51/2-6General Screw St. Ship
141/2

Madras

203/411/4        Pen. Orient. St. Nav.61-3

MISCELLANEOUS COMPANIES.

Australian Agricultural    
30-2

North Brit. Australian

3/4-1
Van Diemen'a Land
13-1/2

Peel River Land 2

25/8-7/8
South Australian Land38-39       

Scottish Austr. Invest.   

13/4-2

AGRICULTURAL MARKETS.
CORN—IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGE.

Week
ending.

Wheat.     Barley.     Oats.      Rye.      Beans.      Peas.      
s.      d.       s.      d.       
s.       d.       s.       d.        s.       d.      s.       d.
May 26     76    1032     1128      144      545      240      3
June 277     733      228      244      746      442      3
  —   977     533     1128     1047      446      342      1
  — 1677     534      028      745     1046      643      6

LATEST LONDON MARKET PRICES

                                  s.      s.             
                         Â£   s.   Â£  s.
Malt, Pale, per qr.        64 to 72
Hay   per load     3   0 to 5   5
Malting barley "           32 — 33Clover     "          4 10 — 6 10
Oats, best      "           37 — 30Straw       "          1   4 — 1 13
Wheat, White  "          75 — 83Linseed cake per ton, £10 10s.
to £12 0s.; Rape cake, ditto,
£7; Bones, ditto, £4 10s.
Flour—
  Town made, per sk.   65 — 70
  Country household    51 — 58
  American, per barl.    38 — 44		HOPS.—Kents, 200s. to 320s.
Sussex, 231s. to 252s. 1853,
120s. to 140s.
Indian Corn, per qr.     47 — 50

CATTLE—             s.  d.    s.  d.
  Beasts, per st.   3   8 to  4  2
  Calves    "         3   8 —  4  8
  Sheep     "        3   6 —  4  6
  Pigs        "        3   4 —  4  4

POULTRY—Capons, 3s.—4s.
Fowls, 4s. 0d.—7s.; Chicks,
4s. 0d.—6s. 0d.; Ducks, 4s.—
6s.; Geese, 3s. 6d.—6s.;
Turkeys, 3s. 6d.—6s.; Pigeons,
4d.—9d.
 WOOL, per lb.—
  South Downs      1  0 — 1  11/2
  Kentish fleeces   1  0 — 1  1
  German Prima    2  6 — 3  6
  Australian          1  3 — 2  2
  Cape                 0  7 — 1  5
  Spanish             1  1 — 1  11		HIDES, &c.—Market, 96 lb.,
41/2d.—51/2d; do., do.. 50 lb.,
31/2d.—3/4d.; do., Calf-skins,
10 lb., 6s. 6d.; do., Horse-
hides, 5s. 6d.—6s.; Rough
Tallow, 22s.
METALS.OILS.

Copper, Cakes, per ton, £126.                
Iron, Pigs, £3 6s. to £5 0s.
   Rails, £6 10s. Lead, English
   Pig, £22 0s. Steel, Swedish
   Keg, £18 10s. Tin, English
   block, £111; Banca, £110 to
   Â£111; Spelter. £22 5s.; Quick- 
   silver, per lb. 1s. 10d. to
   1s. 11d.

Gallipoli, per ton, £55; Sperm,
   Â£134 to £136: Pale Seal,
   Â£53; Rape, £54 to £56;
   Cocoa-nut, £43 to £44; Palm,
   Â£43 to £44; Linseed, £38 0s.

TALLOW—Australian, Beef,
   Â£46 15s. to £49 10s.; Sheep,
   Â£46 10s. to £51 10s.; Y. C.,
   Â£52 6s.

PROVISIONS.GROCERY.
BACON, per cwt.—Irish, 54s.                   
   to 68s.; American, 48s. to
   40s.

BEEF—Mid. to prime, p. 8lb.,
   4s. 0d. to 4s. 8d.; Irish India,
   per tr., 160s.; Hambro', 170s.;
   American, 140s. to 160s.

BUTTER—Dorset, per cwt., 96s.
   to 106s.: Irish, 94s. 108s.;
   Dutch, 86s. to 90s.

CHEESE—Cheshire, per cwt.,
   60s. to 76s.: Wiltshire, 52s. to
   74s.; Dutch, 56s.

HAMS—York, 70s. to 75s.;
   Irish, 70s. to 78s.;
   Westphalia, 60s. to 68s.

MUTTON—Mid. to prime, per
   8 lb., 4s. 6d. to 4s. 10d.

POTATOES, per ton, Scotch reds,
   85s. to 105s.; Bedf. Regts.
   100s. to 130s.

PORK, per 8 lb., 3s. 10d. to
   4s. 8d.

VEAL, 4s. Od. to 5s. 0d.

LAMB, 6s. 0d. to 7s. 0d.

COCOA, per cwt., Trinidad, 37s.
   to 46s.; Bahia, 33s. to 34s. 6d.

COFFEE, per cwt.—Ceylon Native,
   46s. 0d. to 48s. 0d.; Do.,
   Plantation, 56s. to 82s.; Mocha,
   78s. to 90s.; Jamaica,
   70s. to 84s.; Java, 51s. to
   55s.; Costa Rica, 57s. to 72s.

RICE, per cwt.—Carolina, duty
   paid, 26s. to 36s. 0d.; Bengal,
   13s. 6d. to 15s. 6d.

SUGAR—Barbadoes, per cwt.,
   35s. to 41s. 6d.; Mauritius,
   34s. 0d. to 39s. 0d.; Bengal,
   37s. 0d. to 42s. 0d.: Madras,
   31s. to 33s. 6d.; Havannah.
   35s. to 39s. 6d.

DO. REFINED—Grocery lumps,
   47s. 6d. to 51s. 6d.; Bastards,
   30s. 6d to 30s. 9d.; Crshd, 30s.

TEA, per lb. (duty 1s. 9d.)—
   Congou, 81/4d. to 1s. 3d.;
   Souchong, 91/2d. to 2s. 6d.;
   Hyson, 1s. 3d to 3s. 6d.;
   Assam 1s. 6d. to 4s. 7d.

EMIGRATION RECORD.
DEPARTURES FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM.

1855.

Australian     
Colonies

British       
America.

United       
States.

Other       
places.

Total.
To April 3022,8424,58434,81670162,943
   May4,7424,51912,51422522,000
Total to May 31        27,5849,10347,33092684,943

CURRENT RATES OF PASSAGE AND FREIGHT TO AUSTRALIAN
PORTS PER SAILING VESSEL.

London and     
Liverpool.

Cabin.

Inter–
mediate.

Steerage.

Goods per
40 Cubic feet.

Melbourne£35 to £60     Â£20 to £30     Â£15 to £22     Â£2 10 to £3  5
Sydney  40 — 65  22 — 35  18 — 25  2  5 — 2 10
Adelaide  36 — 62  22 — 33  15 — 24  2  5 — 2 10
Hobart Tn.

  36 — 65

  22 — 35  15 — 25  2  5 — 2 10

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