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COMMERCIAL RECORD.

BULLION MARKET.

Bullion in Bank of England on 17th inst., £11,263,224.

LATEST LONDON PRICES.

s.d.
Gold, stan. per oz.£3179Silver bars, stan. per oz.513/8
Do., dust,      ,,Mexican dollars,       ,,50½

LATEST COMPARATIVE VALUE OF GOLD IN FOREIGN MARKETS
                                TO LONDON PRICE.

Paris............0'22 prem.New York............par.
Hamburgh.....0'18 prem.

Bank Rate of Discount, 6 per cent, short dates; 7 per
cent. long.

STOCKS.Highest.Lowest.Latest.
Three per Cent. Consols........887/887¼89
Three per Cent. Reduced.......88½865/888
New Three per Cents. ..........88¾867/888¼
Long Annuities, Jan., 1860....3½33/83½
Bank Stock, 8 per cent. .......209206209½
Exchequer Bills, March .........1110 dis.8'4 dis.
India Bonds.......................105 dis.8'5 dis.
Paid.RAILWAYS.Highest.Lowest.Latest.Receipts since Jan. 1.
100Brighton & S. Coast95½93½94½559,341
11'6'3Blackwall ........6½661/8-¼56,104
100Caledonian ......59555/854¾462,527
100Edinb. and Glasgow5049¼501,056,843
20Eastern Counties ..9½8¼91/8-3/8901.851
100Gt. Sn. & Wn. (Irel.)101½50¾102257,267
100Great Northern ....87½81½86½ 87840,646
100Great Western ....51½485/8501,029,605
100Lancash. & Yorksh.7674¼75-½818,682
100London & N. Westn.9591¼941/82,253,512
100London & S. Westn.86¾82851/8587,067
100Midland ..............65625/863-½1,097,451
100South-East. & Dover58¼565/856½ 571/8742,891

FOREIGN LIST.—LATEST PRICES.

FUNDS.RAILWAYS.
Belgian 4½ per cent., —East Belgian Junct., 2½-2¾-dis.
Brazilian 5 per cent., 99½Great W. of Canada, 21¾-22¼
Chilian 6 per cent., —Great Luxembourg, 33/8-5/8
Danish 5 per cent., 101½Northern of France, 35-35¼
Dutch 2½ per cent., 63½-64Norwegian Trunk Pref., 6½-7½
Dutch 4 p. cent. cert., 93¾Paris and Orleans, 43-45
Mexican 3 per cent., 19½Paris and Lyons, 45 45½
Peruvian 4½ per cent., 74½-¼Paris and Rouen, —
Portuguese 4 per cent., 45Rouen and Havre, —
Russian 4½ per cent., 95½-96West Flanders, 3½
Spanish 3 per cent., 39-38¾West of France, 19½-30½
Sardinian 5 per cent., 85-86

MINES.

Linares ................7¼-7¾Quartz Rock..........1/8-3/8
Nouveau Monde......1/8-3/8St. John Del Rey ...

COLONIAL SHARE LIST.—LATEST PRICES.

MINES.BANKS.
Australian..............¼-¾Australasian........90-92
Colonial Gold..........Eng. Scott. and Aust.15¾-16¼
Great Nugget .........¼-½Lond. Chart. of Aust.18¾-19¼
Port Philip..............1/8-¼South Australian ....39-41
South Australian3/8-½Union of Australia ..72-74
RAILWAYS.STEAM COMPANIES.
Bombay and Barodapar-½pm.Australasian Pacific ....
East Indian...........20¾-21Australian Royal Mail ..5
 Do., Extension ..¼-¾Eastern Steam Navig....
Indian Peninsula ....General Screw St. Ship..16
Madras ................18¾-19Pen. & Orient. St. Nav...68

MISCELLANEOUS COMPANIES.

Australian Agricultural25½-26North Brit. Australian5/8-7/8
Van Diemen's Land ...13 15Peel River Land .....2-2¼
South Australian Land34 26Scottish Austr. Invest.13/8-5/8

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.
Oct. 2778   435   628  850   151   848  9
Nov. 380   339   028  051   350   851  2
— 10 80   539   628  452   051  1151  4
— 1780  1039  1128  052  1052    050  4

LATEST LONDON MARKET PRICES.

                            s.    s.                     Â£   s.   Â£   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

Hay.... per load 4  0 to 6   6
Clover..    ,,     5 18 — 6  12 
Straw ..    ,,     1  4 — 1  13

Linseed cake, per ton, £12 10s.
   to £14 5s.; Rape cake,
   do., £7 15s.; Bones, per ton,
   Â£5 0s. to £13 10s.

HOPS.—Kents, 60s. to 120s.
   Sussex, 70s. to 86s.

POULTRY—Capons, 6s. 0d. to

   8 0d.;  Fowls,  3s. 0d. to
   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.

HIDES, &c.—Market, 96 lb.,
   4½d. to 5d.; ditto, Horse-
   hides, salted, 6s. 0d. to
   9s. 0d. each. 

METALS.

Copper, Cakes, per ton, £126.
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, Â£23 15s.;
   Quicksilver, per lb., 1s. 10d. 

OILS.

Gallipoli, per ton. Â£56 0s.;
   Sperm, £128.; Pale Seal, Â£54.
   10s.; Rape, £59 to Â£62;
   Cocoa-nut, £49 to Â£51.; Palm,
   Â£50; Linseed, £44 0s.
TALLOW—Australian, Beef, 
   Â£69 0s. to £70 10s.; Sheep,
   Â£70 0s. to Â£71 0s.

PROVISIONS.

BEEF—Irish In., per tr., 150s.;
   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. 

GROCERY.

COCOA, per cwt., Trinidad, 55s.
   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. 0to 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. 

EMIGRATION RECORD.

DEPARTURES FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM.

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. 3153,81315,28086,8512,393158,337

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

London and
Liverpool.
Cabin.Intermediate.Steerage. Goods per
  40 Cubic feet. 
Melbourne£30 to Â£60£20 to Â£30£15 to Â£2140s. to 45s.
Sydney ...40 — 6018 — 3215 — 2030 — 40
Adelaide..30 — 6520 — 3518 — 2130 — 40
Hobart Tn.40 — 6525 — 3520 — 2230 — 40