COMMERCIAL RECORD.
BULLION MARKET.
Bullion in Bank of England on 17th inst., £11,263,224.
LATEST LONDON PRICES.
LATEST COMPARATIVE VALUE OF GOLD IN FOREIGN MARKETS Bank Rate of Discount, 6 per cent, short dates; 7 per FOREIGN LIST.—LATEST PRICES. MINES. COLONIAL SHARE LIST.—LATEST PRICES. MISCELLANEOUS COMPANIES. AGRICULTURAL MARKETS. LATEST LONDON MARKET PRICES. Hay.... per load 4 0 to 6 6 Linseed cake, per ton, £12 10s. HOPS.—Kents, 60s. to 120s. POULTRY—Capons, 6s. 0d. to 8s 0d.; Fowls, 3s. 0d. to HIDES, &c.—Market, 96 lb., METALS. Copper, Cakes, per ton, £126. OILS. Gallipoli, per ton. £56 0s.; PROVISIONS. BEEF—Irish In., per tr., 150s.; GROCERY. COCOA, per cwt., Trinidad, 55s. EMIGRATION RECORD. DEPARTURES FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM. CURRENT RATES OF PASSAGE AND FREIGHT TO AUSTRALIAN PORTSs. d. Gold, stan. per oz. £3 17 9 Silver bars, stan. per oz. 5 13/8 Do., dust, ,, Mexican dollars, ,, 5 0½
TO LONDON PRICE.Paris............ 0'22 prem. New York............ par. Hamburgh..... 0'18 prem.
cent. long.STOCKS. Highest. Lowest. Latest. Three per Cent. Consols........ 887/8 87¼ 89 Three per Cent. Reduced....... 88½ 865/8 88 New Three per Cents. .......... 88¾ 867/8 88¼ Long Annuities, Jan., 1860.... 3½ 33/8 3½ Bank Stock, 8 per cent. ....... 209 206 209½ Exchequer Bills, March ......... 11 10 dis. 8'4 dis. India Bonds....................... 10 5 dis. 8'5 dis. Paid. RAILWAYS. Highest. Lowest. Latest. Receipts since Jan. 1. 100 Brighton & S. Coast 95½ 93½ 94½ 559,341 11'6'3 Blackwall ........ 6½ 6 61/8-¼ 56,104 100 Caledonian ...... 59 555/8 54¾ 462,527 100 Edinb. and Glasgow 50 49¼ 50 1,056,843 20 Eastern Counties .. 9½ 8¼ 91/8-3/8 901.851 100 Gt. Sn. & Wn. (Irel.) 101½ 50¾ 102 257,267 100 Great Northern .... 87½ 81½ 86½ 87 840,646 100 Great Western .... 51½ 485/8 50 1,029,605 100 Lancash. & Yorksh. 76 74¼ 75-½ 818,682 100 London & N. Westn. 95 91¼ 941/8 2,253,512 100 London & S. Westn. 86¾ 82 851/8 587,067 100 Midland .............. 65 625/8 63-½ 1,097,451 100 South-East. & Dover 58¼ 565/8 56½ 571/8 742,891 FUNDS. RAILWAYS. Belgian 4½ per cent., — East Belgian Junct., 2½-2¾-dis. Brazilian 5 per cent., 99½ Great W. of Canada, 21¾-22¼ Chilian 6 per cent., — Great Luxembourg, 33/8-5/8 Danish 5 per cent., 101½ Northern of France, 35-35¼ Dutch 2½ per cent., 63½-64 Norwegian Trunk Pref., 6½-7½ Dutch 4 p. cent. cert., 93¾ Paris and Orleans, 43-45 Mexican 3 per cent., 19½ Paris and Lyons, 45 45½ Peruvian 4½ per cent., 74½-¼ Paris and Rouen, — Portuguese 4 per cent., 45 Rouen and Havre, — Russian 4½ per cent., 95½-96 West Flanders, 3½ Spanish 3 per cent., 39-38¾ West of France, 19½-30½ Sardinian 5 per cent., 85-86 Linares ................ 7¼-7¾ Quartz Rock.......... 1/8-3/8 Nouveau Monde...... 1/8-3/8 St. John Del Rey ... — MINES. BANKS. Australian.............. ¼-¾ Australasian........ 90-92 Colonial Gold.......... — Eng. Scott. and Aust. 15¾-16¼ Great Nugget ......... ¼-½ Lond. Chart. of Aust. 18¾-19¼ Port Philip.............. 1/8-¼ South Australian .... 39-41 South Australian 3/8-½ Union of Australia .. 72-74 RAILWAYS. STEAM COMPANIES. Bombay and Baroda par-½pm. Australasian Pacific .... — East Indian........... 20¾-21 Australian Royal Mail .. 5 Do., Extension .. ¼-¾ Eastern Steam Navig.... — Indian Peninsula .... — General Screw St. Ship.. 16 Madras ................ 18¾-19 Pen. & Orient. St. Nav... 68 Australian Agricultural 25½-26 North Brit. Australian 5/8-7/8 Van Diemen's Land ... 13 15 Peel River Land ..... 2-2¼ South Australian Land 34 26 Scottish Austr. Invest. 13/8-5/8
CORN—IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGE.Week
ending— Wheat. Barley. Oats. Rye. Beans. Peas. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Oct. 27 78 4 35 6 28 8 50 1 51 8 48 9 Nov. 3 80 3 39 0 28 0 51 3 50 8 51 2 — 10 80 5 39 6 28 4 52 0 51 11 51 4 — 17 80 10 39 11 28 0 52 10 52 0 50 4 s. s. £ s. £ s. Malt. Pale, per qr. 74 to 84
Malting Barley ,, .. 42—45
Oats, best, ,, .. 27—34
Wheat, White, ,, .. 85—93
Flour—
Town made, per sk. 75—77
Country household 68—69
American, per barl. 42—46
Indian Corn, per qr. 46—48
BREAD, per 4 lbs.— d. d.
Best Wheaten .. 11 to 11½
Household ....... 9 — 10½
CATTLE— s. d. s. d.
Beasts, per st. 3 8 to 5 2
Calves .. ,, 3 6 — 4 8
Sheep .. ,, 3 6 — 5 2
Pigs .... ,, 3 10 — 5 0
WOOL, per lb.—
South Downs.. 0 11½—1 3
Kentish fleeces 1 0 —1 1½
German Prima 2 6 —3 6
Australian .... 1 3 —2 2
Cape........... 0 7 —1 7
Spanish ...... 1 1 —2 0
Clover.. ,, 5 18 — 6 12
Straw .. ,, 1 4 — 1 13
to £14 5s.; Rape cake,
do., £7 15s.; Bones, per ton,
£5 0s. to £13 10s.
Sussex, 70s. to 86s.
5s. 6d.; Chicks, 3s. 6d. to
5s. 0d.; Ducks, 1s. 9d. to
2s. 0d.; Geese, 4s. 0d. to
7s. 0d.; Turkeys, 4s. 0d. to
8s.; Pigeons, 6d. to 9d.
4½d. to 5d.; ditto, Horse-
hides, salted, 6s. 0d. to
9s. 0d. each.
Iron, Pigs, £3 16s. to £5 5s.
Rails, £8 10s. Lead, English
Pig, £25 5s. Steel, Swedish
Keg, £19 10s. to £0 0s.
Tin, English block, £123;
Banca, £124; Spelter, £23 15s.;
Quicksilver, per lb., 1s. 10d.
Sperm, £128.; Pale Seal, £54.
10s.; Rape, £59 to £62;
Cocoa-nut, £49 to £51.; Palm,
£50; Linseed, £44 0s.
TALLOW—Australian, Beef,
£69 0s. to £70 10s.; Sheep,
£70 0s. to £71 0s.
Hambro', 125s. to 127s. 6d.;
American, 125s. to 150s.
BACON, p. cwt.—Irish, 61s. to
66s.; American, 54s. to 58s.
BUTTER—Dorset, p. cwt., 114s.
to 120s.; Irish, 98s. to 112s.;
Dutch, 90s. to 94s.
CHEESE—Cheshire, per cwt.,
60s. to 80s.; Wiltshire, 56s. to
74s.; Dutch, 56s. to 60s.
HAMS—York, 88s. to 110s.;
Irish, 80s. to 86s.;
Westphalia, 72s. to 74s.
BEEF—Mid. to prime, per
8 lb., 3s. 2d. to 4s. 6d.
PORK, per 8 lb., 3s. 8d. to 5s. 4d.
VEAL, 3s. 4d. to 5s. 0d.
LAMB, 0s. 0d. to 0s. 0d.
POTATOES, per ton, Scotch reds,
90s. to 110s.; Regts, 100s. to
110s.
to 64s.; Bahia, 51s. to 53s.
COFFEE, per cwt.—Ceylon
Native, 55s. 0d. to 56s. 0d.; Do.,
Plantation, 77s. to 82s.;
Mocha, 82s. to 90s.; Jamaica,
66s. to 84s.
RICE, per cwt.—Carolina, duty
paid, 28s. 0d. to 38s. 0d.;
Bengal, 15s. 0d to 18s. 6d.
SUGAR—Barbados, per cwt.,
60s. 0d. to 66s. 0d.;
Mauritius, 60s. 0d. to 65s. 6d.;
Bengal, 61s. 0d. to 69s. 0d.
DO. REFINED—Grocery lumps
71s. 6d. to 74s. 0d.; Bastards,
0s. 0d. to 0s. 0d.; Crushed,
58s.
TEA, per lb. (duty 1s. 9d.)—
Congou, 9¼d. to 2s. 3d.;
Souchong, 9d. to 2s. 6d.;
Hyson, 1s. 3d. to 4s. 6d.;
Assam, 1s. 6d. to 4s. 4d. 1855. Australian
Colonies.British
America.United
States.Other
places. Total. To Sept. 30 ....
October .... 50,544
3,269 15,259
21 79,072
7,779 2,151
242 147,026
11,311 Total to Oct. 31 53,813 15,280 86,851 2,393 158,337
PER SAILING VESSEL.London and
Liverpool.Cabin. Intermediate. Steerage. Goods per
40 Cubic feet. Melbourne £30 to £60 £20 to £30 £15 to £21 40s. to 45s. Sydney ... 40 — 60 18 — 32 15 — 20 30 — 40 Adelaide.. 30 — 65 20 — 35 18 — 21 30 — 40 Hobart Tn. 40 — 65 25 — 35 20 — 22 30 — 40
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